Colorado Rockies pitcher Drew Pomeranx was arrested early Friday morning on an accusation of disturbing the peace in Oxford.

Oxford police arrested Pomeranz at 1:25 a.m., he was released on bond at 4:40 a.m.

The left-handed pitcher was an All-American at Ole Miss, and was drafted fifth overall in the 2010 MLB Draft by the Cleveland Indians.

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Updated Sep 9, 2011 9:23 PM ET

DENVER (AP)

Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki was not in the lineup Friday due to soreness in his left hip.

He said he wasn’t sure how the soreness developed, but said the hip bothered him when he took swings in the indoor batting cage before Friday night’s game against the Cincinnati Reds.

Tulowitzki said he anticipated being able to play Saturday. Manager Jim Tracy said, ”We’re hopeful that it’s just maybe a day, maybe a day or so. I’m not certain on the amount of time.”

Chris Nelson was activated Friday and was scheduled to start in place of Tulowitzki at shorstop. Nelson was recalled Tuesday from Triple-A Colorado Springs but was nursing a bruised left heel when he returned to the Rockies.

DENVER (AP)—Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki(notes) was not in the
lineup Friday due to soreness in his left hip.

He said he wasn’t sure how the soreness developed, but said the hip bothered
him when he took swings in the indoor batting cage before Friday night’s game
against the Cincinnati Reds.

Tulowitzki said he anticipated being able to play Saturday. Manager Jim
Tracy said, “We’re hopeful that it’s just maybe a day, maybe a day or so. I’m
not certain on the amount of time.”

Chris Nelson(notes) was activated Friday and was scheduled to start in place of
Tulowitzki at shorstop. Nelson was recalled Tuesday from Triple-A Colorado
Springs but was nursing a bruised left heel when he returned to the Rockies.

By Eric Stephen

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Aug 21, 2011 – Chad Billingsley has struggled in his career at Coors Field, but the Los Angeles Dodgers need him to pitch deep into Sunday’s series finale against the Colorado Rockies in Denver. The Dodgers used all seven relief pitchers on their roster in Saturday’s 13-inning loss to Colorado, so it stands to reason some of those pitchers would be unavailable in the series finale. A number of relievers threw a lot of pitches on Saturday:

• Closer Javy Guerra threw 32 pitches
• Scott Elbert threw 25 pitches after throwing 16 pitches Friday
• Matt Guerrier threw 23 pitches after throwing 16 pitches Friday
• Blake Hawksworth threw 13 pitches after throwing 12 pitches Friday
• Mike MacDougal threw 22 pitches after throwing four pitches Friday
• Hong-Chih Kuo only faced three batters, but did so over two innings, and the club has been cautious with Kuo regarding pitching in multiple innings

The Dodgers have only had a reliever throw on three straight days three times this season. What this all means is that Chad Billingsley simply needs to have a good outing, which has been hard to come by at Coors Field.

Billingsley has made six starts and one relief appearance in his career, and the results have not been good. Billingsley is 1-5 with a 7.88 ERA with 21 walks and 19 strikeouts. This season Billingsley has lost both starts in Colorado, allowing 11 runs and 19 hits in 7 2/3 innings. The Dodgers beat Billingsley on April 6 and June 10.

Kevin Millwood starts for the Rockies, making his third start for Colorado. Millwood was on a minor league deal with the Red Sox this season, but Boston released him on August 6. Two days later he signed with the Rockies, and in two starts he has allowed seven runs in 13 innings, with two walks and nine strikeouts. However, Millwood has allowed five home runs in those 13 innings, so expect fireworks in Colorado today.

Sunday’s 12:10 p.m. PDT game will be televised by Prime Ticket. For more news and information, be sure to read True Blue LA.

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The Colorado Rockies are “very optimistic” Juan Nicasio will pitch again after he underwent surgery early Saturday morning to stabilize a fractured vertebra suffered after being struck by a line drive in the side of the head, Rockies head athletic trainer Keith Dugger said.

Nicasio, 24, sustained a broken C-1 vertebra and bleeding to the right side of his face, where Ian Desmond’s line drive Friday night drilled him “right by his temple,” Dugger said. The injuries were never life threatening, and Nicasio was conscious when Dugger rushed to attend to him on the mound Friday night.

Nicasio maintained control of all his extremities, he can talk and he remembers “every detail” of Friday’s game, Dugger said. He could be released from the hospital early this week.

The best-case scenario, Dugger said, is that Nicasio will be pitching with the Rockies at the start of spring training next season. He will be able to walk again. But it is also possible Nicasio will never play baseball again.

“There’s a lot of unknown at this point in time,” Dugger said. “We’ll know a lot more in two weeks. . . . We’ll know when we get into the six-week mark of therapy, when we’re working on range of motion.”

After a cart carried Nicasio off the field Friday night, an ambulance drove him from Coors Field to Denver Health, an area hospital. Nicasio remained conscious on the ride to the hospital and asked for his neck brace to be removed until medical personnel reassured him that he needed to wear it.

At Denver Health, doctors administered a CT scan, which showed the fracture of the C-1 vertebra, which is responsible for neck rotation. The injury typically occurs in car crashes or when a diver hits his head in shallow water.

Dugger said there was no precedent of a baseball player sustaining the injury. It could have happened either when Nicasio jerked his head to avoid the ball, or when he collapsed to the ground and landed headfirst.

After doctors discovered the fracture, they presented options to Nicasio, still conscious at the time. The option that would give him the best chance to play baseball again was to perform surgery immediately. Nicasio chose that, with the blessing of neurosurgeons at Denver Health and Rockies team officials.

The surgery involved placing two screws in the back of Nicasio’s neck covered by a plate. Dugger did not anticipate Nicasio needing any more surgery on his neck, but Nicasio will likely require another procedure to treat the bleeding on the right side of his face.