DENVER -- A comfortable win turned into a nail-biter, but Nolan Arenado made sure the Colorado Rockies finally prevailed at Coors Field.
Arenado hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning, and the Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-7 on Wednesday to end a seven-game home losing streak.
Charlie Blackmon homered among his three hits and drove in three runs for Colorado. The Rockies had tied the franchise record for consecutive defeats at Coors Field and were within two of the mark for home losses in Denver set in 1993 at Mile High Stadium.
"That's not like us," said Arenado, who had three hits. "We're way better than that."
Arenado rescued Colorado after starter Chad Bettis and the bullpen blew a six-run lead. With two outs in the bottom of the eighth, Arenado hit Tyler Clippard's 2-2 splitter just inside the foul pole in left field for his major league-best 13th homer of the season.
"He's so clutch," manager Walt Weiss said. "He rises to the occasion almost all the time. We get spoiled watching him. Big-time player."
The Rockies threatened for more but Clippard (2-1) worked out of a jam.
Gonzalez Germen (1-0) struck out the only batter he faced, and Jake McGee pitched a perfect ninth for his ninth save.
Yasmany Tomas had three hits and Paul Goldschmidt added two doubles for the Diamondbacks, who had won five straight.
The Rockies built a 7-1 lead on Blackmon's solo homer in the third, his two-run single in the fourth and Ryan Rayburn's double in the sixth that drove in two more.
Bettis retired 12 straight after Jean Segura's double to lead off the game but ran into trouble in the seventh. Arizona started the inning with three straight hits and Bettis left after Chris Owings' RBI single made it 7-4.
Two doubles, a triple and an infield single tied it in the eighth and took a win away from Bettis. He allowed four runs on nine hits and matched a career high with eight strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.
"I was missing a little bit of location but they were also ambushing a little bit earlier, too," Bettis said. "I wouldn't say I got tired. We had a six-run lead and I was trying to collect outs. Guys got pitches to hit."
Colorado, which had not won at home since beating the Dodgers on April 22, was on the brink of losing again when Arenado came through.
"You're like, `Oh, man, I hope this doesn't happen again," Arenado said. "They tied the game but they didn't take the lead. That was the positive."
Arizona starter Robbie Ray gave up five runs -- three earned -- and fanned a career-high nine in 4 2/3 innings.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: OF David Peralta will see a hand specialist in Arizona on Thursday. Peralta has not played since Sunday because of a sore right wrist.
Rockies: INF Daniel Descalso (broken left hand) played in another rehab game and is getting closer to returning from the 15-day DL. "I'm not sure if it's his last (rehab game) but things are going well for him," Weiss said. ... Weiss said C Nick Hundley (oblique strain) is making progress. Hundley was placed on the 15-day DL on Friday.
GOLD STANDARD
Goldschmidt's RBI double in the sixth extended his streak of reaching base against the Rockies to 44 games. That tied him with Ryan Klesko for the third-longest against Colorado, and it's the longest active streak in the majors against any team.
SECOND GUESSING
Some poor footwork led to Colorado's two-run sixth inning. With Blackmon on first, Mark Reynolds hit a grounder to shortstop with two outs. Nick Ahmed went to Segura for the force at second, but he didn't get his foot down before Blackmon slid in. Rayburn followed with a two-run double.
"When you play these shifts, the one thing that becomes difficult is when the second baseman gets on the other side of second," Arizona manager Chip Hale said. "He's trying to get to the base, see where the ball is. Nick even said, `Hey, I just should have thrown it to first base."
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Greinke (3-2, 5.15 ERA) will open a four-game series at home against San Francisco on Thursday. He is 8-0 with a 2.12 ERA in 11 career starts against the Giants.
Rockies: RHP Jon Gray (0-1, 5.40) goes for his first big league win when the Rockies host the New York Mets on Friday. Gray is 0-1 with a 1.38 ERA in his last two starts.
Arenado hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning, and the Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-7 on Wednesday to end a seven-game home losing streak.
Charlie Blackmon homered among his three hits and drove in three runs for Colorado. The Rockies had tied the franchise record for consecutive defeats at Coors Field and were within two of the mark for home losses in Denver set in 1993 at Mile High Stadium.
"That's not like us," said Arenado, who had three hits. "We're way better than that."
Arenado rescued Colorado after starter Chad Bettis and the bullpen blew a six-run lead. With two outs in the bottom of the eighth, Arenado hit Tyler Clippard's 2-2 splitter just inside the foul pole in left field for his major league-best 13th homer of the season.
"He's so clutch," manager Walt Weiss said. "He rises to the occasion almost all the time. We get spoiled watching him. Big-time player."
The Rockies threatened for more but Clippard (2-1) worked out of a jam.
Gonzalez Germen (1-0) struck out the only batter he faced, and Jake McGee pitched a perfect ninth for his ninth save.
Yasmany Tomas had three hits and Paul Goldschmidt added two doubles for the Diamondbacks, who had won five straight.
