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 PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Jim Thome ended his season-long home-run drought to back another solid outing from Jon Lieber in the Philadelphia Phillies' 6-3 win over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday.
Lieber (4-0) so far has lived up to his billing as the ace of Philadelphia's otherwise so-so staff. He's done what No. 1 starters are supposed to — stop losing streaks. In his previous start, he snapped Philadelphia's three-game skid and ended a two-game losing streak in this one.
Lieber, who signed a $21 million, three-year contract in December, gave up nine hits and struck out only one in eight innings. But it was his second straight start where he didn't walk anyone.
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