PHOENIX -- Colorado Rockies manager Walt Weiss watched Troy Tulowitzki just miss a couple of pitches against Arizona on Saturday night and knew his star player would connect with one soon.
He did a day later, setting the tone for a much-needed victory in the desert.
Tulowitzki hit a three-run homer in the first inning to extend his hitting streak to 18 games, Jorge De La Rosa pitched six effective innings and the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 on Sunday to avoid a four-game sweep.
"He's taking some good passes at the ball, we're seeing his `A' swing more consistently," Weiss said of Tulowitzki. "He looks like he's ready to roll."
Tulowitzki homered in Colorado's four-run first inning against Rubby De La Rosa (6-4) and Carlos Gonzalez added a two-run homer off the right-hander in the sixth.
Gonzalez had three of Colorado's 11 hits and made a diving catch in right field with the tying run on in the ninth to help the Rockies end a four-game losing streak.
Jorge De La Rosa (6-3) had six strikeouts to surpass 1,000 (1,005) for his career and allowed two runs and five hits to win at Chase Field for the first time in 10 tries.
"I finally get my first win here; everybody was telling me about it," said De La Rosa, who was 0-7 in nine previous starts at Chase. "It felt good to finally get my first win here."
It wasn't easy.
Yasmany Tomas kept the Diamondbacks in it, homering among his three hits and driving in three runs.
Arizona had a pair of singles to put the tying run on in the ninth, but Gonzalez made his diving catch and John Axford struck out newly named All-Star Paul Goldschmidt with two on for his 14th save.
"We had the go-ahead run at the plate and the guy we wanted up there. That is all you can hope for," Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale said. "They won the battle today."
A pair of De La Rosas met for the first time in major league history 11 days earlier in Denver. Rubby allowed a run in seven innings, Jorge a run in five innings and neither factored in the decision of a 6-4 win by the Rockies.
Rubby De La Rosa had pitched well over his previous five starts, going 2-0 with a 1.30 ERA.
He got off to a rough start against the Rockies, giving up six straight hits. Tulowitzki hit the first pitch he saw deep in the seats in left for a three-run homer and Ben Paulsen added a run-scoring single to put Colorado up 4-0 before Jorge De La Rosa even took the mound.
Rubby De La Rosa retired 14 straight batters after that, but Gonzalez put the Rockies up 6-1 with a two-run homer in the sixth inning. He allowed six runs and eight hits in five innings.
"I tried to limit the damage," De La Rosa said. "Everything was up."
Jorge De La Rosa has pitched well recently, too, going 5-1 with a 2.96 ERA since May 21. He was good again, giving up a solo homer to Tomas on the first pitch of the second inning and sacrifice fly to the Cuban slugger in the sixth.
De La Rosa has been dealing with a cut finger and it started bothering him in the fifth, so Weiss took him out after 95 pitches.
"In the fifth inning, it was swelling a little bit, but I was able to continue pitching," De La Rosa said.
UMPIRE INJURED
The game was delayed nine minutes in the second inning after plate umpire Fieldin Culbreth was struck in the mask by a foul ball off the bat of Arizona's Chris Owings. Culbreth left the game and was replaced behind the plate by Jim Reynolds, who had been at first. A three-man crew worked the rest of the game.
The Diamondbacks said Culbreth suffered a mild concussion.
DIAMONDBACKS DEAL
Arizona Diamondbacks acquired minor league left-hander Josh Taylor, right-hander Chris Oliver and Philadelphia's first international bonus pool slot (No. 9 overall) for Arizona's first overall international bonus pool slot.
UP NEXT
Rockies: Colorado has a day off before RHP Chad Bettis pitches against the Los Angeles Angels.
Diamondbacks: Arizona has a day off before LHP Robbie Ray faces the Texas Rangers in the opener of a two-game series in Arlington.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: 3B Nolan Arenado, who leads the majors with 68 RBI, was given a day off.
Diamondbacks: LHP Patrick Corbin will make his second start since having Tommy John surgery against the New York Mets. Corbin won in his return after allowing two runs in five innings on Saturday.
He did a day later, setting the tone for a much-needed victory in the desert.
Tulowitzki hit a three-run homer in the first inning to extend his hitting streak to 18 games, Jorge De La Rosa pitched six effective innings and the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 on Sunday to avoid a four-game sweep.
"He's taking some good passes at the ball, we're seeing his `A' swing more consistently," Weiss said of Tulowitzki. "He looks like he's ready to roll."
Tulowitzki homered in Colorado's four-run first inning against Rubby De La Rosa (6-4) and Carlos Gonzalez added a two-run homer off the right-hander in the sixth.
Gonzalez had three of Colorado's 11 hits and made a diving catch in right field with the tying run on in the ninth to help the Rockies end a four-game losing streak.
