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Gonzalez homers for third straight game as Rockies top Nationals

Associated Press

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

WASHINGTON -- Colorado Rockies manager Jim Tracy decided to give Carlos Gonzalez a shot at hitting leadoff. That worked out pretty well. Then again, pretty much everything Gonzalez does lately is going right. Moved up in the batting order Tuesday night, Gonzalez homered for the third consecutive game to break a tie and back Ubaldo Jimenez's latest strong start, helping Colorado beat the Washington Nationals 4-3. "Like I tell everybody: It doesn't matter where you're hitting," said Gonzalez, p ...

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