Tradeskills » The Coors Field crowd acknowledged Matzeks

DENVER -- Tyler Matzek was nervous and wild in his bullpen session before his first major league start. When he took the mound he was nearly unhittable. Matzek pitched two-hit ball for the first seven innings of his big league debut before faltering in the eighth, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Atlanta Braves 8-2 on Wednesday night. The left-hander retired the first 13 hitters and 21 of 23 before allowing three straight singles to start the eighth. His strong start to the game masked the jitters catcher Mike McKenry helped ease. "The first inning was really, really nervous," Matzek said. "Mac was calming me down, telling me it was the same thing as Triple-A, just go out there and play your game. I let it be a positive thing, not a negative thing. If I try to fight it, it turns into a negative thing so I was just embracing it." Matzek (1-0) allowed two runs on five hits and struck out seven in seven-plus innings. He also had his first hit and run scored. The Rockies had lost 11 of 12. He is the third Colorado pitcher in the last six days to make his debut and the first to get a win. "A masterful performance by Tyler. An explosive fastball and his slider looked like it disappeared," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "He had it all working. He commanded it. Very impressive." It was what the Rockies needed after they had lost 15 of 18. They broke out against Braves starter Julio Teheran, who had blanked them over six innings in Atlanta on May 25. Teheran (6-4) entered Wednesday with a 1.89 ERA, best in the majors, but Colorado scored three in the first on Drew Stubbs RBI double and Corey Dickersons two-run triple. Troy Tulowitzki and Justin Morneau had three hits each for Colorado. "It wasnt my day from the first inning," Teheran said. "I didnt have a problem with the grip and with my pitches. I think I got my good stuff. A couple bloopers that happened and they got me on a couple base hits." Matzek breezed through the first four innings on 39 pitches. Atlanta hit three balls hard, including a line drive by Teheran snared by Morneau to end the third. Morneau couldnt come down with Justin Uptons single with one out in the fifth to give the Braves their first baserunner. The Coors Field crowd acknowledged Matzeks early work with applause after Uptons hit. Chris Johnson followed with a single to right but Matzek retired the next two batters to get out of the inning. "He has good stuff, 94-95 mph fastball," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "The whole day youre talking to guys, Hey, this guy sprays it around a little bit. Be patient. Im not sure how many three-ball counts he got into, if any." Matzek didnt walk a batter and threw 71 pitches through seven innings before the Braves got to him. Johnson, Tommy La Stella and Andrelton Simmons singled to start the eight and make it 8-1.Franklin Morales came on and gave up a two-out RBI single to B.J. Upton before getting Freddie Freeman to fly out. Matzek received another ovation as he walked to the dugout when Weiss pulled him in the eighth. "It felt amazing. Great fans, great fan base," he said. The Rockies made it 4-0 in the third when Tulowitzki scored on a sacrifice fly by Stubbs. Josh Rutledge scored from third when Tulowitzki, who singled, was caught in a rundown between first and second in the fifth. Stubbs and Dickerson led off the sixth with consecutive doubles to give Colorado a 6-0 lead. Tulowitzki and Morneau had RBI singles in the seventh. Teheran allowed seven runs on 10 hits and struck out five in 6 1-3 innings. "I know it was a tough day for me. Im just glad that I was able to compete and get through six innings," Teheran said. NOTES: Atlanta C Evan Gattis singled in the eighth to extend his hitting streak to 12 games. ... Gonzalez was named one of the coaches for the NL at the All-Star Game in Minnesota next month. ... The Rockies optioned RHP Chad Bettis to Triple A to make room for Matzek. ... Justin Upton returned to the lineup after being removed in the first inning Tuesday because of a left hamstring injury. ... Atlanta will send Ervin Santana (5-2, 3.69) against Colorados Jhoulys Chacin (0-4, 5.35) on Thursday. Ramik Wilson Jersey . TSN was honoured with several awards, with Rod Smith and James Duthie sharing the win for Best Sports Host for SportsCentre and the NHL: Season On The Brink coverage, respectively. Ndamukong Suh Rams Jersey . The team said they will announce a corresponding roster move prior to their series opener on Tuesday night in Kansas City. http://www.laramsfansshop.com/c-82-rams-...len-jersey.aspx. - Washington Redskins tight end Fred Davis said Wednesday hes "nodded off" during meetings, but he said its something every player does. Sam Shields Rams Jersey . HEROES Alex Ovechkin – Scored a pair of goals in Washington’s 4-0 win over Pittsburgh. 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Duncan Keith tied the game with 3:13 remaining in the third period, and Bryan Bickell also lit the lamp for Chicago, which received 22 saves from Scott Darling. Jordin Tootoo and Stephen Gionta both scored for the Devils, who were coming off a 2-1 win over Carolina on Monday. Kinkaid was tremendous in his first NHL start, turning aside 37 shots in regulation and the overtime session. Toews slipped a pass to Marian Hossa down low. Kinkaid stopped Hossas shot, but the rebound trickled over to Keith, who buried the puck into an open net for a tied game with 3:13 remaining. Sustained Chicago pressure and a stickless Devils defender led to a Chicago man advantage as Jagr took a hooking penalty with 2:06 remaining in overtime. The Blackhawks, however, were unable to solve Kinkaid and the game went to a shootout. Tootoo wristed a shot under the arm of Darling from the right circle to open the scoring with 4:49 remaining in the first period. Kinkaid robbed Kanes rising wrister from the right circle with a slick glove save early in the second to preserve New Jerseys lead.dddddddddddd The Blackhawks lit the lamp after Kinkaid was unable to replicate his left- handed larceny on Bickells short-side wrister with 9:05 left in the middle stanza. Jacob Josefson was assessed a double-minor high-sticking penalty shortly after the equalizer, but Kinkaid and the New Jersey penalty kill stood tall, turning aside chance after chance during a Chicago barrage. After Kinkaid stoned Patrick Sharp on a breakaway, Damon Seversons blast from the right side hopped off a gathering in front of the net. Gionta was there to whack the puck out of the air and past Darling for a 2-1 Devils lead 2:31 into the final stanza. Martin Havlat broke through on a breakaway up the left side and had a chance to give the Devils some breathing room, but his backhander rang off the far pipe with 9:21 to play. Game Notes Sharp returned to the Chicago lineup after missing the last 14 games with a knee injury ... The Blackhawks have won three straight games against the Devils ... Prior to the game, New Jersey placed forward Patrik Elias (groin) on injured reserve and recalled forward Reid Boucher from Albany of the American Hockey League ... Forward Mike Cammalleri (pulled posterior muscle and Dainius Zubrus (leg laceration) were also absent from the Devils lineup ... The two teams will conclude the season series in Chicago on Feb. 13. 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