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Taijuan Walker had a long first inning, but he settled in and provided five innings of shutout baseball, striking out ten Rockies in the process. A.J. Pollock had a triple, played some great defense, and also scored from third on a hustle play when the Rockies threw over to first base. Daniel Descalso put the game well out of reach with a three-run, pinch-hit home run in the seventh inning.
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