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DENVER (AP) — None of the Colorado Rockies’ coaches will pay the price for Colorado’s disappointing season with their jobs.

The club announced Tuesday that the entire coaching staff will be back in 2012.

Most of manager Jim Tracy’s staff had been shrouded in uncertainty before the announcement, most notably pitching coach Bob Apodaca and hitting instructor Carney Lansford, whose old-school style didn’t sit well initially with the players this season.

Lansford will have hip replacement surgery next month, something he said will make his job easier.

Others who will be back are bench coach Tom Runnells, first base coach Glenallen Hill, third base coach Rich Dauer, bullpen coach Jim Wright and catching coach Marv Foley.

(Copyright ©2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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While the 2011 Colorado Rockies season ends, the 2012 campaign begins right away for manager Jim Tracy. With full knowledge that he is not receiving a contract extension any time soon, Tracy will announce his 2012 coaching staff on Wednesday, according to the Denver Post‘s Troy Renck.

Bench coach, hitting coach and pitching coach are all open to be replaced, but Tom Runnels is expected to be back as the bench coach, reports Renck. That leaves Carney Lansford and Bob Apodaca awaiting their fates as the hitting and pitching coaches.

Lansford joined Tracy’s staff last offseason when the team let go of Don Baylor while Apodaca has been with the team since Oct. 2002. Neither saw their respective areas do well this season, but firing them can be seen as scapegoating them for Tracy’s inability to do anything either.

But changing coaches won’t do much if the team doesn’t add more talent to the roster, which Dan O’Dowd will hopefully do this offseason.

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DENVER — The Colorado Rockies had no trouble against Kyle Kendrick earlier this year. This time around, he gave them nothing but trouble.

The Rockies roughed up Kendrick in May, but the Philadelphia starter got even Tuesday night. He tossed eight sparkling innings, Ryan Howard homered twice and the Phillies beat Colorado 5-0.

Kendrick (6-5) gave up five runs on seven hits in three innings in the Phillies’ 7-1 loss to Colorado on May 19. But the Rockies, who came into the game hitting .344 against the right-hander, managed just four hits at Coors Field.

“He used his cutter very effectively. He was cutting the ball in on the left-handed hitters,” Rockies manager Jim Tracy said. “He was throwing the front door

cutter to some of our right-handed hitters.”

It was a tough day for the Rockies. All-Star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki left the game in the eighth with trouble in his throwing hand, and starter Aaron Cook left after four innings with muscle spasms in his neck.

“Tulo came out of the game with something going on with his pinky finger on his throwing hand,” Tracy said. “I haven’t had a chance to talk him.”

Tracy said Cook started having problems in the bottom of the fourth.

“The line drive by (Raul) Ibanez, where he had to flinch very quickly, he developed a spasm in his neck on his right side,” Tracy said. “That’s why I took him out of the game.”

Cook said he doesn’t think he will miss a start.“When it happened it just kind of locked up and I lost a little strength in my arm,” he said. “All the strength came back. What the doctor’s told me is that it’s just like a football player getting a stinger. I don’t expect any prolonged setbacks from it. We will see how it feels tomorrow but they said it wasn’t anything to worry about.”

The Phillies hit him hard before he left.

Jimmy Rollins led off the game with a walk and moved to third on Shane Victorino’s single. Chase Utley drove in Rollins with a groundout and Victorino scored on Hunter Pence’s two-out double.

Philadelphia tacked on two more in the fourth. Howard led off with a drive to the facing of the second deck in right-center. One out later, Ibanez and Placido Polanco hit consecutive singles and Brian Schneider had a sacrifice fly.

Cook (2-6) gave up five hits, struck out two and walked one.

“He did not have depth at all to his sinker,” Tracy said. “I believe the first five hitters he faced, he was behind all of them. They were being very patient. He got a changeup up to Ryan Howard who hit it out of the ballpark.”

Howard led off the eighth with a drive to left against Matt Lindstrom for his 23rd homer.

The Rockies had very few chances against Kendrick and failed to capitalize on any of them. They had two runner on in the first but Seth Smith looked at strike three to end the threat. Eric Young Jr. and Chris Iannetta reached second base in the third and fifth, respectively, but were stranded there.

“KK was very good,” Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. “This would rank up there with his best outing.”

White heads to Double-A

on rehab assignment

The Rockies new right-hander Alex White made a brief appearance in Denver on Tuesday before heading to Double-A Tulsa for a rehab assignment Thursday.

White is one of four players acquired by the Rockies from Cleveland for Ubaldo Jimenez on Saturday. Colorado also received right-hander Joe Gardner, first baseman Matt McBride and a player to be named, expected to be lefty Drew Pomeranz.

White and Pomeranz were considered the top two pitching prospects in Cleveland’s organization. They were Cleveland’s No. 1 draft picks in 2009 and 2010, respectively.

