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Ryne Sandberg Jersey Large .Robbie Ray was nearly unhittable for four innings before faltering badly, and a late collapse by the bullpen left the Diamondbacks with a 14-7 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.Nick Hundley hit a grand slam and pinch-hitter Daniel Descalso also homered in a seven-run eighth for Colorado.A.J. Pollock homered for Arizona, which couldnt hold an early lead.Ray yielded just one hit through four innings but fell apart in the fifth. Colorado scored six runs -- five earned -- on seven hits before he left with one out.I only had 44 pitches in four innings. I was feeling good, Ray said. Things didnt work out.The left-hander was sharp early, allowing just a two-out single in the fourth to Carlos Gonzalez before the fifth-inning collapse.He just couldnt put pitches together, Arizona manager Chip Hale said. He had two-strike counts and a couple of 0-2 counts and gave up some pretty well-hit balls. There were a couple of bloopers, which happens here.Nolan Arenado and Gonzalez each had two hits for the Rockies.The game was tied at 7 with two outs in the eighth when Enrique Burgos (1-2) hit Charlie Blackmon with a pitch to start Colorados rally. Arenados single two batters later put the Rockies ahead and, after two walks, Hundley hit his ninth homer and first career slam off Silvino Bracho.Descalso followed with the third pinch-hit homer of his career to cap the outburst.It got out of hand, Hale said. There was a chance we could get out of the eighth before the two home runs and score in the ninth. It just didnt happen.Carlos Estevez (3-7) worked a perfect inning for the win.Four hits and a throwing error by Colorado starter Jorge De La Rosa helped Arizona put up four runs in the fourth to give Ray a 5-0 lead.De La Rosa allowed five runs, none earned, in five innings.Pollocks two-run shot off Jordan Lyles, his first homer of the season, gave the Diamondbacks a 7-6 lead in the sixth, but Colorado tied it on David Dahls single in the bottom half.TRAINERS ROOMDiamondbacks: LHP Andrew Chafin (shoulder) was sent on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Reno. ... RHP Rubby De La Rosa (elbow inflammation) pitched one inning for Class A Visalia on Thursday. It was his first game action since May 25 with Arizona.Rockies: RHP Tyler Chatwood (back) and reliever Justin Miller (oblique strain) were activated from the 15-day disabled list. Colorado also reinstated Descalso from the paternity list.PURE GOLDPaul Goldschmidt doubled and extended his streak of reaching base against the Rockies to 49 games. It is the longest ever against Colorado.EXPANDED ROSTERSThe Rockies recalled long reliever and spot starter Christian Bergman from Triple-A Albuquerque. Bergman was optioned down on Aug. 20.Colorado also beefed up its roster by recalling catcher Tom Murphy and outfielder Raimel Tapia from Albuquerque. Tapia made his major league debut with a pinch-hit, infield single in the sixth.The Diamondbacks recalled outfielder Socrates Brito from Triple-A Reno.UP NEXTDiamondbacks RHP Braden Shipley (2-3, 4.75 ERA) faces Chatwood (10-8, 3.78) on Saturday.
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Custom Greg Maddux Jersey. The first week, overflowing with stops and starts, was as emotionally wearing as it was sloppy and fitful. Williams passed grueling three-set tests in the second and third rounds (her win in the latter took two hours and 24 minutes). She celebrated with a pair of knockout wins in the next two rounds to reach the semis.Williams and Kerber both struggled to serve early in Thursdays match. Kerber, whose second serve is vulnerable, admitted she was feeling the jitters. Williams took advantage. Kerber is an excellent returner. Williams, whose serve is usually explosive, lacked spring in her legs. Kerber took advantage.I dont know what was the problem, Kerber said. I think we both were returning very well at the beginning of the first set. I mean, I was a little bit nervous when I go out there because I was trying to playing my best tennis.Williams quickly went two breaks down in the first set. She never led in the match. Her fatigue is written all over the stat sheet:Only 15 percent of her serves went unreturned -- her lowest number in her six Wimbledon matches this year.She won by far her lowest percentage of first-serve points (57 percent; next lowest was 65 percent).She clocked her second-lowest average first serve speed.She didnt hit a single service-return winner.She produced her worst performance of the tournament in rallies lasting longer than nine shots. Williams won just two of nine such points; in her opening match, she won 11 of 19.Still, Williams dug in and earned back one of those first-set breaks. She pressed hard when Kerber served for the set at 5-4 but just didnt have enough power to break through. Discouraged, Williams gave up an early second-set break. She staved off a rout with that hold in the 3-1 game, but the American was unable to keep Kerber from rolling to the win.I played against a lot of great opponents. I had a lot of tough matches. Its not easy out there, Williams reminded reporters afterward. Reflecting on the threat she posed for so long in this tournament at her age, she added, Yeah, in life there is no such thing as impossible. Its always possible. Thats what you feel as an athlete. Pretty much our job is to make the impossible happen every day. Its like magic, you know. I like that. ' ' '