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DENVER -- The Colorado Rockies have faced adversity with injuries all season. Custom Toronto Blue Jays Nike Jerseys . Wednesday, they dealt with a little bad luck and let a victory slip away. Daniel Descalsos two-out bloop double hit the line in left field and sparked a two-run eighth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals rallied late to beat Colorado, 9-6. Drew Stubbs homered and Justin Morneau had two hits for the Rockies, who finished their homestand 1-5. The game featured the major league debuts of both starting pitchers. St. Louis Marco Gonzales was sharp early before faltering. Colorados Yohan Flande also started well before getting hit hard in his last inning. The Cardinals scored twice in the eighth off Adam Ottavino (0-3) on RBI doubles by Descalso and Matt Carpenter to take a win away from Flande. Ottavino was surprised when Descalsos double hit the line. "Honestly, I thought it was a foul ball until the moment that it wasnt," he said. "I wasnt even worried when it was in the air. I dont have any answers for today. I feel horrible that I gave it up. I thought I made good pitches and they found holes." St. Louis added two unearned runs off Nick Masset in the ninth on two of the clubs four sacrifice flies. Pat Neshek (2-0) pitched an inning of relief to earn the win. Trevor Rosenthal got four outs for his 23rd save in 26 chances. Rosenthal walked two batters in the ninth to bring the tying run to the plate. He struck out Troy Tulowitzki on a 100 mph fastball, the 11th pitch of the at-bat, and then Morneau flew out to centre to end it. "I was hoping to come through for the team, get on base, get a hit, get him in deeper water than he was already in," Tulowitzki said. "You could tell they were having meeting after meeting. I was calling time. It was a battle. That was an important out for them. I knew it was an important at-bat for our team. It hurts." Gonzales was unhittable the first time through the Rockies order, pitching near where he was an all-state player for Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins, Colorado, from 2007-10. At one point he threw 12 straight strikes, and 30 of his first 37 pitches were strikes. He had only one blemish, a one-out walk to DJ LeMahieu in the second. Things unraveled for him in the fourth. Stubbs hit the first pitch of the inning into the seats in left to tie it 1-1. After Tulowitzki fouled out, the next five batters reached base. Corey Dickerson had a two-run double and scored on LeMahieus single, and Josh Rutledge came home on Flandes groundout that made it 5-1. Matt Adams homered and drove in two runs and Matt Holliday had three hits for the Cardinals. Flande is the fourth starting pitcher this month to make his major league debut for the Rockies. Injuries to the staff forced the call-ups, but two of those pitchers -- Eddie Butler and Christian Bergman -- are now injured. Flande allowed just one run through the first four innings before the Cardinals rallied for three in the fifth. Mark Ellis scored on a sacrifice fly, and Adams followed Hollidays double with his third home run of the series to make it 5-4. Flande was touched for four runs and six hits, and he struck out four in five innings. "Flande was outstanding," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "I thought he was very good. Gonzales was outstanding the first time through the lineup. We got a few off him, but he hung in, gave his team a chance to win." Gonzales also pitched five innings. He allowed five runs and seven hits, and struck out three. "It was the best day of my life right there," Gonzales said. "It was a blast. A lot of family that I havent seen in a while, a lot of friends flying in from everywhere. Im very grateful for it. "Fortunately I was able to turn a lot of Fort Collins people into Cardinals fans today." NOTES: Dickerson went 13 for 25 during the six-game homestand. ... The Rockies placed Bergman (fractured left wrist) on the 60-day DL. ... Butler (right rotator cuff inflammation) will be shut down for six days before he begins throwing again. ... Colorado LHP Christian Friedrich (0-1, 6.00) will pitch the first of the Rockies four-game set at Milwaukee on Thursday. Custom Nike Baseball Jerseys 2020 . -- LeGarrette Blount made one last big splash into a soggy end zone. Custom Nike Baseball Jerseys . Span, Danny Espinosa and Adam LaRoche had two hits apiece as Washington won the final two games of the series. The Nationals improved to 3-7 against Atlanta. They increased their division lead over the Braves to 1 1/2 games. https://www.custombaseballnikejerseys.com/?tag=custom-boston-red-sox-nike-jerseys . Fans in the Jets viewing region can watch the game on TSN Jets at 5:30pm ct and listeners can tune in to TSN Radio 1290 Winnipeg.VANCOUVER - After fighting for their playoff lives the last month, the Vancouver Whitecaps have one more mountain to climb.Back-to-back road losses against FC Dallas and the Portland Timbers in mid-September nearly derailed their post-season chances, but the Whitecaps have ripped off three wins and a draw in