DOHA, Qatar -- Ecuador striker Christian Benitez died of heart failure, according to his Qatari club El Jaish on Wednesday, without adding further details. The 27-year-old striker died on Monday, a day after playing his first match for his new club. "The official medical reports were issued by official state entities and stated that the sudden death was caused by heart failure," the club said in a statement. The club added that his body will be repatriated on a private plane. On Tuesday, Ecuador football federation president Luis Chiriboga said the 27-year-old Benitez had been taken to the hospital with sharp stomach pains, developed peritonitis and died of cardiorespiratory arrest. Benitezs body is expected to be flown back to Ecuador on Thursday following a ceremony that will include family members at Doha airport. The plane is set to leave Qatar for Ecuador at 2300 GMT, Ecuador politician Ricardo Patino tweeted. The flight should take about 18 hours. A funeral was planned for Thursday in Quito, along with separate tributes to the player. Anibal Fuentes, head of the provincial sports authority for Quito, told Radio Sonorama that "the coffin will make a stop at the Casa de la Seleccion (the national team training centre) for a small ceremony, and will then be transported to the General Ruminahui coliseum" sports arena, which has been set up to receive the family and thousands of fans. Benitez was a powerful striker who helped former club America to win the Mexican championship last season. The father of three, who also played for Birmingham, scored 24 goals in 58 appearances for Ecuador and was on the countrys World Cup team in 2006. Steve Balboni Jersey . The news was first reported on Gonzalezs Twitter account and confirmed by the Rockies. Gonzalez has a six-week window before position players have their first workout at spring training in Arizona. Mike Macfarlane Jersey . 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SAN FRANCISCO -- As San Francisco Giants left-hander Matt Moore awaits what could be the biggest game of his career in the regular-season finale Sunday, theres one thing he can do to help make it happen.Pitch well in his second-biggest game.Moore begins what could be a six-day trek into Giants lore Tuesday night when he gets the ball to open a three-game series against the visiting Colorado Rockies.The Giants will begin a six-game homestand with their destiny in their hands, thanks to the St. Louis Cardinals loss Monday night at Cincinnati.San Francisco (82-74) will take the field one game ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals (81-75) for the second of two National League Wild Card playoff spots.The New York Mets (83-74), who also lost on Monday, begin play Tuesday in the first wild-card spot, a half-game ahead of the Giants.Moore is slotted to pitch two of the Giants six games this week, capped by the regular-season finale at home against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.It was fitting Monday that one of the Giants best days since the All-Star break was a result of not having played. Because when theyve taken the field in the past 11 weeks, little has gone right.The Giants, who had the best record in baseball at the All-Star break (57-33), have compiled the worst in the NL (25-41) since then.Moore has been better than your average Giants pitcher since he was acquired at the trade deadline. Hes gone 4-5 with a 4.96 ERA as a Giant, and the club hhas won half his 10 starts.ddddddddddddOne of his worst outings came Sept. 5 at Colorado, when he was bombed for two home runs -- including a Carlos Gonzalez grand slam -- in the third inning of a 6-0 loss.He had to be pulled before the end of the third, having allowed six runs on five hits.The Rockies are coming off a four-game sweep at the hands of the Dodgers, but did help the Giants with an 11-1 home win over the Cardinals last Wednesday.Right-hander German Marquez earned his first major league win in that game, limiting the Cardinals to one run on four hits in five innings.The reigning Eastern League Pitcher of the Year, just 21 years old, will get the call Tuesday against the Giants.I was putting hitters away, Marquez gushed after the win. It felt wonderful, man. I was excited.The Rockies flew to San Francisco shortly after watching the Dodgers clinch the NL West with a walk-off win Sunday.The Giants had been hoping their three season-ending games against the Dodgers could help them mount an 11th-hour comeback. Now, they figure to need wins in that series just to secure a Wild Card spot.Sure, youre always disappointed you dont win your division, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said after getting word of the Dodgers clincher. But right now our focus is keep trying to win games and get there and have a shot at it. ' ' '