By Brady Delander
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer

DENVER (Ticker) -- Future Hall of Famer Greg Maddux and 2008
All-Star Aaron Cook dominated the action with a classic
pitchers' dual - a rarity at high-altitude Coors Field - but a
second-year shortstop was the one who decided the game.

Troy Tulowitzki delivered a bases-loaded single in the 10th
inning to slow the Los Angeles Dodgers and snap the Colorado
Rockies' seven-game losing streak with a 1-0 victory on Sunday.

"The pitchers kept putting up zeroes to keep us in play ? and it
was a good at-bat for (Tulowitzki) and some good at-bats to set
that up," Rockies manager Clint Hurdle said. "It was a fun day
to play baseball from the perspective of watching guys go out
and pitch well. You need to be appreciative of that."

It was the first game in Coors Field history to go a full nine
innings without a run.

"Oh, is it? Awesome" Maddux responded when informed of that bit
of history. "I thought there'd never be a good day to pitch at
Coors Field. ? Other than the way the ball flies here, it's
really not a bad place to pitch. If you can keep it out of the
air, it's pretty good."

Facing Hong-Chih Kuo, Matt Holliday opened the 10th inning with
a hard single to left. Brad Hawpe struck out swinging for the
fences, but Garrett Atkins followed with a single through the
left side of the infield.

Ryan Spilborghs stepped in to pinch hit and sent a flare to
right-center field. Juan Pierre moved in but stopped short, and
Matt Kemp made a diving effort but missed as the bases loaded to
set up Tulowitzki.

"I wasn't looking for anything in particular. I was just
looking to put the ball in play," said Tulowitzki, who was down
0-2 in the count. "I didn't want to go down with a strikeout.
I liked my chances if I put the ball in play, and hopefully we
would get the run."

The Dodgers lost for just the second time in the past 14 games.

"The thing is you want to extend the good (streaks) and limit
the bad ones," Dodgers manager Joe Torre said. "We'll go out
tomorrow and try to get it going again."

Maddux and Cook battled to a scoreless draw before making way
for their respective bullpens late in the action.

"I felt pretty comfortable out there today. I wasn't trying to
do too much mechanically, I just wanted to stay within myself,"
Cook said. "I was able to execute pitches, kept my sinker down
and mixed up my slider and breaking ball. I was able to keep
them off balance."

Maddux surrendered two hits over seven innings and threw just 68
pitches in a masterful performance, but did not figure in the
decision. He retired the first 10 batters in order before
Atkins singled in the fourth.

"Greg was remarkable," Torre said. "It was one of those games
where we just didn't threaten. We put those two (runners) on at
one point, but that was about it."

The Rockies finally put a runner in scoring position in the
bottom of the seventh. Clint Barmes singled and stole second,
but Maddux weaved through the heart of Colorado's lineup -
forcing Holliday and Hawpe into harmless pop-ups before Atkins
grounded out to third.

"Today was a good outing, but I've spit some hooks here too,"
Maddux said.

The Dodgers fared better against Cook, but not by much. Casey
Blake opened the second inning with a single but Blake DeWitt
grounded into a double play. It turned out to be a wasted
opportunity for Los Angeles as both Angel Berroa and Danny
Ardoin singled but were stranded.

Cook kept the Dodgers scoreless and allowed eight hits - all
singles - before leaving the game after eight strong innings.
The sinkerballer forced 17 groundouts and, like Maddux, did not
issue a walk.

"I say it's a big win, but I think it's more for our confidence
to finish the season strong and show there is still some fight
in us," Tulowitzki said.