Colorado 5, Arizona 4
When: 9:40 PM ET, Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Where: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
Temperature:
83°
Umpires:
Home -
Dana DeMuth, 1B -
Ron Kulpa, 2B -
Ed Hickox, 3B -
Lance Barrett
Attendance:
19702
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Rockies 5, Diamondbacks 4: Drew Stubbs led off the ninth inning with a home run in his only at-bat of the game and made a running catch near the wall in center to end the contest as the Rockies recorded their first three-game winning streak on the road in more than a year.
Troy Tulowitzki homered for the second straight game among his two hits and drove in a pair while Nolan Arenado had two hits and a RBI to extend his hitting streak to 19 games - the longest active streak in the majors - for Colorado. LaTroy Hawkins allowed a pair of one-out singles before earning his ninth save in nine chances.
Boone Logan (1-0) earned the victory despite allowing a solo homer to A.J. Pollock in the eighth which tied the game 4-4. Rex Brothers pitched a perfect seventh and Chris Martin - in his third major-league appearance - got out of a bases-loaded none-out jam in the sixth after starter Tyler Chatwood left with right elbow tightness.
Eric Chavez and Chris Owings each had two hits and drove in a run while Aaron Hill added an RBI for the Diamondbacks (8-22), who lost their fourth straight game and are 2-13 at Chase Field. Addison Reed (0-2) yielded Stubbs' opposite-field shot deep into the seats in right on a 2-2 pitch to take the loss.
The Rockies, who have won nine of their last 12 games, went ahead 4-3 in the sixth after Carlos Gonzalez led off with a double to right and Tulowitzki followed by driving an 0-1 pitch into the pool area in right-center for his seventh home run. Pollock crushed Logan's 0-1 pitch off the left-field foul pole with two out in the eighth.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Justin Morneau had two hits and an RBI to extend his hitting streak to 13 games while Gonzalez also had two hits for Colorado, which last won three in a row on the road in San Diego from April 12-14, 2013. ... Chatwood allowed three runs, six hits and three walks in five-plus innings, while Arizona rookie Mike Bolsinger yielded four runs and nine hits in four frames. ... Colorado C Wilin Rosario (left hand contusion) missed his third straight game while available to catch, but not hit.
Top Game Performances
Hitting
Colorado |
|
Arizona |
Troy Tulowitzki
| Player |
Eric Chavez |
2 |
Hits |
2 |
2 |
RBI |
1 |
1 |
HR |
0 |
5 |
TB |
2 |
.667 |
Avg |
.500 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Colorado
|
11 |
2 |
20 |
.289 |
12 |
8 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Arizona
|
10 |
1 |
16 |
.278 |
21 |
10 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |