PHOENIX -- Phil Gosselin has had an up-and-down year. He began 2015 as a prospect with the Atlanta Braves, then fractured his left thumb in May. While injured, he was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks in June.
Since his arrival in the desert, Gosselin, who turns 27 next week, has dealt with injury rehab before being activated on Aug. 31. Finally back in uniform, he made the most of an opportunity he was given in the bottom of the 11th inning Tuesday night.
Brought in to pinch hit, Gosselin singled in the winning run after Colorado reliever Brooks Brown walked the bases loaded in the 11th as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Rockies 4-3 Tuesday night.
Gosselin knocked in Paul Goldschmidt from third base with one out after Brown (1-3), the eighth of nine pitchers for the Rockies on the night, walked the three batters he faced in the inning. A.J. Pollock, Goldschmidt and David Peralta reached base after Brown threw 11 straight balls.
It was Gosselin's first career walk-off hit in 89 major league games.
"I was just trying to see something out over the plate," Gosselin said. "You want to contribute any way you can if you're not starting. There's a lot of holes for you to find out there if you get a good pitch."
Gosselin said he still feels a little like the new guy in the Arizona clubhouse. But manager Chip Hale said Gosselin's ability to play three infield spots makes him valuable, and he felt Gosselin would put the ball in play.
"He has a short swing, he has really good pitch recognition," Hale said. "He has good recognition of the strike zone and knows what he wants to do. He can hit up here."
Christian Friedrich gave up the winning hit after getting a fielder's choice from Welington Castillo.
Randall Delgado (7-4) pitched a scoreless top of the 11th.
Rockies manager Walt Weiss said Brown hasn't quite been the same pitcher since shoulder inflammation cost him three months on the disabled list.
"He missed a lot of time. That thing really lingered, and he was out longer than we probably anticipated," Weiss said. "He's had a hard time getting back to that consistency that we saw."
Jose Reyes had three hits and Carlos Gonzalez homered for the Rockies.
Nolan Arenado drove in Reyes in the first with a fly ball for his major-league leading 127th RBI.
Christian Bergman started for Colorado and left with a no-decision after five innings having allowed three runs on five hits. Robbie Ray went six innings for Arizona, allowing two earned runs on seven hits.
TRAINER'S ROOM
ROCKIES: Reyes was back in the lineup for the first time since Sept. 23. He missed the past several days with a left Achilles injury. ... Gonzalez had to be checked by a trainer after slipping and falling on his left side going after Inciarte's triple near the right field fence, but he stayed in the game.
DIAMONDBACKS: SS Nick Ahmed is likely out for the remainder of the season with a back injury.
UP NEXT
ROCKIES: Right-hander Chad Bettis (8-5, 3.95) goes Wednesday and hasn't fared well against the Diamondbacks in his career, holding a 10.80 ERA (8 1/3 innings, 10 earned runs) in four games with one start against them.
DIAMONDBACKS: Right-hander Chase Anderson -- who has a career high in starts with 26, innings with 147 1/3 and strikeouts with 107 -- is scheduled to start Wednesday against Colorado. Anderson is 6-6 with a 4.40 ERA.
IT'S A GIRL!
Diamondbacks closer Brad Ziegler and his wife Kristen became parents on Monday in Kansas City with the birth of daughter Lauryn Michelle. Ziegler was not with the team on Tuesday.
HEAT OF THE NIGHT
The retractable roof at Chase Field was pushed open for Tuesday night's game, though the temperature was 98 degrees with a slight breeze at first pitch.
Since his arrival in the desert, Gosselin, who turns 27 next week, has dealt with injury rehab before being activated on Aug. 31. Finally back in uniform, he made the most of an opportunity he was given in the bottom of the 11th inning Tuesday night.
Brought in to pinch hit, Gosselin singled in the winning run after Colorado reliever Brooks Brown walked the bases loaded in the 11th as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Rockies 4-3 Tuesday night.
Gosselin knocked in Paul Goldschmidt from third base with one out after Brown (1-3), the eighth of nine pitchers for the Rockies on the night, walked the three batters he faced in the inning. A.J. Pollock, Goldschmidt and David Peralta reached base after Brown threw 11 straight balls.
It was Gosselin's first career walk-off hit in 89 major league games.
"I was just trying to see something out over the plate," Gosselin said. "You want to contribute any way you can if you're not starting. There's a lot of holes for you to find out there if you get a good pitch."
Gosselin said he still feels a little like the new guy in the Arizona clubhouse. But manager Chip Hale said Gosselin's ability to play three infield spots makes him valuable, and he felt Gosselin would put the ball in play.
"He has a short swing, he has really good pitch recognition," Hale said. "He has good recognition of the strike zone and knows what he wants to do. He can hit up here."
