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DENVER -- Brandon Barnes entered the game late as a defensive replacement. He had plenty of time, as it turned out, to make the difference. Barnes hit a winning triple off the centre-field wall in the 10th inning and the Colorado Rockies snapped an eight-game losing streak, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 Saturday. "I didnt think I got it as good as I did, but I stayed through it enough to get it out there," said Barnes, who entered in the eighth inning. "I was ecstatic and I was happy for the team. We broke through that little rut we were in and hopefully this picks us up and gets us going." The defeat capped a tough day for the Dodgers, who saw outfielder Yasiel Puig and second baseman Dee Gordon leave early because of injuries. Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said hes hopeful that neither Gordon nor Puig will miss much time. "I couldnt answer that right now," Mattingly said. "The fact that theres no further tests scheduled at this point leads me to believe, at least hopefully, that these are day-to-day issues and not long-term issues." Gordon left in the fourth inning because of discomfort in his right hip. He was optimistic that he wouldnt be out long after receiving treatment. "It feels way better now after doing some stuff for it," Gordon said. Puig was out with a strained right hip flexor. He walked in the fifth, slid hard into second on a double-play grounder and didnt take the field in the bottom half. "I was trying to break up the double play, and I felt a little something that was stretching my leg," Puig said through a translator. "The medical staff wanted me to come out to get some treatment and hopefully its not that big of an issue." Chris Perez (0-3) allowed a one-out single to Justin Morneau in the 10th. He fanned Michael McKenry before Barnes hit a deep drive to end it. Franklin Morales (4-4) pitched 1 1-3 scoreless innings. "I made my pitches, got the ball where it was supposed to go and got the hitters out," Morales said. "Well take this. We had a bad stretch, lost eight in a row, and however it happened, well take this." The Dodgers fell to 3-8 in extra innings this season while the Rockies improved to 3-3. Trailing 3-0, the Dodgers scored four times in the seventh and chased Jhoulys Chacin. Matt Kemp drew a leadoff walk, Andre Ethier singled and Justin Turner hit an RBI single. Nick Masset relieved and Tim Federowicz drove his first offering over the left-field wall for his first homer since Sept. 18 at Arizona. Colorado made it 4-all in its half on a two-out, RBI single by Corey Dickerson off Dodgers starter Zack Greinke. The Rockies went up 3-0 in the fifth. McKenry, Ryan Wheeler and Josh Rutledge singled in succession off Greinke for a run. Wheeler was tagged out in a rundown between third and home on Chacins grounder, but Rutledge reached third on the play and scored on Charlie Blackmons two-out single to right. McKenry, a late addition to the lineup after catcher Wilin Rosario was scratched because of illness, singled in the second to drive in Troy Tulowitzki. NOTES: With the score tied, Kemp hit a leadoff triple in the eighth but was left stranded when the Dodgers followed with three straight groundouts. ... The Rockies Michael Cuddyer missed a second game and remains day to day because of a sore left shoulder. ... Rockies RHP Christian Bergman is set to make his major league debut Monday. Hell be called up from Triple-A Colorado Springs to start against Atlanta in place of injured Jordan Lyles (broken left hand). ... Barnes also had a walkoff hit while with Houston against Colorado on May 27, 2013, a ground rule double off Wilton Lopez. ... Dodgers pitcher Chad Billingsley, coming back from Tommy John surgery in April 2013, is slated to resume a rehab assignment at Rancho Cucamonga this weekend. ... Dodgers LHP Clayton Kershaw (4-2) will face LHP Jorge De La Rosa (6-4) in the series finale Sunday. Custom Arizona Diamondbacks Jerseys .com) - The New York Islanders will try to solve their issues against Central Division opponents when they visit the Minnesota Wild for Tuesdays battle at Xcel Energy Center. Zack Greinke Jersey . Fellow Argentina forward Gonzalo Higuain also had a brace for Napoli. And Samuel Etoo scored for his fourth different team. On a night of standout individual performances Wednesday, Schalke goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand had a game hell want to forget. http://www.diamondbacksapparelsshop.com/...ez-jersey-c-18/. -- Sonny Grays fastball wasnt as sharp as it usually is, and the Oakland Athletics young pitcher even had a quirky replay go against him. Curt Schilling Jersey . 