4B SPORTS / WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM MLB Rockies' pitcher takes down Braves ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER — Jorge De La Rosa pitched seven effective innings and Carlos Gonzalez hit his 26th home run to lead the Colorado Rockies to a 5-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night. Seth Smith also honored and Eric Young had a career-high three hits for the Rockies. Huston Street worked the ninth for his 12th save. Alex Gonzalez homered and had two RBIs for Atlanta, which has lost two straight. De La Rosa (5-4) had his best outing since missing nearly three months with a torn pulley tendon on his left middle finger. He allowed two runs and six hits, struck out seven, walked one in earning his second win since coming off the disabled list July 9. After giving up Gonzalez's fourth home run to make it 2.1 in the second De La Rosa faltered in the seventh. He struck out the first two batters of the inning but when he went 1-0 on Matt Diaz, manager Jim Tracy and trainer Keith Dugger went to the mound to look at the lefty's pitching hand. He stayed in the game and Diaz singled to right, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on Alex Gonzalez's single to make it 3-2. inning the Braves couldn't solve De La Rosa. He retired 14 of the next 16 batters, and the only one who gave him trouble was pitcher Derek Lowe, who singled in the third and drew a leadoff walk in the sixth. De La Rosa got Melky Cabrera to ground out to end the inning De La Rosa had his best outing since missing nearly three months with a torn pulley tendon on his left middle finger. The Rockies gave their starter the lead right away. Young hit a grounds-rule double to lead off the bottom of the first and one out later Gonzalez hit Lowe's 1-2 slider into the Colorado bullpen to give the Rockies a 2-0 lead. The Rockies had chances to extend the lead. Young was Lowe was erased when Colorado turned one of its four double plays. stranded at third twice, including when Colorado loaded the bases in the fifth. Todd Helton hit a broken bat lineout to second to end the threat. Smith gave De La Rosa breathing room when he led off the sixth with his 15th home run to make it 3-1. The Rockies added two unearned runs in the ninth on Dexter Fowler's two-out, basesloaded single off reliever Takashi Saito to seal the game. discussion about whether or not his jersey should be retired. LANGFORD (CONTINUED FROM 1B) "Ultimately, I really think that the criteria changes from year to year, and if they find a basis for me to get in then I'd definitely be all for it," Langford said. Besides his success in more well-known statistical categories, Langford believes what he's accomplished in other areas, such as minutes played and three-point field goals, make his career comparable with others. "My career and the body of work tend to speak for itself, even compared with guys that are already in there," he said. His contributions to the successful history of Kansas' basketball team still earn praise from one of his former coaches. Keith had an outstanding career at Kansas and was a great ambassador for our program." Kansas coach Bill Selfsaid. "He was a member of some very successful KU teams that accomplished a lot and individually he put up some big numbers and collected a lot of honors. I was glad to have coached him for two seasons." Langford's past at Kansas also helps him relate to the current state of the program. After losing veterans Cole Aldrich and Collins last year, the Jayhawks will be looking for new players to fill leadership roles this season. It's a situation Langford compared to playing on a team that was trying to find their way without Kirk Hinrich and Nick Collison. He expressed the need for clear leaders to emerge on the team. "I think it's really important coach Self and those guys establish the identity of the last few years," he said. "Being around the guys this summer playing pickup, I think they looked very well-equipped and prepared too." Langford's younger brother, sophomore forward Justin Wesley, will join the team this season after transferring from Lamar University, although he won't be able to play in games this year due to NCAA transfer rules. Langford had some advice for his protege before Wesley started his new life in Lawrence. "He told me to just come in here and work hard because he said that I have a lot of potential to be good after sitting out this year." Wesley said. "Just come here and soak it all in — work hard, take all the chewing-out by coach Self and the coaching staff, and just get better on and off the court." Langford told Wesley that his experience in Lawrence wouldn't be like anything he experienced before because of the affection from Jayhawk fans. He let him know how much fans embrace the players even before they've ever played in a game. "It is an overall fun experience to walk around with people looking at you knowing that you play for KU, and they have so much love for you," Wesley said. "The fans that are here are really genuine." Ultimately, it was the fans that made Langford's experience at Kansas everything that it was. His appreciation for the people that cheered him on continues to grow now that he looks back on his college career. "Reflecting on everything — the fans, the students, the people — they're the ones who make the guys playing on the KU basketball team everything that it is," Langford said. "There really would be nothing without them. And that's not taking away anything from the hard work that any of the guys put in, but the appreciation they have for us — that is what makes it worthwhile." Edited by Joel Petterson CAMPUS (CONTINUED FROM 1B) Mike Gunnoe/KANSAN Clint Bowyer tours Allen Fieldhouse. He's in town for a promotional tour for the Kansas Speedway. with Bowyer before getting a picture with the driver. Bowyer will return to Kansas Sept. 30 to Oct. 3 for the Price Chopper 400 race at the Kansas Speedway. "As a Kansas kid I wish we could race at home every week," Bowyer said. "Kansas Speedway is one of the newest tracks we go to and all the years of trial and error have gone into Kansas Speedway." Bowyer is currently ranked 12th in the Sprint Cup Series, with two races to go until the final Sprint Cup races. He most recently finished fourth in the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday. "Certainly not locked in by any means with two races to go before the cutoff, but we can breathe a little bit," Bowyer said. "It was a very important race at Bristol and we were able to get ourselves a little bit of pad going into these last two races." 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