Article: Owings overcomes poor stretch to get start.(Sports)

Byline: Pat Rooney, Rocky Mountain News

In early September, Micah Owings had to wonder if his place in the Arizona's starting rotation was gone for the season.

Coming off two disastrous starts, the rookie right-hander temporarily was dropped from the Diamondbacks rotation. With Arizona taking aim at the National League West crown, manager Bob Melvin understandably was hesitant to give the ball back to Owings after two worrisome starts early in September.

But after a 10-day break, Owings got a start against San Francisco and responded with his first career shutout. Nine days after that, Owings made a spot start in place of 2006 NL Cy Young Award ...

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