DENVER -- Socrates Brito limped out of Denver on crutches and headed to the disabled list in June with a broken toe.
He walked away a winner on Sunday after delivering a clutch hit for Arizona.
Brito snapped a seventh-inning tie with a three-run homer, and the Diamondbacks held off a late rally for an 8-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
It was a welcome change for Brito after his last time at Coors Field. He broke his big toe when he fouled a ball off his right foot on June 23.
"It's crazy," Brito said. "I lost a month after I got hit in the foot."
Brito came back in early August and was optioned to Triple-A Reno after hitting .125 in five games. He was recalled Friday after Arizona traded outfielder Michael Bourn and came through with his first home run since breaking his toe.
"He's a big man with long levers and when he gets everything together he can do a lot of damage," Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale said.
Archie Bradley scattered six hits over six innings and Jean Segura had three hits in his return to the lineup for Arizona.
Bradley (6-8) struck out six but it appeared he might be the hard-luck loser. Rockies starter Jon Gray (9-7) allowed a run in the first inning on a sacrifice fly but retired 17 of 19 batters before Arizona roughed him up in the seventh.
"He was in complete control the entire game," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "Then he had baserunners there in the seventh inning."
Trailing 2-1, the Diamondbacks tied it with three straight one-out singles. Brito made it 5-2 when he hit Gray's first-pitch fastball into the second deck in right-center field.
It was his third of the season and the first home run off Gray in 22 1/3 innings.
"He's got a good fastball and I wasn't trying to do too much," Brito said. "He's a guy that throws a lot of fastballs, so I was always looking fastball."
The seventh inning spoiled a good start for Gray, which included a four-pitch fourth. His pitch count was low and he was looking at possibly his first complete game when he ran into trouble.
"I felt like I could have gone 20 innings," he said. "Just one bad pitch beat me."
Pinch-hitter Tom Murphy had a solo homer off Patrick Corbin in the bottom of the seventh, but Brandon Drury's two-run single in the eighth gave Arizona a four-run lead.
The Diamondbacks added a run in the ninth and then had to withstand Colorado's comeback attempt. The Rockies scored twice on a single and a wild pitch, but Daniel Hudson struck out DJ LeMahieu and Carlos Gonzalez with two runners on to end it.
"Huddy's best off-speed pitch is a changeup," catcher Tuffy Gosewisch said about their approach against Gonzalez. "We threw him a first-pitch fastball and after that three straight changeups. The shadows helped the last couple of innings."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: OF Yasmany Tomas left due to illness following his single in the seventh. Hale said Tomas felt dizzy after running out the single but wanted to stay in the game. He was replaced by Kyle Jensen, who scored on Brito's homer. ... Segura was back in the lineup after missing one game because of a stomach bug. He was available to pinch hit on Saturday.
Rockies: OF Charlie Blackmon was out of the lineup for the second straight game with back tightness. Weiss said Blackmon has improved and was getting treatment. He could return Monday.
STREAKS
Paul Goldschmidt failed to reach base for the first time in 51 games against the Rockies. He was 0 for 4 with a sacrifice fly. He struck out looking in the ninth with a chance to prolong the streak. ... LeMahieu extended his streak of reaching base safely to 21 games with a single in the first.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Greinke (12-4, 4.17 ERA) faces his former team when Arizona visits the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday.
Rockies: RHP Chad Bettis (11-7, 5.17) opens a three-game series against San Francisco on Monday.
Arizona Diamondbacks
He walked away a winner on Sunday after delivering a clutch hit for Arizona.
Brito snapped a seventh-inning tie with a three-run homer, and the Diamondbacks held off a late rally for an 8-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
It was a welcome change for Brito after his last time at Coors Field. He broke his big toe when he fouled a ball off his right foot on June 23.
"It's crazy," Brito said. "I lost a month after I got hit in the foot."
Brito came back in early August and was optioned to Triple-A Reno after hitting .125 in five games. He was recalled Friday after Arizona traded outfielder Michael Bourn and came through with his first home run since breaking his toe.
"He's a big man with long levers and when he gets everything together he can do a lot of damage," Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale said.
Archie Bradley scattered six hits over six innings and Jean Segura had three hits in his return to the lineup for Arizona.
Bradley (6-8) struck out six but it appeared he might be the hard-luck loser. Rockies starter Jon Gray (9-7) allowed a run in the first inning on a sacrifice fly but retired 17 of 19 batters before Arizona roughed him up in the seventh.
"He was in complete control the entire game," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "Then he had baserunners there in the seventh inning."
Trailing 2-1, the Diamondbacks tied it with three straight one-out singles. Brito made it 5-2 when he hit Gray's first-pitch fastball into the second deck in right-center field.
It was his third of the season and the first home run off Gray in 22 1/3 innings.
"He's got a good fastball and I wasn't trying to do too much," Brito said. "He's a guy that throws a lot of fastballs, so I was always looking fastball."
The seventh inning spoiled a good start for Gray, which included a four-pitch fourth. His pitch count was low and he was looking at possibly his first complete game when he ran into trouble.
"I felt like I could have gone 20 innings," he said. "Just one bad pitch beat me."
Pinch-hitter Tom Murphy had a solo homer off Patrick Corbin in the bottom of the seventh, but Brandon Drury's two-run single in the eighth gave Arizona a four-run lead.
The Diamondbacks added a run in the ninth and then had to withstand Colorado's comeback attempt. The Rockies scored twice on a single and a wild pitch, but Daniel Hudson struck out DJ LeMahieu and Carlos Gonzalez with two runners on to end it.