Christian Friedrich gave up the winning hit after getting a fielder's choice from Welington Castillo.
Randall Delgado (7-4) pitched a scoreless top of the 11th.
Rockies manager Walt Weiss said Brown hasn't quite been the same pitcher since shoulder inflammation cost him three months on the disabled list.
"He missed a lot of time. That thing really lingered, and he was out longer than we probably anticipated," Weiss said. "He's had a hard time getting back to that consistency that we saw."
Jose Reyes had three hits and Carlos Gonzalez homered for the Rockies.
Nolan Arenado drove in Reyes in the first with a fly ball for his major-league leading 127th RBI.
Christian Bergman started for Colorado and left with a no-decision after five innings having allowed three runs on five hits. Robbie Ray went six innings for Arizona, allowing two earned runs on seven hits.
TRAINER'S ROOM
ROCKIES: Reyes was back in the lineup for the first time since Sept. 23. He missed the past several days with a left Achilles injury. ... Gonzalez had to be checked by a trainer after slipping and falling on his left side going after Inciarte's triple near the right field fence, but he stayed in the game.
DIAMONDBACKS: SS Nick Ahmed is likely out for the remainder of the season with a back injury.
UP NEXT
ROCKIES: Right-hander Chad Bettis (8-5, 3.95) goes Wednesday and hasn't fared well against the Diamondbacks in his career, holding a 10.80 ERA (8 1/3 innings, 10 earned runs) in four games with one start against them.
DIAMONDBACKS: Right-hander Chase Anderson -- who has a career high in starts with 26, innings with 147 1/3 and strikeouts with 107 -- is scheduled to start Wednesday against Colorado. Anderson is 6-6 with a 4.40 ERA.
IT'S A GIRL!
Diamondbacks closer Brad Ziegler and his wife Kristen became parents on Monday in Kansas City with the birth of daughter Lauryn Michelle. Ziegler was not with the team on Tuesday.
HEAT OF THE NIGHT
The retractable roof at Chase Field was pushed open for Tuesday night's game, though the temperature was 98 degrees with a slight breeze at first pitch.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Colorado - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Blackmon singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Reyes singled to right, Blackmon to second. | 0 | 0 |
| González singled to left center, Blackmon scored, Reyes to second, Reyes to third on error by left fielder Peralta. | 1 | 0 |
| Arenado hit sacrifice fly to left, Reyes scored. | 2 | 0 |
| Dickerson lined out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| Morneau grounded out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Christian Bergman pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Inciarte lined out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Drury lined out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Pollock doubled to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt singled to right, Pollock scored. | 2 | 1 |
| Peralta grounded out to second. | 2 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| LeMahieu grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 1 |
| Murphy struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| Bergman grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Christian Bergman pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Castillo popped out to shortstop. | 2 | 1 |
| Lamb flied out to left. | 2 | 1 |
| Owings struck out looking. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Blackmon grounded out to second. | 2 | 1 |
| Reyes singled to left. | 2 | 1 |
| Reyes picked off first. | 2 | 1 |
| González homered to right (396 feet). | 3 | 1 |
| Arenado popped out to shortstop. | 3 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Christian Bergman pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Ray struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| Inciarte tripled to deep right. | 3 | 1 |
| Drury grounded out to shortstop, Inciarte scored. | 3 | 2 |
| Pollock walked. | 3 | 2 |
| Goldschmidt grounded into fielder's choice to third, Pollock out at second. | 3 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Dickerson grounded out to pitcher. | 3 | 2 |
| Morneau grounded out to third. | 3 | 2 |
| LeMahieu singled to right. | 3 | 2 |
| Murphy walked, LeMahieu to second. | 3 | 2 |
| Bergman struck out swinging. | 3 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Christian Bergman pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Peralta tripled to right. | 3 | 2 |
| Castillo grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 2 |
| Lamb hit sacrifice fly to right, Peralta scored. | 3 | 3 |
| Owings singled to right. | 3 | 3 |
| Ray struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Blackmon singled to right, Blackmon to second on error by right fielder Inciarte. | 3 | 3 |
| Blackmon stole third. | 3 | 3 |
| Reyes popped out to shortstop. | 3 | 3 |
| González struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| Arenado intentionally walked. | 3 | 3 |
| Dickerson popped out to third. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Christian Bergman pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Inciarte grounded out to third. | 3 | 3 |
| Drury lined out to third. | 3 | 3 |
| Pollock flied out to center. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Morneau grounded out to first. | 3 | 3 |
| LeMahieu popped out to shortstop. | 3 | 3 |
| Murphy flied out to center. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Scott Oberg pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Oberg relieved Bergman. | 3 | 3 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| Peralta walked. | 3 | 3 |
| Castillo grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Peralta out at second. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Matt Reynolds pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Reynolds relieved Ray. | 3 | 3 |
| Ynoa hit for Oberg. | 3 | 3 |
| Ynoa popped out to second. | 3 | 3 |
