PHOENIX (AP) — Yonathan Daza, José Iglesias and Connor Joe hit consecutive, two-out, run-scoring singles in the ninth inning to help the Colorado Rockies rally past the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-1 on Saturday night.
Colorado trailed 1-0 entering the ninth and pieced together four runs off Arizona closer Mark Melancon (0-3), who had a 1.08 ERA coming into the game. C.J. Cron and Ryan McMahon led off the inning with singles but Melancon retired the next two batters, bringing up Daza, who entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the seventh.
Daza lined a ball up the middle to tie the game and Iglesias followed with a go-ahead single that was just out of the reach of Arizona third baseman Josh Rojas. Joe capped the rally with a single up the middle that sent home two runs — including one that scored because of an Arizona throwing error — for a 4-1 lead.
“It’s the best feeling ever, for real,” Daza said. “You go out there, compete and do the best for the team.”
Jordan Luplow stole back-to-back bases in the eighth to help the D-backs take a brief 1-0 lead.
The 28-year-old Luplow has good speed but isn’t necessarily known as a huge stolen base threat with just seven swiped bags over his six years in the big leagues. He walked with one out and then stole second. On the very next pitch, he made a surprising dash for third, sliding in safely when Ryan McMahon missed on his tag.
Ketel Marte followed with a walk and then Christian Walker drove his run-scoring double off the right-field wall, just out of the reach of Colorado’s Charlie Blackmon.
But the Diamondbacks couldn’t hold the lead and their four-game winning streak was snapped. Melancon gave up a career-high five hits in the ninth — all of them singles.
“We grind through the day, put ourselves in position to win the game,”…
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