West bracket: 2009 Rockies defeat 1973 Dodgers in six games

Game One: Dodgers 2, Rockies 1
WP: Sutton (3-0)
LP: Jimenez (0-1)
Save: Brewer (2)
HR: Iannetta (4)

Game Two: Rockies 5, Dodgers 1
WP: Marquis (1-1)
LP: John (1-1)
HR: Helton (1)

Game Three: Rockies 5, Dodgers 2
WP: de la Rosa (2-0)
LP: Messersmith (0-2)
Save: Street (5)
HR: Hawpe (1), Tulowitzki (1)

Game Four: Rockies 8, Dodgers 3
WP: Cook (2-0)
LP: Osteen (0-2)
HR: W Davis (1), Buckner (1), Atkins (2)

Game Five: Dodgers 1, Rockies 0
WP: Sutton (3-0)
LP: Jimenez (0-2)
Save: Richert (1)
HR: Cey (1)

Game Six: Rockies 4, Dodgers 0
WP: Marquis (2-1)
LP: John (1-2)
Save: Betancourt (1)
HR: Hawpe (2)

The Dodgers scored just nine runs in the six games.

Two of them came in the Dodger Stadium opener, and they were enough for Don Sutton. Sutton allowed five hits in eight innings, one a homer by Chris Iannetta. Willie Crawford singled home two runs in the fourth. Jim Brewer struck out two of the three men he faced in the ninth.

Jason Marquis and a host of relievers evened the series in Game Two. Marquis allowed two hits and one run in five innings, leaving for a pinch-hitter in the top of the sixth (Iannetta grounded into double play to kill a rally). Franklin Morales, Rafael Betancourt, Joe Beimel and Matt Daley followed, shutting out the Dodgers over the final four innings. Todd Helton drove in three runs for Colorado.

The series shifted to Coors Field. Troy Tulowitzki homered in a three-run third inning off Andy Messersmith, and Jorge de la Rosa held the Dodgers scoreless though six innings. The Dodgers plated two runs in the seventh, but Dexter Fowler singled in a run in the bottom of the seventh and Brad Hawpe homered in the eighth.

Garret Atkins hit a grand slam off Claude Osteen in the first inning of Game Four, and the Dodgers never seriously challenged. Atkins added two more RBIs in a three-run fifth inning. Aaron Cook went eight innings for the win, allowed three runs on a pair of homers. 

Sutton staved off elimination with a Game Five gem. He allowed four hits in 8.1 innings, with Pete Richert getting the final two outs after a Tulowitzki single. Ron Cey homered in the fourth off Ubaldo Jimenez for the only run of the game.

Jason Marquis went eight-plus innings in Game Six, shutting out the Dodgers on six hits. Two of them came from the first two hitters of the ninth, after which the Rockies used Beimel for one out and Betancourt for the final two. Hawpe homered in the second off loser Tommy John, and Atkins drove in two runs in a three-run third.

Player availability: An injury to Dexter Fowler will have expired by the start of the third round, and with two days off the Colorado bullpen will be rested.

Projected rotation: Jimenez-de la Rosa-Marquis-Cook-(Jimenez)-(de la Rosa)-(Marquis)