Rockies snap a rough stretch in Phoenix
Fourteen games, ten losses. That was the hole the Colorado Rockies had dug for themselves. On Tuesday night in Phoenix they climbed out of it, beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 and grabbing a win the National League’s most troubled club badly needed. The result also squares their three-game series.
One name runs through it: Tomoyuki Sugano. The Japanese right-hander worked six innings and picked up his 12th win of the season (12-5). Colorado has beaten Arizona three times this year, and Sugano started every one of them.
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Sugano settles down after a brutal first inning
The night began in nightmare fashion. Corbin Carroll launched a 422-foot homer in the first, and Ketel Marte went deep five pitches later. 2-0 Arizona. It was the first time all season the Diamondbacks had gone deep twice in an opening inning.
Then Sugano locked in. Over his final five innings he gave up just three singles and retired 10 of the last 11 hitters he faced. Five strikeouts, no walks. That kind of recovery is what separates a veteran starter from a rookie hanging on for dear life.
Karros ties it, then limps off
The tying runs came off the bat of Kyle Karros. The rookie crushed a two-run homer with two outs in the sixth, right after an Ezequiel Tovar single. He paid for it moments later, hurt in a collision with Tovar on the play and forced out of the game. A sour twist on an otherwise big night.
The winning run showed up in the seventh. Hunter Goodman led off with a triple against Kevin Ginkel and came home on Mickey Moniak’s sacrifice fly. Jordan Romano slammed the door in the ninth for his 11th save. Arizona still looks dangerous, 19 wins and 10 losses since July 9, level with Atlanta for the best mark in the National League. This defeat, though, drops the Diamondbacks into a three-way tie for the second wild card with Philadelphia and San Diego.
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