White made three starts with the Indians before landing on the 15-day disabled list on May 21 with a torn tendon on the middle finger of his pitching hand.

White said he will see how his injury reacts before he can think about joining the Rockies’ rotation.

Notable

Phillies ace Roy Halladay will start today’s series finale against Jason Hammel. Halladay, who is from Arvada, made his first start at Coors Field on May 12, 2010, and got a no-decision. He is 2-0 with a 0.77 ERA in three career starts against the Rockies. Hammel is 1-1 with a 5.40 ERA in three career appearances against Philadelphia, two of them starts. … Rockies CF Dexter Fowler is hitting .400 since July 19. … Howard has two multihomer games this season and 27 for his career. His last multihomer game was April 29 against the Mets … Pence has at least one hit in each of his four games with the Phillies since being acquired Friday from Houston.

Rockies upcoming

Phillies 5, Rockies 0 Philadelphia Colorado

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Rollins ss 4 1 0 0 EYong lf 4 0 1 0

Victorn cf 4 1 1 0 Fowler cf 3 0 1 0

Utley 2b 4 0 0 1 Helton 1b 4 0 0 0

Howard 1b 4 2 2 2 Tlwtzk ss 2 0 0 0

Pence rf 3 0 2 1 Nelson 3b 1 0 0 0

Ibanez lf 4 1 1 0 S.Smith rf 4 0 0 0

Polanc 3b 4 0 1 0 IStewrt 3b 2 0 0 0

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Kndrck p 3 0 1 0 Splrghs ph 1 0 1 0

Mayrry ph 1 0 0 0 Lndstr p 0 0 0 0

Herndn p 0 0 0 0 MtRynl p 0 0 0 0

M.Ellis 2b 3 0 0 0

Iannett c 3 0 1 0

A.Cook p 1 0 0 0

JHerrr 3b-ss 2 0 0 0

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Philadelphia 200 200 010–5

Colorado 000 000 000–0

DP–Philadelphia 1. LOB–Philadelphia 6, Colorado 5. 2B–Pence 2 (29), Fowler (18). HR–Howard 2 (23). SB–E.Young (7). SF–Schneider.

IP H R ER BB SO

Philadelphia

K.Kendrick W,6-5 8 4 0 0 2 7

Herndon 1 0 0 0 0 0

Colorado

A.Cook L,2-6 4 5 4 4 1 2

E.Escalona 3 2 0 0 1 1

Lindstrom 1 1 1 1 1 1

Mat.Reynolds 1 0 0 0 0 0

T–2:34. A–39,128 (50,490).

DENVER —

The Colorado Rockies had no trouble against Kyle Kendrick earlier this year. This time around, he gave them nothing but trouble.

The Rockies roughed up Kendrick in May, but the Philadelphia starter got even Tuesday night. He tossed eight sparkling innings, Ryan Howard homered twice and the Phillies beat Colorado 5-0.

Kendrick (6-5) gave up five runs on seven hits in three innings in the Phillies’ 7-1 loss to Colorado on May 19. But the Rockies, who came into the game hitting .344 against the right-hander, managed just four hits at Coors Field.

“He used his cutter very effectively. He was cutting the ball in on the left-handed hitters,” Rockies manager Jim Tracy said. “He was throwing the front door cutter to some of our right-handed hitters.”

It was a tough day for the Rockies. All-Star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki left the game in the eighth with trouble in his throwing hand, and starter Aaron Cook left after four innings with muscle spasms in his neck.

“Tulo came out of the game with something going on with his pinky finger on his throwing hand,” Tracy said. “I haven’t had a chance to talk him.”

Tracy said Cook started having problems in the bottom of the fourth.

“The line drive by (Raul) Ibanez, where he had to flinch very quickly, he developed a spasm in his neck on his right side,” Tracy said. “That’s why I took him out of the game.”

Cook said he doesn’t think he will miss a start.

“When it happened it just kind of locked up and I lost a little strength in my arm,” he said. “All the strength came back. What the doctor’s told me is that it’s just like a football player getting a stinger. I don’t expect any prolonged setbacks from it. We will see how it feels tomorrow but they said it wasn’t anything to worry about.”

The Phillies hit him hard before he left.

Jimmy Rollins led off the game with a walk and moved to third on Shane Victorino’s single. Chase Utley drove in Rollins with a groundout and Victorino scored on Hunter Pence’s two-out double.

Philadelphia tacked on two more in the fourth. Howard led off with a drive to the facing of the second deck in right-center. One out later, Ibanez and Placido Polanco hit consecutive singles and Brian Schneider had a sacrifice fly.

Cook (2-6) gave up five hits, struck out two and walked one.

“He did not have depth at all to his sinker,” Tracy said. “I believe the first five hitters he faced, he was behind all of them. They were being very patient. He got a changeup up to Ryan Howard who hit it out of the ballpark.”

