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DENVER (AP) -- Todd Helton found himself thinking too much about
hitting.
Helton, attempting to become the first player to hit .400 over a
full season since Ted Williams in 1941, went 1-for-4 with a home
run in the Colorado Rockies' 5-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers
on Friday night. But his major league-leading average dropped to
.393.
"I was looking for pitches and guessing too much with him,"
Helton said of his battles with Milwaukee starter John Snyder.
"The home run at-bat I said, `See it and hit it, and not worry
about a particular pitch.' "
Helton hit his 33rd home run in the fifth inning.
"I got the changeup and that worked," Helton said. "Then I
went back to the old looking for a pitch in my last at-bat and
didn't get it. There is stupidity there."
Snyder said Helton took advantage of his one mistake pitch.
"The approach to Helton is to throw strikes and keep the ball
down," Snyder said. "I left one ball up to him all night and he
crushed it."
Todd Hollandsworth had three hits, including a solo homer, as
the Rockies won for the third straight time and sixth in seven
games.
"Helton doesn't normally get over-analytical," Colorado
manager Buddy Bell said. "On any at-bat, good or bad, he will
forget about it in his next at-bat."
Astacio (12-8) gave up three runs and seven hits in 6 2/3
innings to win his third straight start. Gabe White pitched two
innings for his fifth save.
Geoff Jenkins homered in his third straight game and drove in
two runs, and Richie Sexson added a solo home run for the Brewers.
Snyder (3-7) fell to 0-5 in his last 12 starts. He gave up five
runs and 10 hits in six innings.
"This was one of those rare games at Coors Field where it is
quick and well-pitched on both sides," Milwaukee manager Davey
Lopes said. "Their pitching shut us down. We had a couple of
opportunities and we didn't capitalize on them."
James Mouton led off the game with a bunt single and Jenkins
homered into the Milwaukee bullpen one out later. Hollandsworth hit
his 10th homer in the second.
The Rockies tied it 2-2 in the fourth, loading the bases with no
outs on Jeff Cirillo's double, an infield single by Hollandsworth
and a walk to Ben Petrick.
Cirillo scored on Astacio's forceout. Snyder escaped further
trouble by getting Juan Pierre to hit into a double play.
Helton gave the Rockies a 3-2 lead with his home run, but Sexson
tied it with a homer leading off the sixth.
Colorado took advantage of two errors to score twice in the
sixth. Astacio had an RBI single and Pierre had a safety squeeze
bunt that made it 5-3.
Milwaukee put runners on second and third with one out in the
seventh, but Astacio struck out Mark Loretta and reliever Mike
Myers fanned Jenkins.
"Pedro struck out a guy who is tough to strike out in Loretta
and that was a huge out," Bell said. "I was hoping to get out of
the inning with one run out of the respect I have for Loretta, and
Pedro made a great pitch to get Loretta to chase a breaking ball in
the dirt."
Game notes
The Brewers reinstated infielder Jose Hernandez from his
rehab assignment and activated him from the 15-day DL. They also
recalled infielder Lou Collier from Double-A Huntsville. ...
Jenkins also homered in three straight games Aug. 18-20 at
Montreal. ... Tyler Houston stole his first base since May 22,
1999. ... Colorado activated RHPs Kevin Jarvis and Jerry Dipoto
from the DL. ... Larry Walker will take batting practice on Tuesday
and Thursday and Bell will decide afterwards whether to activate
him. ... Infielder Elvis Pena was recalled from Double-A Carolina
and outfielder Carlos Mendoza from Triple-A Colorado Springs before
the game.
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