DENVER -- Ben Paulsen was given a chance to redeem himself and save the Colorado Rockies from a heartbreaking loss.
He did, with one swing of the bat.
Paulsen hit a tiebreaking single with one out in the bottom of the ninth, and the Rockies recovered from blowing a seven-run lead to beat the Texas Rangers 8-7 on Monday night.
Troy Tulowitzki homered and Nolan Arenado had two RBI for Colorado, which has won a season-best five in a row at home.
Paulsen was down on himself after his mental error in the fifth inning led to a run for the Rangers. The first baseman thought there were two outs when Prince Fielder came to bat with runners on second and third. When he caught Fielder's grounder and stepped on the bag, Paulsen started to jog to the dugout. Rougned scored from second.
The Rangers tied it in the ninth, but given a chance in the bottom half, Paulsen came through.
"It's frustrating when you make bonehead plays like that," said Paulsen, who had two hits. "It's funny how it worked out where I got a chance to get the big hit."
Fielder had two hits and three RBI and Adrian Beltre had three hits for the Rangers, who have lost 10 of 12.
Beltre's second double of the night tied the game at 7 in the ninth against closer John Axford (2-2) before Colorado rallied. Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez led off with singles off Tanner Scheppers (3-1). One out later Paulsen lined a single to left-center to score pinch-runner Drew Stubbs from second base.
"I'm really happy for Benny," manager Walt Weiss said. "I'm not sure exactly what happened in the fifth but he gets a huge hit for us to win the game."
Scheppers said he threw good pitches to Tulowitzki and Gonzalez but wasn't happy with the one to Paulsen.
"It's a tough one to swallow especially after the team came back," he said. "I've got to be able to go out there and throw a zero."
It was Colorado's fourth walk-off win of the season, but it didn't seem necessary after the Rockies took a 7-0 lead in the second inning.
Arenado had a two-run double in the three-run first and Tulowitzki capped a four-run second with a two-run homer to left, his 12th on the season, to put Colorado ahead by seven
Arenado tied Paul Goldschmidt for the major league lead in RBI with 72.
Starter Nick Martinez, called up from Triple-A before the game, settled down and allowed Texas to get back into it. The Rangers chipped away with two runs in the third and then made it a game in the fifth with some alert base running.
Tomas Telis scored the first run of the inning when he avoided catcher Nick Hundley's tag at the plate after a strong throw from Gonzalez in right.
Paulsen acknowledged that the close play, on a single from Odor, had him thinking two outs. Odor made him pay with a heads-up dash home to make it 7-5.
"I thought CarGo threw (Telis) out at the plate," he said. "I was holding up `two' and that was my whole mindset. I didn't even think to look up at the board. Next time maybe I'll put three rocks in my pocket and take one out each out."
Fielder was awarded two RBI on the play and he now has 57 on the season.
Beltre's double in the seventh made it 7-6.
Rockies starter Chris Rusin allowed five runs -- two earned -- in six innings. He has five consecutive quality starts and has a 2.97 ERA in that span.
STREAKING
Tulowitzki reached base for the 41st straight game, tied for second longest in team history behind Michael Cuddyer (46 in 2013). DJ LeMahieu extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a triple in the second inning.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: Manager Walt Weiss said he is encouraged with RHP Chad Bettis' right elbow. Bettis was placed on the 15-day DL on Sunday with right elbow inflammation but it seems to have improved. "It checked out pretty well today," Weiss said. "It's always concerning when there's elbow inflammation with a pitcher."
UP NEXT
Rangers: LHP Matt Harrison (0-1, 13.50 ERA) will make his second start of the season Tuesday. Harrison has started just seven games since 2012 because of four surgeries, three on his back.
Rockies: RHP Kyle Kendrick (3-10, 5.94 ERA) made his first relief appearance of the season against Atlanta on July 12. He has not recorded a win since beating Arizona on June 23, which is his only victory at Coors Field this season.
He did, with one swing of the bat.