Howard led off the eighth with a drive to left against Matt Lindstrom for his 23rd homer.

The Rockies had very few chances against Kendrick and failed to capitalize on any of them. They had two runner on in the first but Seth Smith looked at strike three to end the threat. Eric Young Jr. and Chris Iannetta reached second base in the third and fifth, respectively, but were stranded there.

“KK was very good,” Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. “This would rank up there with his best outing.”

NOTES: Phillies ace Roy Halladay will start Wednesday’s series finale against Jason Hammel. Halladay, who is from Arvada, Colo., made his first start at Coors Field on May 12, 2010, and got a no-decision. He is 2-0 with a 0.77 ERA in three career starts against the Rockies. Hammel is 1-1 with a 5.40 ERA in three career appearances against Philadelphia, two of them starts. … Rockies CF Dexter Fowler is hitting .400 since July 19.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ubaldo Jimenez got the start for the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night. At some point during his brief outing, he was no longer with the team.

Talk about a strange game.

Jimenez was pulled after one rocky inning when the Rockies agreed to deal their ace to Cleveland, and Colorado rallied for a 10-6 victory over the San Diego Padres.

“Some very incredible circumstances in relation to this game,” Rockies manager Jim Tracy said. “To go out there and win the ballgame speaks for itself.”

Eliezer Alfonzo hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high five runs for the Rockies. Troy Tulowitzki had three RBIs, including a two-run homer, and Esmil Rogers (4-1) came on in relief of Jimenez and allowed one run in five innings.

But it was how Jimenez started the game, with Rogers was warming up in the bullpen, that was odd.

“He started to warm up and we found out shortly after the national anthem had finished that it was official,” Tracy said. “At the time that he went down (to warm up), we hadn’t gotten official confirmation. Once the game started, there was (a deal).”

Jimenez gave up four runs, two hits and four walks in the shaky first. He was lifted for Rogers and told reporters outside the Colorado locker room he had been traded to the Indians.

The Rockies confirmed the five-player deal with Cleveland later in the game. Colorado will get three minor leaguers and a player to be named.

“For sure, I didn’t have my mind on baseball right there,” Jimenez said. “It’s extremely hard to get traded. When I got to the mound in the first inning, I couldn’t even throw a strike because I didn’t have my mind on the game.”

Jimenez was greeted with hugs, handshakes and pats on the back from his teammates and coaches when he came into the dugout after the first inning.

“I have known him since I have been with the organization,” Tulowitzki said. “It’s tough to see someone like him go.”

Tracy said before Jimenez went to the mound, there were plenty of distractions.

“I called him into the office (before the game) because there was something that had gone across on the television that said he had been traded,” Tracy said. “I was waiting for confirmation. If time allowed, he would not have started the game. But I didn’t get that call, so I called him in here to tell him the TV was not (true).”

Even though the trade was not a surprise, Tracy said that doesn’t make it easier.

“I understand the things we are doing,” said Tracy, whose eyes got moist as he spoke of Jimenez. “But that doesn’t make it very simple to say goodbye to somebody who has meant so much to this organization and to myself personally as a manager.”

Alfonzo connected against reliever Luke Gregerson in the sixth inning, giving the Rockies a 7-4 lead. He also drew a bases-loaded walk.

Alfonzo’s home run was his first since May 30, 2010, for Seattle. It was the first grand slam by Colorado since Sept. 23, 2010, when Carlos Gonzalez went deep at Arizona.

“It was kind of bittersweet,” Alfonzo said. “It feels good to contribute, but then to lost Ubaldo makes it tough.”

Colorado earned its third consecutive win, improving to 11-3 in its last 14 games at Petco Park.

Chris Nelson had three hits and scored twice and Tulowitzki reached the 20-homer mark for the fourth time in his five full seasons.

Aaron Harang (9-3) allowed six runs and six hits over 5 2-3 innings for San Diego.

“It was kind of an odd day,” Harang said. “(Jimenez) didn’t look like his normal self.”

Alberto Gonzalez had three RBIs for San Diego and Ryan Ludwick drove in two.

Jimenez, who finished third in the NL Cy Young Award voting last season after going 19-8 with a 2.88 ERA, threw 45 pitches, only 21 for strikes.

Ludwick and Alberto Gonzalez each had a two-run double in the first.

Tulowitzki’s homer broke Colorado’s five-game drought, its longest in nearly a year.

NOTES: San Diego LHP Wade LeBlanc will be called up from Triple-A Tucson to start in place of RHP Dustin Moseley (slight left shoulder dislocation) on Sunday. … Padres manager Bud Black said team doctor Heinz Hoenecke was “encouraged” about LHP Clayton Richard’s shoulder surgery. Black said the team expects Richard to be ready by the first day of spring training with no restrictions.

