Duel breaks in Rockies' favor in ninth

 
Yorvit Torrealba's fly ball to left with one out in the bottom of the ninth resulted in the Rockies' sixth victory in seven games, 1-0 over the Giants at Coors Field on Wednesday night. [link]

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