their last four to climb back up the standings.With one game to go on the schedule, a win, draw, or even a loss this weekend could be enough to get Vancouver into the playoffs for the second time in three years.Despite all the permutations, the Whitecaps are solely focused on the first option.Its pretty simple — win and were in, said defender Steven Beitashour. So thats the main focus right now. Nothing less than a win.The Whitecaps wont know which result theyll need in order to secure the fifth and final playoff spot in Major League Soccers Western Conference until Saturdays game between Portland and Dallas is complete. That game will kick off 90 minutes before Vancouvers home fixture against the Colorado Rapids.Vancouver is one point up on Portland, so the Whitecaps need to at least match the Timbers result in Texas to get into the post-season. For example, a Portland win would mean Vancouver also needs a victory, while a Portland loss would clinch a playoff spot for the Whitecaps.Portland holds the tiebreaker, so ending even on points would hand the Timbers fifth place.I think were going in there in a confident mood, said Vancouver defender Andy OBrien. Weve given ourselves a chance of getting into the playoffs by virtue of the fact that weve played very well and gotten very good results over the last four games.There was a lot of pressure of us to get into this position. We had to play against teams that were doing very well in the league and had a lot of things play for as well.Whitecaps midfielder Russell Teiber said the result of the Timbers game will impact what happens at B.C. Place Stadium, but stressed the Whitecaps cant expect favours from other teams.We understand what happens if they lose, if they win, if they draw, but we have a game we need to take care of ourselves, said the Niagara Falls, Ont., native. I know thats going to be a cliche answer from a lot of the guys, but its the right answer, its the only answer.If we dont take care of business were not getting in.Added Beitashour: This past month has just been about us. No ones helping us out and whats going to change the last game of the season? Were really not expecting any help from anybody.That frame of mind helped Vancouver knock off Dallas, Real Salt Lake and the Seattle Sounders — all playoff teams — in impressive fashion to keep them in the chase.We said four games ago that we have five Cup finalls to play for, so weve been in that playoff mentality for weeks now, said Teibert. Custom Seattle Mariners Nike Jerseys. That does give us an advantage because weve been in pressure situations where weve needed to win games — not just wanted to win, weve needed to win — and weve done so.But Vancouver (11-8-14) is in this position of clinging to the final playoff spot not because of its ability to beat good teams, but rather an inability to get past MLS doormats, including two losses to the Rapids (8-17-8) this season.Against the higher-ranked teams weve done better, but I dont think you can really underestimate any team in this league, said OBrien. We want to win the game, but weve got to be sensible how we do it. We cant go out there and try and be gung-ho and give up goals, but we do understand the emphasis of winning the game.The Whitecaps admitted that the worst result psychologically from the Portland-Dallas game would be a draw, meaning Vancouver could get in the playoffs with a point of its own. But playing for ties is dangerous because all it takes is a mistake or a moment of magic for things to change drastically. I dont think you can mess about. I dont think you can dictate results here, said OBrien. Theres so many variables that can happen in a game. I think youve got to concentrate, do your job, and the objective is to get the three points.If Dallas beats Portland on Saturday, its conceivable that Whitecaps head coach Carl Robinson will get as many of his veterans off the pitch as soon as possible with an eye on the one-game No. 4 versus No. 5 playoff game that would go mid-week on the road against Dallas or Real Salt Lake.Well probably get a feel for the (Portland-Dallas) game from the supporters, said the 35-year-old OBrien. Im sure if its going our way theyll be cheering, or theyll be cheering us on if we need to pull (out a win).I think its very strange the two games are not being played at the same time, given the importance.The Rapids have been miserable in the second half of the season and are winless in their last 13 (0-11-2), but Vancouver will have to be wary, especially after the Whitecaps played to a 0-0 road draw against the lowly San Jose Earthquakes last weekend.They have nothing to lose, so its always tough in that case, said Beitashour. Especially the way we play, we love playing those top teams. You look at the last three wins, Salt Lake, Dallas and Seattle — top teams. We do well against them.Its the bottom teams that frighten us a little bit. We have to make sure we come out prepared (and) fight, scrap just as if they were a first-place team. We have to give everything we have and a good result should come from that.———Follow @JClipperton_CP on Twitter ' ' '