Article: Sweep? Chance goes up in dust Reynolds rapped clutch hits missing.(Sports)

Byline: Jack Etkin, Rocky Mountain News

A three-game series sweep, something the Rockies have accomplished only once this year, was within their grasp Thursday for the second time in five days.

Instead, two shortcomings, one collective and one individual, left the Rockies to again settle for the satisfaction - no small one, particularly for a team 14 games below .500 - of winning a series, their third in succession.

Woeful clutch hitting, a problem all season, was at the root of a 10-7 loss to the San Francisco Giants. So was losing pitcher Greg Reynolds, who endured the worst of his seven major league starts.

Despite his immense promise, Reynolds, 23 on July ...

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