Rockies mount biggest rally since 2010 to beat lowly Diamondbacks

PHOENIX — They’re not the Cardiac Cardinals, not adjacent close, but the Rockies mounted 2 rallies to bushed hapless Arizona Friday nighttime astatine Chase Field.

After the Diamondbacks blitzed starter Jon Gray for 7 runs successful the 3rd inning, the Rockies won the game, 9-7, scoring six runs successful the sixth and 3 much successful the ninth.

Arizona, owners of the worst grounds successful the majors, fell to 50-110. The Rockies bullpen dominated the D-Backs, pitching 5 scoreless innings and striking retired nine.

Shortstop Trevor Story, apt playing successful his last bid for Colorado, singled location Brendan Rodgers with the go-ahead run. C.J. Cron’s RBI groundout to shortstop Geraldo Perdomo scored Charlie Blackmon for a bonus run.

Dom Nunez led disconnected the ninth with a solo homer disconnected Caleb Smith to necktie the game, 7-7.

The past clip the Rockies rallied from a shortage of 7 oregon much runs to triumph a crippled was connected Aug. 25, 2010 vs. Atlanta astatine Coors Field. Down by 9 runs, the Rockies won that crippled 12-10.

While it was a nighttime to observe for Colorado, it was a nighttime to hide for Gray. Or possibly 1 that volition linger successful achy memory.

In what mightiness person been his last crippled successful a Rockies uniform, the 29-year-old right-hander was blasted for 7 runs connected 7 hits, including 3 location runs implicit 4 innings.

The astir achy portion for Gray: each of that harm occurred successful the 3rd inning. In the first, 2nd and 4th innings, Gray acceptable the Diamondbacks down successful order, and helium struck retired 7 and walked none.

Gray, the 3rd wide prime successful the 2013 draft, volition go a escaped cause astatine the extremity of the season. Although Gray and the Rockies person some expressed involvement successful keeping him successful Colorado, thing is certain.

It volition beryllium absorbing to spot however Gray’s show implicit the past 2 months of the play figures into his future. He has not pitched much than 5 innings since Aug. 4 and helium went 1-6 with a 7.21 ERA implicit his past 9 starts.

Gray was connected occurrence to statesman Friday night’s game, striking retired 4 of the six Arizona batters helium faced. But the Diamondbacks blasted Gray successful the fourth.

Jake McCarthy led disconnected with a azygous and Geraldo Perdomo followed with a double. Up to the sheet stepped Humberto Castellanos. He pulled Gray’s first-pitch slider heavy into the left-field seats for a three-run homer. It was the archetypal location tally by a D-Backs pitcher since Zack Greinke homered connected June 24, 2019, astatine Chase Field vs. the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw.

A solo location tally by Ketel Marte and a two-run homer by Christian Walker completed Arizona’s ambush of Gray.

The Rockies’ six-run sixth got them backmost into the game. They tagged Castellanos for six hits, including an RBI azygous by Cron, an RBI treble by Ryan McMahon and an RBI azygous by Elias Diaz. But the large stroke came disconnected the bat of Sam Hilliard, who drove Castellano’s first-pitch sinker into the left-center tract seats for a three-run homer. It was Hilliard’s 13th homer, 7 of them coming connected the road.

Story, apt playing successful his last bid for Colorado, etched his sanction successful the major-league grounds publication successful the seventh inning. Story walked and stole 2nd for his 20th bargain of the play and the 100th of his career.

Story became conscionable the seventh subordinate all-time to deed 150 location runs and bargain 100 bases implicit his archetypal six seasons. He joined an exclusive nine that includes Willie Mays, Bobby Bonds, Darryl Strawberry, Andruw Jones, Ryan Braun and Mike Trout.

On Deck
Rockies RHP Antonio Senzatela (4-9, 4.10 ERA) astatine Diamondbacks RHP Zac Gallen (3-10, 4.37)
6:10 p.m. Saturday, Chase Field
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Senzatela emerged arsenic the Rockies’ astir accordant starter successful the last agelong of the season, making prime starts successful 8 of his past 9 outings since Aug. 11, posting a 3.00 ERA. That ranks 10th-best successful the National League successful that span. Senzatela has evolved into a strike-thrower, ranking 3rd successful the majors with an mean of 1.73 walks per 9 innings. He did not origin successful Colorado’s 6-2 nonaccomplishment to San Francisco connected Sunday astatine Coors Field but allowed conscionable 2 runs connected 8 hits crossed six innings. In 2 starts astatine Chase Field this season, Senzatela has a 5.06 ERA against the Diamondbacks. Gallen is coming disconnected a beardown commencement against the Dodgers, allowing 1 earned tally implicit six innings to prime up the victory. He’s 0-1 with a 3.27 ERA successful 2 starts vs. the Rockies this play and is 1-1 with a 2.38 ERA successful six vocation starts against them. On Aug. 21 astatine Coors Field, helium pitched 7 scoreless innings but didn’t origin successful the decision.

Trending: The Rockies opened up their last three-game “road trip” of the play connected Friday nighttime connected the heels of a blistery streak distant from Coors Field. In their nine-game plaything done Philadelphia, Atlanta and Washington, they went 7-2.

At issue: For the season, the Rockies fertile past successful the National League successful roadworthy batting mean (.215), on-base percent (.290) and OPS (.683). They fertile 14th successful roadworthy location runs (74), besting lone Pittsburgh (66).

Pitching probables
Sunday: Rockies TBA astatine Diamondbacks TBA, 1:10 p.m., ATTRM
End of regular season