Jorge De La Rosa (6-3) had six strikeouts to surpass 1,000 (1,005) for his career and allowed two runs and five hits to win at Chase Field for the first time in 10 tries.
"I finally get my first win here; everybody was telling me about it," said De La Rosa, who was 0-7 in nine previous starts at Chase. "It felt good to finally get my first win here."
It wasn't easy.
Yasmany Tomas kept the Diamondbacks in it, homering among his three hits and driving in three runs.
Arizona had a pair of singles to put the tying run on in the ninth, but Gonzalez made his diving catch and John Axford struck out newly named All-Star Paul Goldschmidt with two on for his 14th save.
"We had the go-ahead run at the plate and the guy we wanted up there. That is all you can hope for," Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale said. "They won the battle today."
A pair of De La Rosas met for the first time in major league history 11 days earlier in Denver. Rubby allowed a run in seven innings, Jorge a run in five innings and neither factored in the decision of a 6-4 win by the Rockies.
Rubby De La Rosa had pitched well over his previous five starts, going 2-0 with a 1.30 ERA.
He got off to a rough start against the Rockies, giving up six straight hits. Tulowitzki hit the first pitch he saw deep in the seats in left for a three-run homer and Ben Paulsen added a run-scoring single to put Colorado up 4-0 before Jorge De La Rosa even took the mound.
Rubby De La Rosa retired 14 straight batters after that, but Gonzalez put the Rockies up 6-1 with a two-run homer in the sixth inning. He allowed six runs and eight hits in five innings.
"I tried to limit the damage," De La Rosa said. "Everything was up."
Jorge De La Rosa has pitched well recently, too, going 5-1 with a 2.96 ERA since May 21. He was good again, giving up a solo homer to Tomas on the first pitch of the second inning and sacrifice fly to the Cuban slugger in the sixth.
De La Rosa has been dealing with a cut finger and it started bothering him in the fifth, so Weiss took him out after 95 pitches.
"In the fifth inning, it was swelling a little bit, but I was able to continue pitching," De La Rosa said.
UMPIRE INJURED
The game was delayed nine minutes in the second inning after plate umpire Fieldin Culbreth was struck in the mask by a foul ball off the bat of Arizona's Chris Owings. Culbreth left the game and was replaced behind the plate by Jim Reynolds, who had been at first. A three-man crew worked the rest of the game.
The Diamondbacks said Culbreth suffered a mild concussion.
DIAMONDBACKS DEAL
Arizona Diamondbacks acquired minor league left-hander Josh Taylor, right-hander Chris Oliver and Philadelphia's first international bonus pool slot (No. 9 overall) for Arizona's first overall international bonus pool slot.
UP NEXT
Rockies: Colorado has a day off before RHP Chad Bettis pitches against the Los Angeles Angels.
Diamondbacks: Arizona has a day off before LHP Robbie Ray faces the Texas Rangers in the opener of a two-game series in Arlington.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: 3B Nolan Arenado, who leads the majors with 68 RBI, was given a day off.
Diamondbacks: LHP Patrick Corbin will make his second start since having Tommy John surgery against the New York Mets. Corbin won in his return after allowing two runs in five innings on Saturday.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Colorado - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Blackmon singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| LeMahieu singled to center, Blackmon to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Tulowitzki homered to left center (426 feet), Blackmon and LeMahieu scored. | 3 | 0 |
| González singled to center. | 3 | 0 |
| McKenry singled to right, González to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Paulsen singled to center, González scored, McKenry to second. | 4 | 0 |
| Barnes grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, Paulsen out at second, McKenry to third. | 4 | 0 |
| Descalso grounded out to second. | 4 | 0 |
| 4 Runs, 6 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Ahmed flied out to right. | 4 | 0 |
| Pollock popped out to second. | 4 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| De La Rosa struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Blackmon grounded out to first. | 4 | 0 |
| LeMahieu struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Tomás homered to right center (391 feet). | 4 | 1 |
| Castillo walked. | 4 | 1 |
| Hill lined out to center. | 4 | 1 |
| Peralta doubled to deep left center, Castillo to third. | 4 | 1 |
| Owings grounded out to third. | 4 | 1 |
| De La Rosa grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Tulowitzki lined out to right. | 4 | 1 |
| González grounded out to second. | 4 | 1 |
| McKenry lined out to right. | 4 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Ahmed reached on infield single to third. | 4 | 1 |
| Pollock grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Ahmed out at second. | 4 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 4 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Paulsen popped out to shortstop. | 4 | 1 |
| Barnes lined out to first. | 4 | 1 |
| Descalso lined out to left. | 4 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Tomás lined out to third. | 4 | 1 |
| Castillo struck out swinging. | 4 | 1 |
| Hill struck out swinging. | 4 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| De La Rosa struck out swinging. | 4 | 1 |
| Blackmon lined out to left. | 4 | 1 |
