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Rookie outfielder David Dahl has made an immediate impact for the Colorado Rockies. Another rookie, right-hander Jake Thompson, is hoping to do the same for the Philadelphia Phillies.The 22-year-old Thompson makes the first home start of his major league career Friday night, when the Phillies open a three-game series against Colorado. He will be opposed by right-hander Jon Gray (8-5, 4.26).Thompson, hit hard on the road by the San Diego Padres in his debut Saturday, faces a lineup that includes Dahl, the Rockies top-rated prospect. Dahl, who was recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque on July 25, singled in the first inning of the Colorados 12-9 victory over the Texas Rangers on Thursday afternoon, extending his career-opening hitting streak to 17 games.That equaled a major league record to open a career established by the Cincinnati Reds Chuck Aleno in 1941.Its pretty cool, Dahl told MLB.com. I really havent thought much about it, besides looking on Twitter.Dahl is hitting .358 for the Rockies (56-59), who snapped a four-game losing streak Thursday. They boast three of the major leagues top 10 hitters in D.J. LeMahieu (.326, fourth), Carlos Gonzalez (.323, sixth) and Charlie Blackmon (.317, ninth).Nolan Arenado is also fourth in homers with 30.The Rockies, however, continue to benefit from the thin air at Coors Field. Their .303 home average is best in the majors, while their .242 road average is 23rd.The series in Philadelphia caps a five-game road trip for the Rockies, while the Phillies (53-63) return from a 3-3 road swing. They concluded the trip with a victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday, but dropped the first two games of that series.Thompson surrendered four runs in the first inning in San Diego, and went 4 1/3 innings in the 9-7 loss, allowing six runs and seven hits while striking out one and walking two.I wasnt nervous, Thompson told MLB.com. I was kind of amped up, instead of being nervous. Especially in that first inning, I just wasnt able to spin the ball for strikes or be able to get fastballs down in the zone.Phillies manager Pete Mackanin told MLB.com that Thompson was overthrowing, the result being that the ball was up in the strike zone.Kind of typical for a guy making his debut, Mackanin said.Thompson was acquired as part of the package that came from the Texas Rangers in the Cole Hamels trade last July. Thompson, who was recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley before his start in San Diego, went 8-0 with a 1.21 ERA in his last 11 starts for the IronPigs, and was 11-5, 2.50 in 21 games this season.Gray, a 24-year-old in his first full season, yielded eight runs on 10 hits over 3 2/3 innings in a 10-7 loss to the Miami Marlins his last time out, striking out three and walking one.The Phillies continue to struggle at the plate. 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He was all over the boards.Marcus Morris had 15 points and seven rebounds and the Pistons had their way with Minnesotas struggling defense, hitting 14 of 29 3-pointers. Detroit came into the game second-to-last in the NBA averaging just 7.1 made 3s per game.Andrew Wiggins scored 16 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Wolves.Drummond had his third 20-20 game of the season and 10th since 2014-15, the most in the NBA during that span, and Detroit won for the fourth time on the road in the last five games after starting the season 1-8 away from home.I give my all every night, Drummond said. When the balls falling the right way like that, my energy kept going up more and more as the game went on because everything was kind of going the right way that night.Van Gundy has been harping on Drummond to give more consistent effort night-in and night-out, and he beamed that he has gotten three straight strong performances from his All-Star center.Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau is having even more difficulty squeezing energy out of his team and said he was very concerned that his message is not getting through to a team that is 6-17.Im going to keep coming. I dont go away, Thibodeau vowed. Im going to look at everything, re-examine. Somethings being missed. Its got to change.Detroit broke the game open in the third quarter, hitting six 3s during a 31-10 run that bled into the fourth and prompted boos from a sparse Target Center crowd.Reggie Jackson scored 16 points in his fourth game back from a left knee injury.REELING WOLVESMinnesota has lost seven of its last eight games and has not wonn at home since Nov.dddddddddddd 17.We can accept making mistakes and dont make shots, said Ricky Rubio, who had 10 points. Playing with no heart, with no desire, its just awful. Right now, its just bad.Thibodeau said everything is on the table as he looks to fix things, including lineup changes.Something is not right, he said. We have to find the answer to that.LONG DISTANCEThe Wolves started out the season as the best 3-point shooting team in the NBA, an enormous improvement from recent seasons when they have languished near the bottom of the league. They have steadily regressed to the mean, however, and made just 3 of 16 3s on Friday night. They went through a stretch of 13 straight misses before Brandon Rush made one, his first since Nov. 1, in garbage time.HOMECOMINGPistons rookie Henry Ellenson is from Rice Lake, Wisconsin, a two-hour drive from Target Center. Ellenson said more than 150 people were making the trip for his first game in Minnesota. It was such an anticipated night that Rice Lake High School rescheduled its boys and girls basketball games so more people from the town could make it.The Rice Lake High School band also played during pregame warmups.The vocal contingent cheered Put in Henry! as the game got out of hand in the fourth, and cheered wildly when he finally entered with four minutes to play.TIP-INSPistons: F Jon Leuer, a native of Orono, also made a homecoming. He scored 17 points. ... Drummond air-balled a free throw in the first quarter.Timberwolves: F Adreian Payne was ejected in the fourth quarter for elbowing Morris. ... F Nemanja Bjelica missed the game with a sore right ankle. ... Gorgui Dieng had 13 points and seven rebounds.UP NEXTPistons: Detroit heads home to host Philadelphia on Sunday.Timberwolves: Minnesota stays home to host the Golden State Warriors, who will be playing the second night of a back-to-back, on Sunday.---This story has been corrected to show that Drummond has three 20-20 games this season, not five. ' ' '