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LOS ANGELES -- Michael Cuddyer tuned up for his first Home Run Derby with a two-run shot, the kind of boost that hes been giving Colorado in the first half of the season. Cuddyer also drove in another run to help the Rockies defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 Sunday in the teams last game before the All-Star break. The right fielder made his second All-Star team as an NL reserve, and will compete in the Home Run Derby on Monday. He had a career-best and club-record 27-game hitting streak from May 28-June 30, going .372 with 19 RBIs, six homers and 17 runs scored. "I hope I bring a lot to the table," Cuddyer said. "The whole first half individually was a lot of fun, and the fact that were still in it made it even better." The clubs split their four-game series, leaving Colorado with a 46-50 record. The Rockies are in third place in the NL West, 4 1/2 games back of first-place Arizona. "Were healthy again, and weve weathered this last road trip, so I think that weve got some momentum going into the second half," said Cuddyer, who snapped an 0-for-7 skid that included four strikeouts in two previous games in the series. His 16th home run with two outs in the fifth extended Colorados lead to 3-0. DJ LeMahieu grounded out to start the inning before Carlos Gonzalez got hit by a pitch from Ricky Nolasco and Troy Tulowitzki popped up. Cuddyer homered into the right-field pavilion. He had an RBI single with two outs in the first for Colorados first run. "We held the Dodgers to just two runs in the last three games, and thats a team thats been going better than anybody in the game," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "So its a big win and a nice way to end the first half." Jhoulys Chacin (9-4) allowed one run and six hits in six innings, struck out six and walked three to win for the sixth time in his last seven starts. The right-hander improved to 8-5 in his career against the Dodgers, his most wins against any one team. "It was a very impressive outing by Jhoulys," Weiss said. "In the sixth inning when they had runners at first and second, I just went out there to tell him This is your game. If you get through this inning, we win the game. And thats exactly what he did." Chacins nine victories at the break are the most for a Rockies pitcher since Ubaldo Jimenezs 15-1 record in the first half of 2010. Chacin succeeded at the plate, too, going 2 for 2 with a walk. "Before I was just trying to just throw it hard," he said, "but now Im just trying to make my pitch, get them to hit it and get themselves out and get out of the inning with the least amount of damage." Rafael Betancourt pitched the ninth to earn his 15th save in 16 chances. "The Dodgers had been on a real offensive tear prior to this series, so it was nice to see our pitchers be pretty successful against them," Tulowitzki said. "Thats what its going to take if were going to make any noise in the second half. Its going to be a big factor. The pitchings got to be good, and they were this series, thats for sure." The Dodgers fell back to .500 at 47-47 after winning 17 of their last 22 games to climb into second place, 2 1/2 games back. Dodgers rookie Yasiel Puig wasnt in the starting lineup, but he entered as a pinch-hitter in the fifth. He singled and then scored on Adrian Gonzalezs single with two outs. "Were in position and kind of have it in our hands," manager Don Mattingly said. Nolasco (6-9) gave up three runs and eight hits over five innings of his home debut with the Dodgers. The right-hander struck out four and walked three while pitching in front of a large contingent of family and friends from his nearby hometown of Rialto. "It was a little bit of a battle," Nolasco said. "Just had a little bit of control issues. Wish I could have that one pitch to Cuddyer back." 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PARIS -- The Latest from the European Championship (all times local):---9.10 p.m.Two Russia players have been fined by their clubs over an ostentatious party following the national teams group stage exit from the European Championship.Video posted online appeared to show forward Alexander Kokorin and midfielder Pavel Mamaev in a nightclub, with waiters carrying dozens of bottles of champagne, as the Russian anthem played.Fans commenting online said the party was inappropriate after Russias poor performance at Euro 2016.Kokorins club Zenit St. Petersburg and Mamaevs team FC Krasnodar said in statements that the players would be fined and sent to train with the clubs youth squads.Kokorin tells Russias Tass agency that he didnt order the champagne, and that he and Mamaev were simply present at someone elses birthday celebrations.