The Colorado Rockies insist they're not feeling the squeeze as the NL wild-card race tightens around them. "We control our destiny still," shortstop Troy Tulowitzki said after the Rockies' 5-4 loss to the San Diego Padres on Thursday night trimmed their lead to 3 1/2 games over idle Atlanta. "I think we're in a good spot." San Francisco had a chance to pull within three games of Colorado but lost 3-2 to the Chicago Cubs on former Rockies infielder-outfielder Jeff Baker's two-run homer in the ninth.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Mon 4/27	Col	SD 7 at COL 12	W: Rusch L: Young
Tue 4/28	Col	SD 4 at COL 3	W: Sanchez L: Corpas
Wed 4/29	Col	SD 5 at COL 7	W: Cook L: Correia
Mon 5/4	SD	COL 9 at SD 6	W: Rusch L: Moreno
Tue 5/5	SD	COL 1 at SD 2	W: Bell L: Daley
Fri 5/29	Col	SD 0 at COL 3	W: Marquis L: Young
Sat 5/30	Col	SD 7 at COL 8	W: Street L: Bell
Sun 5/31	Col	SD 5 at COL 2	W: Gaudin L: De La Rosa
Thu 7/16	SD	COL 10 at SD 1	W: Cook L: Gaudin
Fri 7/17	SD	COL 5 at SD 3	W: Jimenez L: Geer
Sat 7/18	SD	COL 1 at SD 3	W: Burke L: Peralta
Sun 7/19	SD	COL 6 at SD 1	W: Marquis L: Latos
Fri 9/11	SD	COL 4 at SD 1	W: Betancourt L: Bell
Sat 9/12	SD	COL 2 at SD 3	W: Gallagher L: Morales
Sun 9/13	SD	COL 3 at SD 7	W: Russell L: Marquis
Tue 9/22	Col	SD 10 at COL 11	W: Belisle L: Ramos
Wed 9/23	Col	SD 6 at COL 3	W: Webb L: Marquis
Thu 9/24	Col	SD 5 at COL 4	W: Russell L: Beimel

Box Scores

Padres (71 - 83) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Rockies (86 - 67) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. E Cabrera, SS 4 0 0 1 1 2. D Eckstein, 2B 4 0 2 1 0 3. A Gonzalez, 1B 5 0 0 0 0 4. C Headley, 3B 4 1 1 0 0 5. W Venable, RF 3 0 0 0 0 6. O Salazar, LF 4 0 2 0 0 7. N Hundley, C 4 3 2 2 0 8. T Gwynn, CF 4 1 3 1 0 9. C Richard, P 1 0 0 0 0 9. H Blanco, PH 0 0 0 0 1 9. J Thatcher, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. A Russell, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. D Macias, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. R Webb, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. L Gregerson, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 5 10 5 2		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. S Smith, LF 4 1 0 0 1 2. D Fowler, CF 5 0 2 0 0 3. T Helton, 1B 5 1 2 0 0 4. T Tulowitzki, SS 5 1 2 3 0 5. R Spilborghs, RF 4 0 0 0 0 6. G Atkins, 3B 3 0 1 0 0 6. M McCoy, PR 0 0 0 0 0 6. I Stewart, 3B 1 1 1 1 0 7. C Barmes, 2B 4 0 2 0 0 8. C Iannetta, C 2 0 1 0 1 8. J Giambi, PH 1 0 0 0 0 8. Y Torrealba, C 0 0 0 0 0 9. J Hammel, P 2 0 0 0 0 9. F Morales, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. M Daley, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. J Beimel, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. R Betancourt, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. C Gonzalez, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. H Street, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 4 11 4 2
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* C Richard 6.0 7 3 2 2 2 4.58 J Thatcher 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 2.55 A Russell (W, 3-1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3.60 R Webb (H, 5) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 3.91 L Gregerson (S, 1) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 2.89		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* J Hammel 6.1 6 2 2 0 6 4.30 F Morales 0.0 1 1 1 2 0 3.29 M Daley (BS, 3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3.64 J Beimel (L, 1-6) 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 3.67 R Betancourt 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 2.14 H Street 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 2.88
* = Season Stat
BATTING 3B: O Salazar (2) HR: N Hundley (8) BASERUNNING SB: N Hundley (3), T Gwynn (9)		BATTING 2B: C Iannetta (14) HR: T Tulowitzki (30), I Stewart (25) BASERUNNING SB: M McCoy (1), C Barmes (12)

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Player News

Padres Henry Blanco (SD) News: The White Sox are among the teams interested in Henry Blanco, according to the Chicago Tribune.   (Fanball - Tue. Nov 17, 2009) Chris Young (SD) News: Young (shoulder) plans to begin throwing this week, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.  (RotoWire - Wed. Nov 11, 2009) Adrian Gonzalez (SD) News: It would take a knockout offer to entice the Padres to trade Adrian Gonzalez this offseason, according to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports.   (Fanball - Sun. Nov 8, 2009)

Rockies Jose Contreras (COL) News: According to Patrick Newman's NPB Tracker, former Colorado hurler Jose Contreras is considering pitching in Japan next season.  (Fanball - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Manuel Corpas (COL) News: Corpas (elbow) still hasn't pitched in winter ball this offseason.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009) Paul Phillips (COL) News: Catcher Paul Phillips has signed a one-year contract to stay with the Rockies, according to the Denver Post.   (Fanball - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)