| LeMahieu grounded out to second. | 4 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Peralta struck out looking. | 4 | 1 |
| Owings struck out looking. | 4 | 1 |
| De La Rosa grounded out to third. | 4 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Tulowitzki singled to right. | 4 | 1 |
| González homered to left center (384 feet), Tulowitzki scored. | 6 | 1 |
| McKenry walked. | 6 | 1 |
| Pérez relieved De La Rosa. | 6 | 1 |
| Paulsen struck out swinging. | 6 | 1 |
| Barnes singled to left center, McKenry to second. | 6 | 1 |
| Descalso struck out swinging. | 6 | 1 |
| De La Rosa struck out swinging. | 6 | 1 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Ahmed doubled to deep left. | 6 | 1 |
| Pollock grounded out to third, Ahmed to third. | 6 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt walked. | 6 | 1 |
| Tomás hit sacrifice fly to left, Ahmed scored. | 6 | 2 |
| Castillo singled to center, Goldschmidt to third. | 6 | 2 |
| Hill grounded out to third. | 6 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Oliver Perez pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Blackmon grounded out to pitcher. | 6 | 2 |
| D. Hernandez relieved Pérez. | 6 | 2 |
| LeMahieu grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 2 |
| Tulowitzki grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| LaTroy Hawkins pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Hawkins relieved De La Rosa. | 6 | 2 |
| Peralta struck out looking. | 6 | 2 |
| Owings struck out swinging. | 6 | 2 |
| Pennington hit for D. Hernandez. | 6 | 2 |
| Pennington flied out to left. | 6 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Chafin pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Chafin relieved D. Hernandez. | 6 | 2 |
| González singled to right center. | 6 | 2 |
| González to second on passed ball by Castillo. | 6 | 2 |
| McKenry walked. | 6 | 2 |
| Paulsen sacrificed to shortstop, González to third, McKenry to second. | 6 | 2 |
| Barnes intentionally walked. | 6 | 2 |
| Descalso grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Barnes out at second. | 6 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Scott Oberg pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Oberg relieved Hawkins. | 6 | 2 |
| Ahmed lined out to center. | 6 | 2 |
| Pollock doubled to deep right. | 6 | 2 |
| Goldschmidt doubled to deep right, Pollock scored. | 6 | 3 |
| Tomás singled to right, Goldschmidt scored. | 6 | 4 |
| Kahnle relieved Oberg. | 6 | 4 |
| Castillo struck out swinging. | 6 | 4 |
| Hill walked, Tomás to second. | 6 | 4 |
| Logan relieved Kahnle. | 6 | 4 |
| Peralta struck out swinging. | 6 | 4 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Josh Collmenter pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Collmenter relieved Chafin. | 6 | 4 |
| Lamb at third base. | 6 | 4 |
| Rosario hit for Logan. | 6 | 4 |
| Rosario lined out to center. | 6 | 4 |
| Blackmon doubled to deep right center. | 6 | 4 |
| LeMahieu lined out to right, Blackmon to third. | 6 | 4 |
| Tulowitzki popped out to pitcher. | 6 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| John Axford pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Axford relieved Logan. | 6 | 4 |
| Owings flied out to right. | 6 | 4 |
| Lamb reached on infield single to third. | 6 | 4 |
| Ahmed singled to center, Lamb to second. | 6 | 4 |
| Pollock lined out to right. | 6 | 4 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 6 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado Rockies | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Blackmon CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .274 | .347 | .448 |
| LeMahieu 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .298 | .351 | .387 |
| Tulowitzki SS | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .321 | .358 | .489 |
| González RF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .244 | .303 | .419 |
| McKenry C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | .237 | .351 | .452 |
| Paulsen 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .283 | .341 | .496 |
| Barnes LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | .277 | .356 | .354 |
| Descalso 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .198 | .257 | .267 |
| De La Rosa P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .087 | .087 | .087 |
Hawkins P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Oberg P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Kahnle P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Logan P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Rosario PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .294 | .316 | .458 |
Axford P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 35 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 143 | |||
| a-lined out to center for B Logan in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Blackmon (15, Collmenter) HR: Tulowitzki (9, 1st inning off De La Rosa 2 on, 0 Out); González (11, 6th inning off De La Rosa 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: Tulowitzki 3 (44), Paulsen (18), González 2 (30) S: Paulsen GIDP: Barnes, Descalso Rockies RISP: 2-9 (LeMahieu 0-1, Paulsen 1-1, De La Rosa 0-1, Barnes 0-1, Tulowitzki 1-2, Descalso 0-3) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Tulowitzki-LeMahieu-Paulsen). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ |
| Attendance | 22,996 (47.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:32 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Fieldin Culbreth, First Base - Jim Reynolds, Second Base - Manny Gonzalez, Third Base - Paul Schrieber |
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