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DENVER -- A brief road trip for the Philadelphia Phillies and a short homestand for the Colorado Rockies will take both clubs to the All-Star break.They teams begin a four-game series Thursday night at Coors Field.The Phillies, who just finished a 5-1 homestand against Kansas City and Atlanta by sweeping a three-game series with the Braves, have won eight of their past nine games. Philadelphia, 19-23 on the road, has won three consecutive series, one shy of its season high.In their first 71 games through June 20, the Phillies scored a major-league-low 221 runs, an average of 3.1 per game. In their past 15 games, they have scored 87 runs, an average of 5.8 per game.The Phillies hit 24 home runs in their past 15 games, going 10-5 in that stretch. In their previous 24 games, they went 4-20 while hitting 24 home runs.Maikel Franco has homered in four straight games, the first Phillies player to do so since Ryan Howard accomplished the feat Sept. 19-22, 2012.Franco is one shy of the Phillies record for homers in consecutive games. Chase Utley (twice during the 2008 season), Bobby Abreu, Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt and Dick Allen homered in five straight games for the Phillies. Franco has yet to homer at Coors Field, where he is 4-for-15 with a double and three RBI in four games.Franco hit .375 with six homers and 16 RBI in his past 15 games, coinciding with the teams 10-5 surge. When the Phillies werent hitting, Franco was overly aggressive. In the 15-game surge, however, he has drawn nine walks in 66 plate appearances, including a key walk in the eighth inning Wednesday ahead of Freddy Galvis game-winning, two-run homer. Franco drew 16 walks in his first 263 plate appearances this season.Sometimes when you get frustrated, when you see the team not doing (well), thats the first thing you think about -- you want to go out there and try to do something, and obviously at that point you try to do too much, Franco said. But right now, I just feel comfortable at the plate. The teams showing a lot of energy. Were playing as a team.Aaron Nolas turn in the rotation comes up Thursday, but manager Pete Mackanin said the Phillies want to give Nola, who is in his first full season in the big leagues, time to clear his head. Nola is 0-4 with a 13.50 ERA in his past five starts, though he retired the final 10 Royals he faced Saturday with six strikeouts.Rather than make one more start before the All-Star break, Nola will throw a simulated game at Coors Field during the series, and left-hander Adam Morgan, who is 1-6 with a 6.31 ERA in 13 games, 11 starts, the last on June 22, will replace him Thursday. Morgan will face the Rockies for the first time.Morgan just left the rotation to become the long man in the bullpen when Vince Velasquez was reinstated from the disabled list June 27.The Rockies, who have lost seven of their past eight games, are returning home after a 1-5 road trip to face the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants. They scored one run in four of the losses and were shut out in the other.The one win came Tuesday at San Francisco. Giants ace Madison Bumgarner left after six scoreless innings, and the Rockies erupted for seven runs in the seventh and eighth and won 7-3.A night earlier, after the Rockies lost their season-high sixth consecutive game, first baseman Mark Reynolds said, Its a snowball going in the wrong direction. We have to get out of this hole we dug ourselves into.They did -- for one night. Then San Franciscos Johnny Cueto limited them to five singles Wednesday night in his complete-game 5-1 win.Chad Bettis, who is 6-6 with a 5.85 ERA, will start the first game with the Phillies. He lost his last start Saturday at Los Angeles when he allowed four runs in six innings in a 6-1 defeat. In his past two starts, Bettis is 0-1 with a 9.00 ERA, having allowed 18 hits and 11 runs in 11 innings.The right-hander was 4-2 with a 4.18 ERA on May 17. In eight subsequent starts, he is 2-4 with an 8.24 ERA.After getting pushed around on the road by the Dodgers and Giants, the Rockies will play their next four series, totaling 14 games, against teams with losing records. That stretch starts against the Phillies, albeit a hot Phillies club at this point, and gives the Rockies their latest chance to assert themselves at Coors Field.Given their historic road woes, the Rockies need to dominate at home, but are just 18-20 in Denver this season. C. J. Cron Twins Jersey . 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Mark Webber has given some insight into his decision to retire from professional racing at the end of the year, saying he consulted F1 legends Sir Jackie Stewart and Niki Lauda before making the announcement.Webber will retire from racing at the end of the current World Endurance Championship season to become a Porsche representative among other roles. The decision will bring an end to a 26-year racing career, which included nine F1 victories and the 2015 WEC title, and Webber said he asked three-time champions Stewart and Lauda for advice on when to call it quits.Of course hanging up my professional racing helmet is a very big decision but Ive been extremely fortunate to receive great counsel from two of the legends of our sport, Sir Jackie Stewart and Niki Lauda, about the timings of such a decision, he said. The timing is right for me -- you certainly view things a bit differently when you get a bit older and your priorities in life change. As with my F1 career, its nice to making the decision on my own terms.Webber will remain with Porsche in an ambassadorial role as well as conttinuing his work with Red Bull and British F1 broadcaster Channel 4.ddddddddddddIve really, really enjoyed my time in the cockpit with Porsche and could never have envisaged having such a dynamic relationship with my two team-mates in the #1 919, Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley. Its been a sensational three years and off the back of three consecutive wins, Im hoping we can continue our good form and finish this year strongly.Its an absolute honour for me to remain with Porsche and whether its at the track or away from it, Im looking forward to putting my 26 years experience as a competitor to good use in my new role within the company.In addition to Porsche, Im incredibly fortunate to be walking into some new and exciting opportunities with Red Bull (who I will have been with for 10 years next year), Channel 4 in the UK, and Network Ten and Michelin in Australia. As for Aussie Grit himself, Im working on a couple of new ventures too, so watch this space! ' ' '