Paulsen hit a tiebreaking single with one out in the bottom of the ninth, and the Rockies recovered from blowing a seven-run lead to beat the Texas Rangers 8-7 on Monday night.
Troy Tulowitzki homered and Nolan Arenado had two RBI for Colorado, which has won a season-best five in a row at home.
Paulsen was down on himself after his mental error in the fifth inning led to a run for the Rangers. The first baseman thought there were two outs when Prince Fielder came to bat with runners on second and third. When he caught Fielder's grounder and stepped on the bag, Paulsen started to jog to the dugout. Rougned scored from second.
The Rangers tied it in the ninth, but given a chance in the bottom half, Paulsen came through.
"It's frustrating when you make bonehead plays like that," said Paulsen, who had two hits. "It's funny how it worked out where I got a chance to get the big hit."
Fielder had two hits and three RBI and Adrian Beltre had three hits for the Rangers, who have lost 10 of 12.
Beltre's second double of the night tied the game at 7 in the ninth against closer John Axford (2-2) before Colorado rallied. Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez led off with singles off Tanner Scheppers (3-1). One out later Paulsen lined a single to left-center to score pinch-runner Drew Stubbs from second base.
"I'm really happy for Benny," manager Walt Weiss said. "I'm not sure exactly what happened in the fifth but he gets a huge hit for us to win the game."
Scheppers said he threw good pitches to Tulowitzki and Gonzalez but wasn't happy with the one to Paulsen.
"It's a tough one to swallow especially after the team came back," he said. "I've got to be able to go out there and throw a zero."
It was Colorado's fourth walk-off win of the season, but it didn't seem necessary after the Rockies took a 7-0 lead in the second inning.
Arenado had a two-run double in the three-run first and Tulowitzki capped a four-run second with a two-run homer to left, his 12th on the season, to put Colorado ahead by seven
Arenado tied Paul Goldschmidt for the major league lead in RBI with 72.
Starter Nick Martinez, called up from Triple-A before the game, settled down and allowed Texas to get back into it. The Rangers chipped away with two runs in the third and then made it a game in the fifth with some alert base running.
Tomas Telis scored the first run of the inning when he avoided catcher Nick Hundley's tag at the plate after a strong throw from Gonzalez in right.
Paulsen acknowledged that the close play, on a single from Odor, had him thinking two outs. Odor made him pay with a heads-up dash home to make it 7-5.
"I thought CarGo threw (Telis) out at the plate," he said. "I was holding up `two' and that was my whole mindset. I didn't even think to look up at the board. Next time maybe I'll put three rocks in my pocket and take one out each out."
Fielder was awarded two RBI on the play and he now has 57 on the season.
Beltre's double in the seventh made it 7-6.
Rockies starter Chris Rusin allowed five runs -- two earned -- in six innings. He has five consecutive quality starts and has a 2.97 ERA in that span.
STREAKING
Tulowitzki reached base for the 41st straight game, tied for second longest in team history behind Michael Cuddyer (46 in 2013). DJ LeMahieu extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a triple in the second inning.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: Manager Walt Weiss said he is encouraged with RHP Chad Bettis' right elbow. Bettis was placed on the 15-day DL on Sunday with right elbow inflammation but it seems to have improved. "It checked out pretty well today," Weiss said. "It's always concerning when there's elbow inflammation with a pitcher."
UP NEXT
Rangers: LHP Matt Harrison (0-1, 13.50 ERA) will make his second start of the season Tuesday. Harrison has started just seven games since 2012 because of four surgeries, three on his back.
Rockies: RHP Kyle Kendrick (3-10, 5.94 ERA) made his first relief appearance of the season against Atlanta on July 12. He has not recorded a win since beating Arizona on June 23, which is his only victory at Coors Field this season.
8:40PM,EDT,July 20,2015
Coors Field, Denver, Colorado
Coors Field, Denver, Colorado
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Texas - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Rusin pitching for Colorado | TEX | COL |
| DeShields struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Odor grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Fielder grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Nick Martinez pitching for Texas | TEX | COL |
| Blackmon walked. | 0 | 0 |
| LeMahieu flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Tulowitzki popped out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| González singled to center, Blackmon to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Arenado doubled to deep center, Blackmon and González scored. | 0 | 2 |
| Paulsen singled to center, Arenado scored. | 0 | 3 |
| Hundley flied out to right. | 0 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Chris Rusin pitching for Colorado | TEX | COL |
| Beltré lined out to shortstop. | 0 | 3 |
| Hamilton grounded out to first. | 0 | 3 |
| Andrus singled to left. | 0 | 3 |
| Andrus picked off first. | 0 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Nick Martinez pitching for Texas | TEX | COL |
| Barnes singled to center. | 0 | 3 |
| Rusin sacrificed to pitcher, Barnes to second. | 0 | 3 |
| Blackmon singled to right, Barnes scored. | 0 | 4 |
| LeMahieu tripled to deep right, Blackmon scored. | 0 | 5 |
| Tulowitzki homered to left center (446 feet), LeMahieu scored. | 0 | 7 |
| González struck out swinging. | 0 | 7 |
| Arenado struck out swinging. | 0 | 7 |
| 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Chris Rusin pitching for Colorado | TEX | COL |
| Rua doubled to deep center. | 0 | 7 |
| Telis singled to center, Rua scored. | 1 | 7 |
| Martinez bunted into fielder's choice to pitcher, Telis out at second. | 1 | 7 |
| DeShields walked, Martinez to second. | 1 | 7 |
| Odor struck out looking. | 1 | 7 |
| Fielder singled to right, Martinez scored, DeShields to third. | 2 | 7 |
| Beltré grounded into fielder's choice to second, Fielder out at second. | 2 | 7 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Nick Martinez pitching for Texas | TEX | COL |
| Paulsen grounded out to second. | 2 | 7 |
| Hundley grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 7 |
| Barnes grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Chris Rusin pitching for Colorado | TEX | COL |
| Hamilton struck out swinging. | 2 | 7 |
| Andrus grounded out to second. | 2 | 7 |
| Rua struck out swinging. | 2 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Nick Martinez pitching for Texas | TEX | COL |
| Rusin grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 7 |
| Blackmon grounded out to second. | 2 | 7 |
| LeMahieu walked. | 2 | 7 |
| LeMahieu stole second. | 2 | 7 |
| Tulowitzki hit by pitch. | 2 | 7 |
| González grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Chris Rusin pitching for Colorado | TEX | COL |
| Telis singled to right. | 2 | 7 |
| Martinez sacrificed into fielder's choice to pitcher, Telis to second. | 2 | 7 |
| DeShields flied out to center. | 2 | 7 |
| Odor singled to right, Telis scored, Martinez to third, Odor to second advancing on throw. | 3 | 7 |
| Fielder grounded out to first, Martinez and Odor scored. | 5 | 7 |
| Beltré singled to center. | 5 | 7 |
| Hamilton grounded out to first. | 5 | 7 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Anthony Bass pitching for Texas | TEX | COL |
| Bass relieved Martinez. | 5 | 7 |
| Arenado lined out to left. | 5 | 7 |
| Paulsen grounded out to first. | 5 | 7 |
| Hundley grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Chris Rusin pitching for Colorado | TEX | COL |
| Andrus bunt grounded out to first. | 5 | 7 |
| Rua struck out swinging. | 5 | 7 |
| Telis safe at first on error by shortstop Tulowitzki. | 5 | 7 |
| Rosales hit for Bass. | 5 | 7 |
| Rosales flied out to center. | 5 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 2 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Spencer Patton pitching for Texas | TEX | COL |
| Patton relieved Bass. | 5 | 7 |
| Barnes walked. | 5 | 7 |
| Rusin bunted into fielder's choice to pitcher, Barnes out at second. | 5 | 7 |
| Blackmon flied out to center. | 5 | 7 |
| LeMahieu grounded out to first. | 5 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Boone Logan pitching for Colorado | TEX | COL |
| Logan relieved Rusin. | 5 | 7 |
| DeShields flied out to center. | 5 | 7 |
