Colorado took management with a three-run sixth inning in Monday evening’s win at Coors Area.
DENVER — Ryan McMahon atoned for a expensive error with three hits, Charlie Blackmon homered and tripled, and the Colorado Rockies beat Arizona 7-5 on Monday night to disclaim Diamondbacks supervisor Torey Lovullo his five hundredth profession win.
Arizona has dropped 5 in a row since Lovullo received his 499th victory April 2 in opposition to the New York Yankees. Lovullo, in his eighth season, is the longest-serving supervisor in franchise historical past.
Colorado starter Kyle Freeland grinded by way of 5 innings for his longest outing of the season and Peter Lambert (2-0) pitched two innings of aid to earn the win. Jake Chicken retired Eugenio Suarez with a bases-loaded fly to proper to finish the sport and earn his first save after the Diamondbacks pushed throughout a run in opposition to Nick Mears.
Blackmon led off the underside of the primary with a triple and scored on Ezequiel Tovar’s RBI single, giving Colorado a 1-0 lead. It was the primary time in 17 video games the Rockies scored first, relationship again to Sept. 26, 2023, in opposition to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Diamondbacks scored 4 occasions within the fourth, two on a two-out error at third by McMahon. Freeland, whose deepest outing this season coming in was 3 1/3 innings, punctuated the top of the inning by fielding a comebacker and throwing a fastball to Elehuris Montero at first for the ultimate out.
Freeland gave up 4 runs — two earned — and lowered his ERA from 27.00 to 16.03.
McMahon made up for the miscue by main off the underside of the inning with a single, one in every of 4 straight hits by Colorado that made it 4-3. Gallen received the subsequent three batters to flee with the lead however Colorado denied him a win with a rally within the sixth off reliever Scott McGough (0-3).
Montero’s sacrifice fly tied it and Joe Mantiply got here on after Blackmon’s stroll loaded the bases. McMahon hit an infield single and Elias Diaz walked to deliver house one other run.
Blackmon’s house run within the eighth, his first of the season, prolonged the lead.
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The Diamondbacks will ship RHP Merrill Kelly (1-0, 1.38 ERA) to the mound in opposition to Colorado RHP Cal Quantrill (0-1, 9.00) in a rematch of Arizona’s 7-3 win on March 29.
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