| Blackmon flied out to center. | 3 | 3 |
| Reyes singled to center. | 3 | 3 |
| González flied out to center. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Justin Miller pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Miller relieved Oberg. | 3 | 3 |
| Lamb struck out looking. | 3 | 3 |
| Owings grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 3 |
| Brito hit for Reynolds. | 3 | 3 |
| Brito doubled to shallow left. | 3 | 3 |
| Brothers relieved Miller. | 3 | 3 |
| Inciarte grounded out to pitcher. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Chafin pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Chafin relieved Reynolds. | 3 | 3 |
| Arenado doubled to right center. | 3 | 3 |
| Dickerson grounded out to second, Arenado to third. | 3 | 3 |
| Morneau walked. | 3 | 3 |
| Bracho relieved Chafin. | 3 | 3 |
| Arenado caught stealing home, catcher to third to catcher, Morneau to second on runner's fielder's choice. | 3 | 3 |
| LeMahieu lined out to left. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jairo Diaz pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Díaz relieved Brothers. | 3 | 3 |
| Drury struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| Pollock grounded out to third. | 3 | 3 |
| Goldschmidt grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Silvino Bracho pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Murphy flied out to left. | 3 | 3 |
| Descalso hit for Díaz. | 3 | 3 |
| Descalso struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| Blackmon struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Boone Logan pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Logan relieved Díaz. | 3 | 3 |
| Peralta struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| Castillo struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| Lamb struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 10th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Hudson pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Hudson relieved Bracho. | 3 | 3 |
| Reyes popped out to second. | 3 | 3 |
| González struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| Arenado struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 10th | SCORE | |
| Gonzalez Germen pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Germen relieved Logan. | 3 | 3 |
| Owings lined out to left. | 3 | 3 |
| Hill hit for Hudson. | 3 | 3 |
| Hill struck out looking. | 3 | 3 |
| Inciarte walked. | 3 | 3 |
| Drury struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 11th | SCORE | |
| Randall Delgado pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Delgado relieved Hudson. | 3 | 3 |
| Dickerson struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| Morneau struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| LeMahieu lined out to center. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 11th | SCORE | |
| Brooks Brown pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Brown relieved Germen. | 3 | 3 |
| Pollock walked. | 3 | 3 |
| Goldschmidt walked, Pollock to second. | 3 | 3 |
| Peralta walked, Pollock to third, Goldschmidt to second. | 3 | 3 |
| Friedrich relieved Brown. | 3 | 3 |
| Castillo grounded into fielder's choice to third, Pollock out at home, Goldschmidt to third, Peralta to second. | 3 | 3 |
| Gosselin hit for Lamb. | 3 | 3 |
| Gosselin singled to right, Goldschmidt scored, Peralta to third, Castillo to second. | 3 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado Rockies | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Blackmon CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .291 | .352 | .457 |
| Reyes SS | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .263 | .293 | .377 |
| González RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .269 | .324 | .542 |
| Arenado 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .285 | .320 | .570 |
| Dickerson LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .313 | .344 | .524 |
| Morneau 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | .312 | .361 | .459 |
| LeMahieu 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .304 | .362 | .392 |
| Murphy C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | .267 | .333 | .567 |
| Bergman P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .182 | .250 | .182 |
Oberg P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Ynoa PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .242 | .260 | .308 |
Miller P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Brothers P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Díaz P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
b-Descalso PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .216 | .292 | .341 |
Logan P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Germen P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Brown P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| Totals | 39 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 162 | |||
| a-popped out to second for S Oberg in the 7th b-struck out swinging for J Diaz in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Arenado (39, Chafin) HR: González (40, 3rd inning off Ray 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: González 2 (96), Arenado (127) SF: Arenado 2-out RBI: González Rockies RISP: 1-7 (LeMahieu 0-1, Bergman 0-1, González 1-2, Dickerson 0-2, Reyes 0-1) Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Blackmon (42, 3rd base off Ray/Castillo) CS: Arenado (5, Home by Bracho/Castillo) Picked Off: Reyes (1st base by Ray); Arenado (3rd base by Bracho/Castillo) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (LeMahieu-Reyes-Morneau). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ |
| Attendance | 21,526 (44.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:31 |
| Weather | 98 degrees, clear |
| Wind | 9 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Lance Barrett, First Base - Dan Iassogna, Second Base - Dale Scott, Third Base - CB Bucknor |
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