| Odor grounded out to second. | 5 | 7 |
| Fielder singled to center. | 5 | 7 |
| Kahnle relieved Logan. | 5 | 7 |
| Beltré doubled to deep right, Fielder scored. | 6 | 7 |
| Hamilton grounded out to second. | 6 | 7 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Spencer Patton pitching for Texas | TEX | COL |
| Tulowitzki struck out swinging. | 6 | 7 |
| Freeman relieved Patton. | 6 | 7 |
| González struck out swinging. | 6 | 7 |
| Arenado flied out to center. | 6 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| LaTroy Hawkins pitching for Colorado | TEX | COL |
| Hawkins relieved Kahnle. | 6 | 7 |
| Andrus grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 7 |
| Choo hit for Rua. | 6 | 7 |
| Choo struck out swinging. | 6 | 7 |
| Telis grounded out to second. | 6 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Sam Freeman pitching for Texas | TEX | COL |
| Hamilton in left field. | 6 | 7 |
| Choo in right field. | 6 | 7 |
| Paulsen walked. | 6 | 7 |
| Hundley flied out to center. | 6 | 7 |
| Barnes struck out swinging. | 6 | 7 |
| McKenry hit for Hawkins. | 6 | 7 |
| McKenry walked, Paulsen to second. | 6 | 7 |
| Blackmon walked, Paulsen to third, McKenry to second. | 6 | 7 |
| Hamilton in right field. | 6 | 7 |
| Scheppers relieved Freeman. | 6 | 7 |
| DeShields in left field. | 6 | 7 |
| Martín in center field. | 6 | 7 |
| LeMahieu flied out to right. | 6 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| John Axford pitching for Colorado | TEX | COL |
| Axford relieved Hawkins. | 6 | 7 |
| Martín walked. | 6 | 7 |
| DeShields grounded out to second, Martín to second. | 6 | 7 |
| Odor fouled out to catcher. | 6 | 7 |
| Fielder intentionally walked. | 6 | 7 |
| Beltré doubled to deep left, Martín scored, Fielder to third. | 7 | 7 |
| Hamilton flied out to left. | 7 | 7 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Tanner Scheppers pitching for Texas | TEX | COL |
| Tulowitzki singled to center. | 7 | 7 |
| González singled to center, Tulowitzki to second. | 7 | 7 |
| Stubbs ran for Tulowitzki. | 7 | 7 |
| Arenado flied out to left. | 7 | 7 |
| Paulsen singled to deep center, Stubbs scored, González to second. | 7 | 8 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| exas Rangers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| DeShields CF-LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | .264 | .356 | .385 |
| Odor 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .254 | .325 | .418 |
| Fielder 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | .339 | .402 | .514 |
| Beltré 3B | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .261 | .293 | .400 |
| Hamilton RF-LF-RF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .239 | .292 | .463 |
| Andrus SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .243 | .299 | .323 |
| Rua LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .180 | .194 | .377 |
b-Choo PH-RF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .226 | .307 | .387 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| Telis C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
| Martinez P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Bass P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Rosales PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .235 | .312 | .357 |
Patton P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Freeman P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Martín CF
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .219 | .264 | .319 |
| Totals | 38 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 139 | |||
| a-flied out to center for A Bass in the 6th b-struck out swinging for R Rua in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Rua (3, Rusin); Beltré 2 (16, Kahnle, Axford) RBI: Telis (1), Fielder 3 (57), Odor (27), Beltré 2 (25) 2-out RBI: Fielder, Beltré 2 Rangers RISP: 4-11 (Telis 1-1, Fielder 1-2, Hamilton 0-2, Beltré 1-2, DeShields 0-1, Odor 1-3) Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING Picked Off: Andrus (1st base by Rusin) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Coors Field, Denver, CO |
| Attendance | 35,027 (69.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:31 |
| Weather | 73 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 9 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Alfonso Marquez, First Base - Tom Hallion, Second Base - Dan Bellino, Third Base - Chris Segal |
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