---8.35 p.m.Portugal coach Fernando Santos says his team will make a match-day decision as to whether central defender Pepe is fit to play against Wales in Wednesdays semifinal.Santos says we will make our decision tomorrow. I wont be rushed into it, so I am sure you will be rolling in your beds tonight unable to sleep.A thigh muscle problem kept Pepe out of training on Monday. He then trained separately from his teammates on Tuesday before Santos addressed the media at the Stade de Lyon.Pepe has played every minute of Portugals five matches at Euro 2016.His absence would be a huge blow to Portugal when it faces a Wales side led by Gareth Bale.---4:20 p.m.Former Wales manager Gary Speed, who was found hanged in his home in 2011, is at the forefront of the Welsh squads minds going into the semifinal against Portugal on Wednesday.Wales captain Ashley Williams says he was thinking about him (Speed) on the plane and my thought is Id hope and think hed be proud of us.Speed played 85 games for Wales -- the majority of them as captain -- and then took over as coach of his country in 2010. He led for Wales for 10 games before he died.Speaking with Williams on Tuesday at the pre-match news conference in Lyon, Wales coach Chris Coleman -- who was a close friend of Speed -- said Speedo is not a Welsh, but a sporting icon. I dont need a game of football to remember Speed. I think about him every day.---3:55 p.m.Germany team manager Oliver Bierhoff is siding with UEFA about keeping players children away from the pitch after games at Euro 2016.While Wales players have been kidding around with their children, UEFA made it clear on Tuesday that a toddlers place is not on a football pitch at Euro 2016.Bierhoff is on the same wavelength, saying: For me its a bit too much at times. I think the notion that you take to the pitch as a team and stay as a team is not wrong. The circle (of team associates) is always getting bigger and it reaches a stage where you cant miss it. From that point of view, I can understand such a decision or suggestion from UEFA.---2:40 p.m.Two problem pitches at the European Championship should be in better shaape for their last matches, says UEFAs tournament director.dddddddddddd.At Stade de France, which hosts the final on Sunday, and in Marseille, where France plays Germany in a semifinal on Thursday, playing surfaces have been criticized.Both venues host concerts and other events, and soaked up heavy rainfall during Euro 2016.UEFA official Martin Kallen says the Marseille turf -- which was relaid in mid-May -- should now be the best it has been.France coach Didier Deschamps was unhappy with the quality after a group-stage game against Albania.Kallen says the Stade de France pitch was much better for Frances 5-2 win over Iceland on Sunday.On Sunday, it will not be excellent ... but it will be good for the finalists, Kallen says.Currently, UEFA wants teams to train on the stadium one day before each match but will look at changes for Euro 2020.Kallen says: We have to have pitches in top condition.---2:30 p.m.Portugal defender Pepe has trained separately from his teammates, the day before their European Championship semifinal match against Wales.Pepe missed training on Monday because of a muscle problem in his thigh.The Real Madrid defender has played every minute of Portugals five matches at Euro 2016.He has proven to be a key piece of Fernando Santos side and his absence for the game at the Stade de Lyon on Wednesday would be a huge blow.---1:45 p.m.UEFAs tournament director says he is very satisfied with security operations at the European Championship ahead of the last three matches.Martin Kallen says the security risk level is still the same as at the beginning (of the tournament) but there were no issues.Stade de France, which will host the final on Sunday, was a target on Nov. 13 during a France-Germany match when deadly attacks around Paris killed 130 people.At previous games, French authorities who are responsible for security removed suspect packages and conducted a controlled explosion on a car parked near the stadium.Kallen says at a briefing that this was until now always a false alarm.The UEFA official says: We have worked very well together with the French authorities.---11:50 a.m.UEFA says it is cute but not safe for players children to join in post-match celebrations at the European Championship.The scenes of toddlers in full Wales kit joining their dads on the pitch after another Euro 2016 win has added to the surprise semifinalists feel-good story.However, UEFA has asked for no more on-field family scenes when Wales plays Portugal in Lyon on Wednesday.UEFAs tournament director Martin Kallen says: It is a European Championship not a family party.Kallen says a stadium is not the most safe place for small kids if fans invaded the field, and with stadium staff operating machinery on the playing surface.The UEFA official said: It is nice pictures. We are not 100 percent against it but we are cautious. ' ' '