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Published August 8, 2007 at midnight

Three keys

Key moments in the Rockies' 11-4 victory against the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night at Coors Field:

1 With the score tied 3-3, one out and the bases loaded in the sixth, Cory Sullivan hit a slow roller toward first that went for an infield single, driving in the fourth run of a five-run rally that began with Troy Tulowitzki's leadoff home run.

2 Brad Hawpe, who bobbled but caught Bill Hall's flyball to start the fourth, dropped Craig Counsell's leadoff flyball for a two-base error in the fifth. Counsell later scored on Corey Hart's sacrifice fly.

3 After striking out in his first two at-bats, leaving him 4-for-22 all time against Chris Capuano, Todd Helton singled in the midst of the Rockies' five-run sixth. He then homered off right- hander Scott Linebrink in the seventh, his first home run in 61 at-bats, dating to July 18 at Pittsburgh. Helton also homered in his next at-bat, against Chris Spurling, the 26th multihomer game of his career and his first since Sept. 2, 2005, against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Rockies wives will hold their annual charity Grab Bag sale on Friday and Saturday. Proceeds this year go to the Mike Coolbaugh Memorial fund in honor of the Double-A Tulsa (Okla.) coach who was killed after being struck in the temple by a line drive while coaching first base. . . . Capuano is in a real funk. Not only is he 0-9 in his last 14 starts, but he saw a 3-0 lead disappear when the Rockies rallied for five runs in the sixth. He left with a 3-2 lead, no out and two on base and both the runners scored. . . . The Rockies are the only National League team with three players who have at least 70 RBI. Matt Holliday has 90, Garrett Atkins 76 and Hawpe 72. . . . With an infield single in the sixth, Holliday extended his hitting streak to nine games. With 150 hits, he could become the first Rockies player to reach 200 hits since Helton in 2003. . . . Rockies pitchers have a 3.26 ERA since July 17, third lowest in the majors. Toronto pitchers are at 3.10 after giving up nine runs against the Yankees on Tuesday. . . . Jeff Baker has started only two of the Rockies past 37 games.

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