The Rockies built a 7-1 lead on Blackmon's solo homer in the third, his two-run single in the fourth and Ryan Rayburn's double in the sixth that drove in two more.
Bettis retired 12 straight after Jean Segura's double to lead off the game but ran into trouble in the seventh. Arizona started the inning with three straight hits and Bettis left after Chris Owings' RBI single made it 7-4.
Two doubles, a triple and an infield single tied it in the eighth and took a win away from Bettis. He allowed four runs on nine hits and matched a career high with eight strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.
"I was missing a little bit of location but they were also ambushing a little bit earlier, too," Bettis said. "I wouldn't say I got tired. We had a six-run lead and I was trying to collect outs. Guys got pitches to hit."
Colorado, which had not won at home since beating the Dodgers on April 22, was on the brink of losing again when Arenado came through.
"You're like, `Oh, man, I hope this doesn't happen again," Arenado said. "They tied the game but they didn't take the lead. That was the positive."
Arizona starter Robbie Ray gave up five runs -- three earned -- and fanned a career-high nine in 4 2/3 innings.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: OF David Peralta will see a hand specialist in Arizona on Thursday. Peralta has not played since Sunday because of a sore right wrist.
Rockies: INF Daniel Descalso (broken left hand) played in another rehab game and is getting closer to returning from the 15-day DL. "I'm not sure if it's his last (rehab game) but things are going well for him," Weiss said. ... Weiss said C Nick Hundley (oblique strain) is making progress. Hundley was placed on the 15-day DL on Friday.
GOLD STANDARD
Goldschmidt's RBI double in the sixth extended his streak of reaching base against the Rockies to 44 games. That tied him with Ryan Klesko for the third-longest against Colorado, and it's the longest active streak in the majors against any team.
SECOND GUESSING
Some poor footwork led to Colorado's two-run sixth inning. With Blackmon on first, Mark Reynolds hit a grounder to shortstop with two outs. Nick Ahmed went to Segura for the force at second, but he didn't get his foot down before Blackmon slid in. Rayburn followed with a two-run double.
"When you play these shifts, the one thing that becomes difficult is when the second baseman gets on the other side of second," Arizona manager Chip Hale said. "He's trying to get to the base, see where the ball is. Nick even said, `Hey, I just should have thrown it to first base."
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Greinke (3-2, 5.15 ERA) will open a four-game series at home against San Francisco on Thursday. He is 8-0 with a 2.12 ERA in 11 career starts against the Giants.
Rockies: RHP Jon Gray (0-1, 5.40) goes for his first big league win when the Rockies host the New York Mets on Friday. Gray is 0-1 with a 1.38 ERA in his last two starts.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Arizona - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Chad Bettis pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Segura doubled to deep right. | 0 | 0 |
| Segura out at third on runner's fielder's choice. | 0 | 0 |
| Drury struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| Blackmon lined out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Story flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Arenado reached on infield single to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Arenado caught stealing second, catcher to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Chad Bettis pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Lamb struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Tomás grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Gosselin grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| Reynolds struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Raburn struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| LeMahieu walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Parra doubled to deep right, LeMahieu to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Garneau struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Chad Bettis pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Herrmann lined out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Owings struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Ray struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| Bettis struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Blackmon homered to right center (399 feet). | 0 | 1 |
| Story singled to right. | 0 | 1 |
| Story stole second. | 0 | 1 |
| Arenado walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Reynolds singled to right, Story scored, Arenado to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Raburn popped out to first. | 0 | 2 |
| LeMahieu struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Chad Bettis pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Segura grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Drury grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Goldschmidt struck out looking. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| Parra singled to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Garneau grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Parra safe at second on error by third baseman Lamb. | 0 | 2 |
| Bettis sacrificed to catcher, Parra to third, Garneau to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Blackmon singled to right, Parra and Garneau scored. | 0 | 4 |
| Story struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| Arenado doubled to right, Blackmon scored. | 0 | 5 |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 0 | 5 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Chad Bettis pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Lamb lined out to left. | 0 | 5 |
| Tomás singled to left. | 0 | 5 |
| Gosselin reached on bunt single to third, Tomás to second. | 0 | 5 |
