Diamondbacks rip Rockies, Antonio Senzatela in 11-2 rout

PHOENIX — Antonio Senzatela’s saccharine play ended connected a sour note.

And the Rockies got rocked successful October, losing 11-2 to the Diamondbacks connected Saturday nighttime astatine Chase Field. The D-Backs, who person already mislaid 110 games, snapped a five-game losing streak.

Arizona pounded Colorado pitching for 17 hits, including 8 doubles, which tied a D-Backs’ franchise high. The 8 doubles allowed are the second-most allowed by the Rockies successful their history. It’s happened 11 times.

Senzatela entered the nighttime having pitched astatine slightest six innings successful 9 consecutive games, 8 of them prime starts. The right-hander had joined left-hander Kyle Freeland arsenic Colorado’s astir dependable starter successful the last 3rd of the season.

But the Diamondbacks lit Senzatela up for six runs connected six hits successful the archetypal inning.

Senzatela, successful fact, ne'er escaped the first. Manager Bud Black gave him the hook with 1 retired near aft Senzatela walked Pavin Smith.

Senzatela’s two-thirds of an inning marked the shortest commencement of his career. The erstwhile low-water people was a 1 1/3-inning commencement astatine the New York Yankees connected July 29, 2019, successful which helium was charged with six earned runs.

Smith led disconnected the archetypal with a azygous and took 2nd connected a chaotic pitch. Senzatela retired Ketel Marte and Daulton Varsho, and past the floodgates opened, opening with Christian Walker’s run-scoring double. Four hits and 2 walks later, Senzatela was inactive searching for retired No. 3.

The right-hander finished the play 4-10 with a 4.42 ERA implicit a career-high 28 starts.

There were a mates of swings of bully quality successful Colorado’s penultimate crippled of the season.

Sam Hilliard led disconnected the 3rd with a solo location tally to near disconnected Arizona starter Zac Gallen. It was Hilliard’s 2nd crippled successful a enactment with a homer and the outfielder has deed 14 location runs this season, including 5 homers successful his past 11 roadworthy games.

Backup catcher Dom Nunez besides launched a homer for the 2nd consecutive night. He led disconnected the 5th with a solo homer to close tract disconnected Gallen, Nunez’s 10th homer of the season.

The Diamondbacks teed disconnected connected agelong reliever Jhoulys Chacin, too. They scored 3 runs successful the third, combining a Geraldo Perdomo triple, a locomotion by Smith, and Marte’s two-run double.

The Rockies, 74-86, decorativeness their play connected Sunday day astatine Chase Field. Because of a rainout astatine Atlanta connected their past roadworthy travel — a crippled that was ne'er made up — the Rockies volition play lone 161 games this season.

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The Rockies person not officially announced their starter for Sunday’s play finale and manager Bud Black said it’s apt to beryllium a “bullpen game.” Still, right-hander Chi Chi Gonzalez came disconnected the injured database Saturday and volition astir apt unfastened the crippled and transportation 3 oregon 4 innings. Gonzalez is 3-7 with a 6.50 ERA and 1.525 WHIP implicit 23 games (18 starts).

Trending: Veteran close fielder Charlie Blackmon entered Saturday night’s penultimate crippled of the play having reached basal safely successful 13 consecutive games, slashing .313/.411/.417 during that stretch.

At issue: Outfielder Garrett Hampson, who’s been warring for much playing time, had a hard last homestand (3-for-22 with 8 strikeouts). He realizes helium needs to beryllium much accordant astatine the sheet successful bid to get much starts. He entered Saturday’s crippled slashing .255/.315/.441 successful 34 games since Aug. 18 aft a 23-game agelong successful which helium went 6-for-51 (.118).