Lefty Jaime Garcia (4-1, 2.25) faces Jorge De La Rosa (3-3, 3.52) in the series finale Sunday.
The Austrian's lap of one minite 18.123 was just over a second slower than De la Rosa's pace-setting1:17.057.
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The team have replaced Pedro de la Rosa with Nick Heidfeld for the final five races of this season.
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The Englishman and De la Rosa pair are effectively going head-to-head for the right to become McLaren's second driver next season.
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De La Rosa was the best he's been at any time since coming back from Tommy John elbow surgery late last year.
Among others, it includes pitchers Jon Garland , Hiroki Kuroda and Jorge De la Rosa, plus infielders Aubrey Huff and Brandon Inge.
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Hiroki Kuroda (4-1) will be on the mound for the Yankees on Tuesday, while the Rockies counter with Jorge De La Rosa (2-3).
Exhibit organizer Karla Betanzo de la Rosa says they're expecting as many as 300, 000 visitors in the three months the exhibit will last.
There was more drama right at the end as De la Rosa narrowly avoided collisions as he was overtaken by both Button and Hamilton.
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The BMW Sauber pair of Pedro de la Rosa and Kamui Kobayashi were among the first to go out, but they struggled for grip.
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De La Rosa said he was watching TV in the trainer's room just before his start Tuesday night when he saw Blue Jays pitcher J.
"When I see that happen, I don't want to tell you now, but I feel a little scared when I was pitching, " De La Rosa said.
De La Rosa (3-3) allowed three hits, walked one and struck out a pair in improving to 3-0 with a 0.98 ERA lifetime against the Yankees.
"(De La Rosa) didn't really give us any easy RBI opportunities, " Wells said, noting there were two outs each time the Yankees got a runner to third.
De la Rosa dealt well with the dusty conditions and was just over 0.1secs slower than team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, who went out when the conditions were quicker.
Colorado's Jorge De La Rosa carried a no-hitter into the seventh Sunday, the Cardinals' Adam Wainwright went 7 2-3 innings before his no-hit bid ended Saturday and St.
Williams are also still to announce a teammate for Venezuela's Pastor Maldonado, while Senna's 2010 team Hispania have a seat available alongside veteran Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa.
The Brazilian clocked an unofficial fastest time of one minute and 12.574 seconds as he completed 102 laps, autosport.com reported, with veteran Spaniard De La Rosa posting 1:12.784.
Schumacher, who has ended a three-year retirement to drive for Ross Brawn's new Mercedes team, was third quickest behind Massa and BMW Sauber's new signing Pedro De La Rosa.
His best lap of one minute and 20.158 seconds was more than a 10th of a second quicker than Pedro de la Rosa, his main rival for the McLaren seat.
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So O'Dowd snatched up two young mainstays of this year's rotation, Jorge De La Rosa and Jason Hamel (26 combined wins), from Kansas and Tampa Bay, respectively, for minor leaguers.
Former Benetton driver Wurz was also capable of taking money to Jaguar, but preferred to stick with McLaren, where he will share testing duties with Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa.
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It was also a satisifying day for Pedro de la Rosa who, replacing the injured Juan Pablo Montoya, was the first out and produced a strong run in his McLaren.
Jorge De La Rosa pitched six scoreless innings, and the Yankees, despite a stellar start from Kuroda, lost their fifth straight game at Coors Field, dating to an interleague series in 2002.
Former test driver De la Rosa would seem to be in pole position, having filled in for McLaren since Juan Pablo Montoya left the team mid-season to join the American Nascar circuit.
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Only Jaguar, Arrows and Minardi have vacancies - and Jaguar are considered certain to sign Mark Webber in place of Eddie Irvine alongside Pedro de la Rosa, as exclusively revealed by the BBC.
Fellow Briton David Coulthard performed better in his Red Bull, squeezing into the final qualifying shoot-out to claim ninth, one behind of Pedro de la Rosa - who replaced axed McLaren driver Juan Pablo Montoya.
Jorge De La Rosa pitched six scoreless innings in a steady rain to outduel Kuroda and Gonzales connected for his seventh homer in the Colorado Rockies' 2-0 win over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.
Angels LHP Sean Burnett was reinstated from the disabled list, bolstering an injury-ravaged bullpen that is still waiting for Ryan Madson and Kevin Jepsen to come off the DL while rookies Robert Coello and Dane De La Rosa fill the void.
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