| Herrmann struck out swinging. | 0 | 5 |
| Owings struck out looking. | 0 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| Raburn struck out swinging. | 0 | 5 |
| LeMahieu struck out swinging. | 0 | 5 |
| Parra singled to left center. | 0 | 5 |
| Garneau walked, Parra to second. | 0 | 5 |
| Segura at second base. | 0 | 5 |
| Marshall relieved Ray. | 0 | 5 |
| Ahmed at shortstop. | 0 | 5 |
| Bettis struck out swinging. | 0 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Chad Bettis pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Ahmed doubled to deep right. | 0 | 5 |
| Segura fouled out to first. | 0 | 5 |
| Drury lined out to shortstop. | 0 | 5 |
| Goldschmidt doubled to deep center, Ahmed scored. | 1 | 5 |
| Lamb struck out swinging. | 1 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Evan Marshall pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| Blackmon reached on infield single to shortstop. | 1 | 5 |
| Story lined out to center. | 1 | 5 |
| Arenado flied out to right. | 1 | 5 |
| Reynolds grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Blackmon to second. | 1 | 5 |
| Raburn doubled to deep right center, Blackmon and Reynolds scored. | 1 | 7 |
| LeMahieu grounded out to third. | 1 | 7 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Chad Bettis pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Tomás singled to center. | 1 | 7 |
| Weeks Jr. hit for Marshall. | 1 | 7 |
| Weeks Jr. doubled to center, Tomás to third. | 1 | 7 |
| Herrmann doubled to deep right, Tomás and Weeks Jr. scored. | 3 | 7 |
| Owings grounded out to second, Herrmann to third. | 3 | 7 |
| Ahmed singled to left, Herrmann scored. | 4 | 7 |
| Estevez relieved Bettis. | 4 | 7 |
| Parra in left field. | 4 | 7 |
| González in right field. | 4 | 7 |
| Segura struck out swinging. | 4 | 7 |
| Drury lined out to right. | 4 | 7 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Zac Curtis pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| Curtis relieved Marshall. | 4 | 7 |
| Tomás in right field. | 4 | 7 |
| Weeks Jr. in left field. | 4 | 7 |
| Parra grounded out to second. | 4 | 7 |
| Garneau struck out swinging. | 4 | 7 |
| González flied out to center. | 4 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Carlos Estevez pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Goldschmidt doubled to right. | 4 | 7 |
| Logan relieved Estevez. | 4 | 7 |
| Lamb grounded out to pitcher, Goldschmidt to third. | 4 | 7 |
| Qualls relieved Logan. | 4 | 7 |
| Tomás doubled to deep center, Goldschmidt scored. | 5 | 7 |
| Weeks Jr. flied out to center, Tomás to third. | 5 | 7 |
| Herrmann tripled to deep right center, Tomás scored. | 6 | 7 |
| Owings reached on infield single to second, Herrmann scored. | 7 | 7 |
| Germen relieved Qualls. | 7 | 7 |
| Ahmed struck out swinging. | 7 | 7 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Clippard pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| Clippard relieved Curtis. | 7 | 7 |
| Blackmon flied out to center. | 7 | 7 |
| Story grounded out to first. | 7 | 7 |
| Arenado homered to left (399 feet). | 7 | 8 |
| Reynolds singled to right. | 7 | 8 |
| Paulsen hit for Germen. | 7 | 8 |
| Paulsen singled to left, Reynolds to second. | 7 | 8 |
| LeMahieu fouled out to catcher. | 7 | 8 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Jake McGee pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| McGee relieved Germen. | 7 | 8 |
| Segura struck out swinging. | 7 | 8 |
| Castillo hit for Clippard. | 7 | 8 |
| Castillo lined out to left. | 7 | 8 |
| Goldschmidt flied out to left. | 7 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona Diamondbacks | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Segura SS-2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .345 | .371 | .531 |
| Drury RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .292 | .314 | .549 |
Curtis P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Clippard P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
b-Castillo PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .314 | .357 | .571 |
| Goldschmidt 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .240 | .413 | .471 |
| Lamb 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .268 | .357 | .500 |
| Tomás LF-RF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .318 | .372 | .536 |
| Gosselin 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .271 | .280 | .354 |
Marshall P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Weeks Jr. PH-LF
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .233 | .250 | .367 |
| Herrmann C | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .255 | .283 | .627 |
| Owings CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .267 | .327 | .356 |
| Ray P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .083 | .083 | .083 |
Ahmed SS
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .181 | .250 | .293 |
| Totals | 39 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 146 | |||
| a-doubled to center for E Marshall in the 7th b-lined out to left for T Clippard in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Segura (8, Bettis); Ahmed (4, Bettis); Goldschmidt 2 (5, Estevez, Bettis); Weeks Jr. (4, Bettis); Herrmann (3, Bettis); Tomás (9, Qualls) 3B: Herrmann (2, Qualls) RBI: Goldschmidt (19), Herrmann 3 (14), Ahmed (13), Tomás (14), Owings (10) 2-out RBI: Goldschmidt, Herrmann, Owings Diamondbacks RISP: 6-14 (Lamb 0-2, Herrmann 2-3, Ahmed 1-1, Tomás 1-1, Segura 0-1, Goldschmidt 1-1, Owings 1-3, Drury 0-1, Weeks Jr. 0-1) Team LOB: 5 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Lamb (2, ground ball) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Coors Field, Denver, CO |
| Attendance | 34,890 (69.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:19 |
| Weather | 56 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 14 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Bill Welke, First Base - D.J. Reyburn, Second Base - Vic Carapazza, Third Base - John Hirschbeck |
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