MIAMI (AP) -- Once Sammy Sosa finished wrecking them, the
Colorado Rockies found that they really do have some arms.

Jason Jennings became the winningest rookie in team history,
combining with three others to pitch the Rockies past A.J. Burnett
and the Florida Marlins 1-0 on Monday night.

After allowing 27 runs to the Cubs -- including 14 RBI and four
homers to Sosa -- on Saturday and Sunday, the Rockies were in need
of some solid pitching.

Jennings (13-5) delivered, surpassing Armando Reynoso's
franchise record of 12 wins by a rookie in 1993.

"That's not something I was thinking about, but now that it's
happened, I'd like to go get some more wins,'' Jennings said.

Relievers Justin Speier, Todd Jones and Jose Jimenez closed out
the game for the Rockies.

"We needed a clean game on the mound because of the way we took
a beating in those last two games,'' Colorado manager Clint Hurdle
said. "What Jason did really helped, and it was nice to see our
bullpen come through like that.''

Burnett (11-9) lost despite pitching a four-hitter and striking
out nine. He leads the NL with six complete games.

Just as Jennings gave the Rockies a boost, Burnett did the same
for Florida, which was tagged for 18 runs in its last two games
against Arizona on Saturday and Sunday.

It just wasn't enough.

"I had pretty good stuff tonight,'' Burnett said. "I was
locating and keeping them off-balance. When you're pitching well,
you want to stay in the game. You never want to lose a game like
this, but that's part of the game. You can't get too frustrated by
it.''

The only run scored in the fourth. Larry Walker drew a one-out
walk and scored on Todd Helton's double to left field.

"I was trying to hit a fastball,'' Helton said. "With Burnett,
that's about all you can do is sit back and wait for one because he
throws so hard. It wasn't the best swing, but it did for me what I
had to do.''

Jimenez pitched the ninth to earn his 31st save in 34 chances.
He retired Luis Castillo on a grounder with a runner on third to
end it.

Jennings won his third straight start. He worked 5 2-3 innings,
allowing four hits while striking out five.

Jennings was lifted after the Marlins loaded the bases in the
sixth. Speier relieved and retired Eric Owens on a popup.

"He used to take giving up hits personally, but we're getting
him to see that he just needs to get a lot of groundballs,'' Hurdle
said.

"If he keeps doing that, he's going to pitch for a long time in
this league.''

Burnett dropped his second start in a row after winning three
straight.

"We couldn't ask anything more from the kid,'' Florida manager
Jeff Torborg said.

Helton hit a pair of doubles, but also was twice thrown out on
the bases.

In the second inning, Helton was cut down by right fielder Juan
Encarnacion while trying to advance to third on a fly ball. In the
fourth, Helton was thrown out by Owens when he tried to score from
second on Sandy Alomar's single to left field.

"Two more times and I would have been thrown out for the
cycle,'' Helton said.

Game notes
The Marlins were 1-5 on their recent road trip and were
swept over the weekend by the Diamondbacks. ... Marlins C Mike
Redmond, batting third for the first time this season, singled in
his first two at-bats and finished 2-for-3. ... The game drew 5,091
fans, second-lowest this year at Pro Player Stadium. ... Speier has
stranded 23 of 24 inherited runners, giving him a 96 percent
success rate, tops in the majors.