PHOENIX (AP) — Corbin Carroll and Kevin Newman scrambled home on back-to-back wild pitches in the seventh inning, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks past the Colorado Rockies 5-4 on Monday night for their fourth straight win.
The D-backs continued their extended roll, with an 18-5 record since the All-Star break.
Joc Pederson came to the plate in the seventh with Arizona trailing 4-3, two outs and runners on first and third, but he never had to hit the ball to put his team ahead. Tyler Kinley’s first wild pitch scored Carroll easily and Newman advanced all the way to third after getting a head start while stealing second.
Two pitches later, Kinley bounced another pitch that catcher Elias Díaz couldn’t quite handle. Newman made a daring dash home, sliding in ahead of the throw for the lead.
Jake McCarthy added two hits and two RBIs. Newman and Josh Bell also had two hits. Justin Martinez handled the ninth — working around a leadoff single — for his third save.
Arizona’s Brandon Pfaadt (7-6) tied a career-high with 11 strikeouts over seven innings. The lanky right-hander gave up four runs and eight hits.
Colorado’s Bradley Blalock made his team debut and just his second big-league appearance. The right-hander gave up three runs on six hits over 5 2/3 innings, holding his own against an Arizona lineup that had scored 23 runs over the previous two days in wins over the Phillies. He struck out four.
The Rockies built a 4-1 lead in the sixth on Brendan Rodgers’ solo homer that just cleared the center-field wall. But the Diamondbacks cut it to 4-3 in the bottom of the frame after run-scoring hits from Bell and McCarthy.
Arizona took a 1-0 lead in the second on McCarthy’s RBI double. Colorado evened the score in the third on a looping RBI single by Diaz.
Jake Cave had three hits for the Rockies. Anthony Molina (1-1) took the loss after giving up two runs in one inning of relief.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Rockies: Blalock was called up from Double-A Hartford and OF Jordan Beck came up from Triple-A Albuquerque. Kris Bryant was placed on the 10-day IL (back strain) retroactive to Aug. 11. LHP Josh Rogers was designated for assignment.
Diamondbacks: Ketel Marte was in Monday’s starting lineup after missing Sunday’s game with a left ankle contusion, but the second baseman left after his first at-bat because of pain in the same ankle. He was replaced by Kevin Newman.
UP NEXT
D-backs LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (1-0, 4.76 ERA) makes his second start of the season on Tuesday night. The Rockies will counter with LHP Austin Gomber (3-8, 4.92 ERA).
