Short hops

Short hops Florida shortstop Hanley Ramirez pushed his RBI streak to 10 games. The previous Marlins record for consecutive games with an RBI was eight, shared by five players. The major-league record is 17, set in 1922 by Ray Grimes of the Chicago Cubs. Jim Thome recorded his 1,600th walk, breaking a tie with Hall of Famer Stan Musial for 12th on the career list. Next is Darrell Evans (1,605). Jon Garland (4-8) hasn't won since May 19, going 0-6 with a pair of no-decisions. Blame Arizona's offense, which has scored three or fewer runs in five of those games. Jimmy Rollins has no hits in his last 27 at-bats and is hitting only .205. The Dodgers' sputtering offense has scored eight runs over the past five games. Juan Pierre, who has started every game in left field during Manny Ramirez's absence, will return to being a part-time player despite hitting .318 with 21 RBI, 31 runs scored, 15 walks and 21 stolen bases. Joe Mauer went 3 for 3, raising his average to .392. He's eight plate appearances short of the 3.1 per game needed to qualify for the batting race. Dodgers pitchers struck out 39 Colorado batters during the past three games.