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Show w June 17, 1999 tino Cobs take the lead by Steven R. Ford Call it the Revenge of the Rockies. In a June 6 Wasatch Front Men's Base-bal- l League game played at Serge B. Simmons Field in Ogden, the Rockies avenged a preseason loss by grinding out an win over the Cubs. Without their full roster, the Rockies went down easily in a 16-- 5 contest that was all Cubs. But the Rockies turned out in force for the rematch and proved to be too much at full strength for the visitors. Starting pitcher Dustin Humphries pitched five strong innings, striking out five, and giving up no earned 8-- 5 pitches, while striking out four and retiring the side in the third. "There was a lot of pressure on him, knowing that there was no reliever for him," said Cubs manager and second baseman Mario Carrasco. "He threw a complete game because my relievers weren't here. He knew all along that it was all on his shoulders." runs. "I haven't pitched in three or four years," Humphries said. "Mainly I'd start out with a fastball and finish them off with a curveball inside. It seemed like they couldn't hit it today." Humphries got a little help from his In the middle of the fifth inning, Rockies manager and catcher, Max Ahlvers, who went 2 with a walk, pulled Humphries from the lineup in favor of relief pitcher, Josh Slusser, and the former pro prospect with the Chicago Cubs organization struggled immedi 1-- friends as the Rockies' bats came alive, second inning to producing a four-run r pro- duced a two-ru- n scoring single to right field to provide most of the offense for his team. On the other side of the field, Cubs pitching ace Chris Medvin, a Northern California high school phenom and now assigned to the 649th Combat Logistics Support Squadron, was erratic, walking five batters on four straight staff HVfop Times Jeremy Valdez 4-- 1. side. Even as the setting sun chilled the field, Slusser brought out the heat. I kept going with the fastball," Slusser said of his final inning on the mound. ately. The visitors were able to climb right back into the game with a big inning, punctuated by Jesse Trujillo's two RBI hammering double to the gap in center field. Rockies second baseman, Mike Shanley, of the 4th Fighter Squadron, redeemed himself after an early inning error to snag a hot shot through the infield, saving the run. At the middle of the sixth, the game was knotted at "He was getting tired and wild in the last inning," Ahlvers said of Humphries. "It's early in the season. None of our arms are as healthy as they could be. I didn't want to stretch it out." The Rockies refused to let go of the game, however, capitalizing on two batters walked to produce three runs in the bottom of the sixth and reclaim the go-ahe- "I knew they were having trouble catching up to me, so I just stuck with the got the first two guys on all and the last guy fought off a couof ple fastballs, so I went with the curve and got him." "I'm really happy to have Josh on our team," Ahlvers said. "He's probably the most overpowering pitcher in this league, as far as I'm concerned." The close game and commanding nature of the Rockies was a surprise to Cubs manager and second baseman Mario Carrasco, of the Hill Transportation Management Office. "We weren't expecting it," Carrasco said. "After seeing them last time, we came in confident. We were too confident, in fact, not knowing that their pitchers were ready. They had good breaking balls. They were just on gas. ad 5-- 5. lead 8-- 5. 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