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LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers are hoping the return of a pair of left-handed starters will provide a boost to their injury-beleaguered rotation.Brett Anderson (0-2, 24.75 ERA) and Scott Kazmir will make their first starts in more than a month. Anderson will take the hill Thursday when the Dodgers (86-66) host the Colorado Rockies (73-79) for a four-game series.Anderson, who has been on the disabled list with a blister on his left index finger, hasnt pitched since Aug. 20 when the Cincinnati Reds tagged him for six runs in three innings. That was only the second start for Anderson, who has missed the majority of the season after undergoing surgery for a herniated disk in March before returning in August. Anderson has surrendered 11 runs in four innings this season.He hasnt faced the Rockies since Sept. 26, 2015 at Coors Field, where he served up six runs on 10 hits in four innings. Although Anderson didnt factor into the decision, the Dodgers fell 8-6.In his career against Colorado, Anderson is 1-0 with a 4.43 ERA in four starts.Kazmir (neck inflammation) will start Fridays contest. Kazmir has been on the disabled list since Aug. 23. He threw a simulated game on Sunday.I think with Kaz, hes been dealing with injuries the second-half of the season, so in talking to (pitching coach Rick Honeycutt) and Scott and myself he feels good and hes in a good place, and we have to see what we have in him, manager Dave Roberts said. Hes a guy that we have high expectations for, and we have all season, but its been a tough year for him.The Dodgers will re-evaluate both starters after their outings and determine their roles as the club heads into the final week of the regular season and beyond. One of the two could emerge as a No. 4 starter in the postseason although Kazmir appears to be the frontrunner if that turns out to be the case.Roberts said it was too early to come to any conclusions.Were trying to sift through decisions and see how guys perform, he said.The Rockies performed on a high level in an 11-1 rout of the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday, allowing them to avoid a three-game sweep. Nolan Arenados grand slam sparked Colorado.I feel like weve played overall very good offense all year, Rockies manager Walt Weiss said, according to MLB.com. Situationally, youre talking about a chance to have a big inning. Nolan gave us that with one swing. He turned it into a big inning. I feel like offensively, weve handled those innings well.Tyler Chatwood (11-9, 4.13) will start Thursdays contest for the Rockies. Chatwood is 7-1 with a 1.77 ERA in 11 road starts this season. He will be facing the Dodgers for the fourth time this season. Chatwood is 1-2 with a 4.00 ERA in three previous outings.Overall, Chatwoood has a 4-6 mark with 3.56 ERA in 10 career starts. At Dodger Stadium, he is 3-2 with a 1.36 ERA in six starts all-time.Custom Football Jerseys Throwback . Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek defeated Nenad Zimonjic and Ilija Bozoljac 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (4) on the indoor hard-court at Belgrade Arena. The victory improved the Czech pairs impressive cup doubles record to 14-1. Sale Football Jerseys Throwback . - Goaltender Philippe Desrosiers of the Rimouski Oceanic has broken a shutout record that was only three months old in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. http://www.cheapfootballthrowback.com/ . -- Anaheim Ducks defenceman Luca Sbisa will be out at least six weeks with a torn tendon in his right hand. Wholesale Football Jerseys Throwback . Andreas Johnson had a goal and two assists while Jacob de la Rose also scored for Sweden (2-0-0). 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We were yelling and jumping with my hand in the ice.Suzukis hit was No. 2,998 and helped the Marlins score their final run, but they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals, 5-4.St. Louis Aledmys Diaz homered, doubled and drove in three runs against childhood pal Fernandez, who fell behind 5-0, left after five innings and dropped to 26-2 at Marlins Park.Miamis Dee Gordon, the 2015 NL batting and stolen bases champion, returned from an 80-game suspension for failing a drug test and went 0 for 4.Suzuki drew closer to the 3,000-hit milestone even though he began the game on the bench for the sixth time in the past seven games during Miamis homestand. Manager Don Mattingly had no apologies about playing his 42-year-old fourth outfielder sparingly.I dont think hes searching to make this about him, Mattingly said. I think hes comfortable with the way were playing it.Even so, fans and teammates are eager for Suzuki to reach the milestone.Every time he comes up to hit I feel like a kid, Fernandez said. Its an honor to be a part of the history hes making. When he comes up to hit youre watching a god, one of the best who has ever done it.Diaz and Matt Holliday homered in the third inning against Fernandez (12-5), who had never previously given up more than one homer in a home game. His only other loss at Marlins Park came on opening day this year against Detroit.Michael Wacha (6-7) allowed three runs in six innings, and three relievers completed an eight-hitter. Seung Hwan Oh pitched around a one-out single in the nintth for his seventh save.ddddddddddddDiaz and Fernandez were neighbors growing up in Santa Clara, Cuba, and the Cardinals enjoyed their reunion. Fernandez walked Jeremy Hazelbaker to start the third inning, and Diaz followed with his 14th homer.Two batters later, Holliday hit his 18th homer just inside the right-field foul pole, prompting a rueful grin from Fernandez. The outing was his shortest since May 4.Martin Prado hit a two-run homer for the Marlins.UNDER SIEGEMarcell Ozell hit comebackers off Wacha (right leg) and Oh (left buttocks). Both stayed in the game.BALK REVERSALThe umpires said they erroneously reversed a balk call, taking a Cardinals run off the board in the second inning.With runners at second and third and two out, Fernandez was about to intentionally walk No. 8 hitter Kolten Wong when third base umpire D.J. Reyburn called a balk. Fernandez protested, and after the four umpires conferred, they reversed the call and decided there was no balk.Wacha struck out to end the inning and keep the game scoreless. After the game, crew chief John Hirshbeck reviewed video and decided Reyburns balk call had been correct.D.J. called it from third, and I thought I saw (Fernandez) step off with his right foot, Hirshbeck said. I overruled D.J. with what I thought I saw. He was right, I was wrong.CARDINALS ROTATIONCardinals LHP Jaime Garcia will start Saturday on four days rest, manager Mike Matheny said. Garcia threw 77 pitches Tuesday, when he gave up two earned runs in five innings and lost to the Mets.UP NEXTCardinals RHP Mike Leake (7-8, 4.24), who is scheduled to start Friday, is 3-0 with an 0.44 ERA in three starts at Marlins Park. RHP Jose Urena (1-2, 5.34) will start for Miami. ' ' '