Rockies hit five homers, beat Diamondbacks 14-12 for rare road win
The Rockies have been searching for anything to break their season-long funk Catharsis certainly came in the desert Their panacea was a rare breakout night from their offense They blasted five homers two by leadoff hitter Jordan Beck mashed a season-high hits rallied from an - deficit and beat the Diamondbacks - on Saturday night at Chase Field Tonight was one of those nights where the hitting was contagious and we just kept going Beck advised Rockies TV It was fun Beck also tripled in the ninth and scored on Ezequiel Tovar s single to give Colorado an insurance run Saturday marked the first time in the Diamondbacks history that they scored or more runs and lost Colorado snapped a four-game losing streak letting them forget about their historically bad - record at least for one night Warren Schaeffer who replaced Bud Black last Sunday got his first big-league domination as a manager The Rockies celebrated in traditional baseball fashion taking Schaeffer to the shower where he was doused with shaving cream mouthwash and shampoo I m happy for the players that was a battle win Schaeffer described reporters as he wiped shaving cream from his ears It was back and forth They kept punching our guys kept punching back grinding out at-bats We had quality at-bats from the top to the bottom all night long It was awesome And after that competition That was cool that was fun Once in a lifetime The players were thrilled for their new manager and happy to exhale for a change It was so fun to get it for him Beck stated He s a great guy and it was good to get a win and get the juices flowing again Colorado won its third event on the road against losses and Schaffer hopes the players will conclusively start relaxing at the plate Tovar who had a career-high five hits fell a double short of hitting for the cycle Tovar for singled in the first hit a -foot leadoff homer off veteran right-hander Zac Gallen in the third tripled in the fourth but was left stranded and singled again in the seventh and ninth Hunter Goodman and Kyle Farmer each hit a two-run homer and a two-run double and drove in four runs That was awesome Schaeffer commented That s what I envision everyone contributing on any given night Colorado s three-run seventh put it over the top Tyler Freeman led off with a single advanced to second on Ryan Thompson s balk and scored on Michael Toglia s double to left-center Then Beck ripped a two-run shot off Thompson s - slider Seth Halvorsen pitched a scoreless ninth and notched his second save of the season Related Articles Grading The Week CU Buffs great Travis Hunter took about seconds to win Jacksonville s hearts Rockies Journal How can Colorado escape being worst crew in MLB history Rockies futility continues in - loss to D-backs as record slides to - Rockies Mailbag Will owner Dick Monfort shake up the front office Rockies strike out times in - loss to Rangers slide to - Colorado entered the night having been outscored - in the first inning but it struck fast Saturday night scoring three runs in its first at-bat Beck hit the tournament s first pitch from Gallen for a homer to center Tovar followed with a single and Goodman brought Tovar home with a two-run homer down the left-field line The good vibes didn t last long The D-backs tied the event in the bottom of the frame taking advantage of two walks by starter German Marquez and a throwing error by Tovar Ketel Marte and Eugenio Suarez delivered RBI singles Marquez once the Rockies best pitcher looks like a ghost of his former self He lasted just three innings giving up seven runs five earned on seven hits three walks and a hit batter He needed pitches to get through his short start his majority of pitches ever over three innings The franchise leader in career strikeouts struck out just one and has only K s in innings pitched this season His glaring ERA after nine starts is proof of the right-hander s struggles Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis