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I feel like we definitely do have the momentum. We got continue to go, though.The crowd of 54,599 erupted in cheers as Kemp rounded the bases. Bubbles percolated into the hot night air from a machine in the dugout the Dodgers turn on to celebrate homers.It seemed like a mistake pitch to Matt and hes been hot, as everyone knows, and that was exciting, Dodgers starter Zack Greinke said.No one looked happier greeting Kemp in the dugout than a once-distraught J.P. Howell, who had served up a tying, two-run homer to Matt Carpenter in the top of the inning after relieving Greinke. Kemp hugged Howell, who pointed skyward in relief.It was incredible, man, Howell said. To me it was almost religious because I was praying so hard and it happened pretty quickly. I was pretty thankful.Kemp connected against Pat Neshek for his fifth hit in the best-of-five series.He tried to get me with a couple of sliders, Kemp said. I laid off some tough ones that were close on the plate, but he left one just out on the plate that I could do something with and I put a good swing on it.Game 3 is Monday night in St. Louis, with John Lackey starting for the Cardinals against Hyun-Jin Ryu of the Dodgers.It was there for us and we let it slip away, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said.Brandon League got his first career post-season win with a scoreless inning of relief. Kenley Jansen retired the side, striking out two, in the ninth to earn the save.Now we just got to get our rest in and try to beat the Cardinals at their place, just like they did here in the first game, Jansen said. Got to go there and steal one.Greinke pitched two-hit ball over seven scoreless innings a night after ace Clayton Kershaw gave up Carpenters go-ahead three-run double in the seventh that helped the Cardinals win 10-9.The low-key Greinke, who has pitched in Kershaws shadow the last few years, tried not to put any extra pressure on himself to deliver a win.Any time personally I try to do more than I feel Im capable of, it backfires, he said. My game plan is always to try to lower my expectations and not try to do too much.Greinke belatedly took the mound in the eighth after his teammates had already taken their positions. Manager Don Mattingly came out to get him, and Greinke left to a standing ovation.Were seeing two teams that dont really want to go home and that are fighting for every game and every out and every pitch, Mattingly said. Its what everybody wants to see at this time of year.Howell took over and promptly gave up a single to pinch-hitter Oscar Tavares before Carpenter tied it at 2. Carpenter is 4 for 8 in the series, with two homers, two doubles and six RBIs.Im just trying to be aggressive, Carpenter said. Im getting some good pitches to hit, putting some good swings on it. I dont thinkk theres any rhyme or reason to it.dddddddddddd.Greinke struck out seven, walked two and didnt allow a runner past second base. He didnt give up a hit until the fifth, when Kolten Wong doubled down the right-field line before Greinke struck out the next two batters to end the inning.Greinke was pretty nifty at the plate, too. He went 2 for 3 for his first career post-season multihit game, and even slid headfirst into third on Dee Gordons single in the fifth that eluded Wongs dive at second base.Its really important fielding your position and hitting, not being an absolute out, Greinke said.Cardinals starter Lance Lynn gave up two runs and seven hits in six innings, struck out eight and walked two.The Dodgers took a 2-0 lead in the third. Gordons groundout to second base scored A.J. Ellis, who doubled leading off for his fifth hit of the series. Adrian Gonzalezs two-out RBI single made it 2-0, with Greinke scoring from second.Mattingly had earlier challenged a call that Greinke was tagged out going to second. After a review, the umpires ruled him safe when Wong tagged Greinke with his empty glove after Wong had already moved the ball to his throwing hand to try for a double play.The teams that share a combustible history in the playoffs were under control, even after Greinke hit Cardinals centre fielder Jon Jay with a pitch in the first inning. Unlike a night earlier, when Yasiel Puigs plunking by Adam Wainwright triggered a benches-clearing scrum, everyone stayed put in their dugouts.Puig, who drew attention with his neon-green batting gloves, struck out on a high fastball from Lynn in his first at-bat. Catcher Yadier Molina appeared to say something to Puig, who reacted and had to be walked part way back to the dugout by umpire Rob Drake. Puig struck out four times.Molina and Gonzalez yelled in each others faces in Game 1 as both benches and bullpens emptied without punches being thrown.SIGN-GATEMatheny didnt consider the talk about his hitters allegedly stealing signs in Game 1 to be a compliment.That would be an insult. Absolutely, he said. Our guys go about their at-bats like pros. Its just rumour and right now it could just be a distraction.The suggestion that Kershaw might have been tipping his pitches on Friday generated a lot of talk among the games TV announcers and on Twitter.Ill be the first one to say that theres nothing to it, Cardinals centre fielder Jon Jay said.Mattingly said he knows most teams try to give their hitters the location of pitches, but he knows of only one player who ever relayed pitch signs from second base to the hitters. He declined to name the player except to say hes still active.We know theyre trying to do it and everybody tries to do it, he said. Were switching signs, you do all this stuff. Its just not that easy, so its execution.UP NEXTCardinals: Lackey (3-3, 4.30 ERA) needs 3 2-3 innings to become the active leader in post-season innings pitched and overtake leader CC Sabathia with 107 1-3. The right-hander hasnt lost a division series game since Oct. 1, 2008, against Boston when he was with the Los Angeles Angels.Dodgers: Ryu (14-7, 3.38) hasnt pitched since Sept. 12 while rehabbing from left shoulder irritation, but Mattingly isnt worried. He seems to be able to not throw a whole lot and be pretty sharp, the manager said. 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