Ubaldo Jimenez was the story after just one inning Saturday night as the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 10-6.

Incredibly, it was the only inning he pitched before being pulled off the mound.

Jimenez was yanked after one rocky inning when the Rockies agreed to deal their ace to the Cleveland Indians, and Colorado rallied for a 10-6 victory over San Diego.

“Some very incredible circumstances in relation to this game,” Rockies manager Jim Tracy said. “To go out there and win the ballgame speaks for itself.”

Eliezer Alfonzo hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high five runs for the Rockies. Troy Tulowitzki had three RBIs, including a two-run homer, and Esmil Rogers (4-1) came on in relief of Jimenez and allowed one run in five innings.

But it was how Jimenez started the game, with Rogers was warming up in the bullpen, that was odd.

“He started to warm up and we found out shortly after the national anthem had finished that it was official,” Tracy said. “At the time that he went down (to warm up), we hadn’t gotten official confirmation. Once the game started, there was (a deal).”

Jimenez gave up four runs, two hits and four walks in the shaky first. He was lifted for Rogers and told reporters outside the Colorado locker room he had been traded to the Indians.

The Rockies confirmed the five-player deal with Cleveland later in the game. Colorado will get three minor leaguers and a player to be named.

“For sure, I didn’t have my mind on baseball right there,” Jimenez said. “It’s extremely hard to get traded. When I got to the mound in the first inning, I couldn’t even throw a strike because I didn’t have my mind on the game.”

Jimenez was greeted with hugs, handshakes and pats on the back from his teammates and coaches when he came into the dugout after the first inning.

“I have known him since I have been with the organization,” Tulowitzki said. “It’s tough to see someone like him go.”

Tracy said before Jimenez went to the mound, there were plenty of distractions.

“I called him into the office (before the game) because there was something that had gone across on the television that said he had been traded,” Tracy said. “I was waiting for confirmation. If time allowed, he would not have started the game. But I didn’t get that call, so I called him in here to tell him the TV was not (true).”

Even though the trade was not a surprise, Tracy said that doesn’t make it easier.

“I understand the things we are doing,” said Tracy, whose eyes got moist as he spoke of Jimenez. “But that doesn’t make it very simple to say goodbye to somebody who has meant so much to this organization and to myself personally as a manager.”

Elsewhere in the National League it was: Philadelphia 7 Pittsburgh 4; Milwaukee 6 Houston 2; St. Louis 13 Chicago Cubs 5; Atlanta 5 Florida 1; Cincinnati 7 San Francisco 2; Washington 3 N.Y. Mets 0 and Arizona 6 L.A. Dodgers 4.

At San Diego, Alfonzo connected against reliever Luke Gregerson in the sixth inning, giving the Rockies a 7-4 lead. He also drew a bases-loaded walk.

Alfonzo’s home run was his first since May 30, 2010, for Seattle. It was the first grand slam by Colorado since Sept. 23, 2010, when Carlos Gonzalez went deep at Arizona.

Colorado earned its third consecutive win, improving to 11-3 in its last 14 games at Petco Park.

Chris Nelson had three hits and scored twice and Tulowitzki reached the 20-homer mark for the fourth time in his five full seasons.

Aaron Harang (9-3) allowed six runs and six hits over 5 2-3 innings for San Diego.

Alberto Gonzalez had three RBIs for San Diego and Ryan Ludwick drove in two.

Ludwick and Alberto Gonzalez each had a two-run double in the first.

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Phillies 7 Pirates 4

At Philadelphia, Ryan Howard had four hits, including a homer and two doubles, and three RBIs to lead Philadelphia to the victory.

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Brewers 6 Astros 2

At Milwaukee, Yovani Gallardo tossed seven effective innings and Prince Fielder hit a 475-foot home run for surging Milwaukee.

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Cardinals 13 Cubs 5

At St. Louis, Mo., Albert Pujols and David Freese homered, helping St. Louis overcome a five-run deficit. It was the 432nd homer of Pujols’ career and came one day after he reached 2,000 hits. The home run places him alone in 40th place on the career list.

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Braves 5 Marlins 1

At Atlanta, Tim Hudson allowed one run in seven innings and Dan Uggla hit a three-run homer to lead Atlanta to the victory. Uggla belted his 20th homer in the third inning to extend his career-best hitting streak to 21 games.

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Reds 7 Giants 2

At Cincinnati, Jay Bruce and Chris Heisey each hit a two-run single in Cincinnati’s five-run first inning.

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Nationals 3 Mets 0

At Washington, D.C., Jayson Werth hit a three-run homer for Washington, and Yunesky Maya, filling in for traded starter Jason Marquis, earned his first career win.

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Diamondbacks 6 Dodgers 4

At Los Angeles, Justin Upton greeted Matt Guerrier with a go-ahead three-run double, and Arizona climbed within three games of the NL West lead.