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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Colorado 7, Pittsburgh 1
When: 1:35 PM ET, Thursday, April 7, 2011
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 61°
Umpires: Home - Mark Carlson, 1B - Tim Timmons, 2B - Jeff Kellogg, 3B - Eric Cooper
Attendance: 39219

Troy Tulowitzki homered and drove in three runs as the Colorado Rockies spoiled Pittsburgh's home opener with a 7-1 victory over the Pirates on Thursday afternoon.

Esmil Rogers (1-0) went 7 1/3 strong innings in his season debut, allowing one run on four hits to spark the Rockies to their fourth straight victory. He struck out seven and walked one.

Tulowitzki homered for the third straight game and Carlos Gonzalez drove in a pair of runs to back the pitching of Rogers.

Pirates starter Paul Maholm (0-1) allowed five runs - three earned - on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Tulowitzki had a sacrifice fly in the first, a solo blast in the third and an RBI double in the fifth off Maholm.

Pittsburgh, which had won consecutive road series at Chicago and St. Louis, got its only run in the first when Jose Tabata scored on Andrew McCutchen's groundout.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Colorado   Pittsburgh
Esmil Rogers Player Paul Maholm
Win W/L Loss
7.1 IP 5.2
7 Strikeouts 1
4 Hits 8
1.23 ERA 4.76
Hitting
Colorado   Pittsburgh
Troy Tulowitzki Player Steven Pearce
2 Hits 1
3 RBI 0
1 HR 0
6 TB 1
.667 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Colorado 11 1 17 .306 10 3 6 1 0 0
Pittsburgh 4 0 4 .133 10 8 1 2 0 2