"Huddy's best off-speed pitch is a changeup," catcher Tuffy Gosewisch said about their approach against Gonzalez. "We threw him a first-pitch fastball and after that three straight changeups. The shadows helped the last couple of innings."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: OF Yasmany Tomas left due to illness following his single in the seventh. Hale said Tomas felt dizzy after running out the single but wanted to stay in the game. He was replaced by Kyle Jensen, who scored on Brito's homer. ... Segura was back in the lineup after missing one game because of a stomach bug. He was available to pinch hit on Saturday.
Rockies: OF Charlie Blackmon was out of the lineup for the second straight game with back tightness. Weiss said Blackmon has improved and was getting treatment. He could return Monday.
STREAKS
Paul Goldschmidt failed to reach base for the first time in 51 games against the Rockies. He was 0 for 4 with a sacrifice fly. He struck out looking in the ninth with a chance to prolong the streak. ... LeMahieu extended his streak of reaching base safely to 21 games with a single in the first.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Greinke (12-4, 4.17 ERA) faces his former team when Arizona visits the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday.
Rockies: RHP Chad Bettis (11-7, 5.17) opens a three-game series against San Francisco on Monday.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Arizona - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Segura walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Segura stole second. | 0 | 0 |
| Owings singled to right, Segura to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt hit sacrifice fly to left, Segura scored. | 1 | 0 |
| Lamb lined out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Tomás grounded out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Archie Bradley pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| Tapia singled to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Tapia safe at third on throwing error by pitcher Bradley. | 1 | 0 |
| LeMahieu singled to right, Tapia scored. | 1 | 1 |
| González lined into double play, second to first, LeMahieu doubled off first. | 1 | 1 |
| Arenado singled to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Dahl struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Drury struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Brito grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| Gosewisch grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Archie Bradley pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| Parra grounded out to first. | 1 | 1 |
| Descalso fouled out to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolters walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Gray grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Bradley struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Segura singled to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Owings grounded into fielder's choice to third, Segura out at second. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Archie Bradley pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| Tapia struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| LeMahieu grounded out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| González flied out to center. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Goldschmidt grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Lamb popped out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Tomás lined out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Archie Bradley pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| Arenado tripled to deep left center. | 1 | 1 |
| Dahl struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Parra struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Descalso walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolters singled to center, Arenado scored, Descalso to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Gray struck out swinging. | 1 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Drury popped out to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Brito lined out to right. | 1 | 2 |
| Gosewisch grounded out to second. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Archie Bradley pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| Tapia singled to left. | 1 | 2 |
| Tapia stole second. | 1 | 2 |
| LeMahieu lined out to right, Tapia to third. | 1 | 2 |
| González lined out to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Arenado grounded out to second. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Bradley grounded out to third. | 1 | 2 |
| Segura doubled to deep right center. | 1 | 2 |
| Owings lined out to second. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Archie Bradley pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| Dahl grounded out to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Parra struck out swinging. | 1 | 2 |
| Descalso grounded out to first. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Goldschmidt grounded out to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Lamb singled to right center. | 1 | 2 |
| Tomás singled to center, Lamb to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Jensen ran for Tomás. | 1 | 2 |
| Drury singled to right, Lamb scored, Jensen to second. | 2 | 2 |
| Brito homered to right center (448 feet), Jensen and Drury scored. | 5 | 2 |
| Gosewisch fouled out to catcher. | 5 | 2 |
| Gosselin hit for Bradley. | 5 | 2 |
| Gosselin struck out swinging. | 5 | 2 |
| 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| Jensen in right field. | 5 | 2 |
| Corbin relieved Bradley. | 5 | 2 |
| Cardullo hit for Wolters. | 5 | 2 |
| Cardullo popped out to shortstop. | 5 | 2 |
| Murphy hit for Gray. | 5 | 2 |
| Murphy homered to left (443 feet). | 5 | 3 |
| Tapia struck out swinging. | 5 | 3 |
| LeMahieu grounded out to second. | 5 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Carlos Estevez pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Estevez relieved Gray. | 5 | 3 |
| Murphy catching. | 5 | 3 |
| Segura flied out to right. | 5 | 3 |
| Owings hit by pitch. | 5 | 3 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging, Owings stole second. | 5 | 3 |
| Lamb intentionally walked. | 5 | 3 |
| Jensen hit by pitch, Owings to third, Lamb to second. | 5 | 3 |
| Drury singled to left, Owings and Lamb scored, Jensen to second. | 7 | 3 |
| Rusin relieved Estevez. | 7 | 3 |
| Jensen to third, Drury to second on wild pitch by Rusin. | 7 | 3 |
| Brito struck out swinging. | 7 | 3 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| González grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 3 |
| Arenado struck out swinging. | 7 | 3 |
| Dahl struck out swinging. | 7 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Justin Miller pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Miller relieved Rusin. | 7 | 3 |
| Gosewisch flied out to center. | 7 | 3 |
| Corbin struck out swinging. | 7 | 3 |
| Segura singled to center. | 7 | 3 |
| Segura stole second. | 7 | 3 |
| Segura to third on wild pitch by Miller. | 7 | 3 |
| Owings doubled to deep left, Segura scored. | 8 | 3 |
| Goldschmidt struck out looking. | 8 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Patrick Corbin pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| Pollock in center field. | 8 | 3 |
| Brito in right field. | 8 | 3 |
| Adames hit for Parra. | 8 | 3 |
| Adames doubled to deep center. | 8 | 3 |
| Hundley hit for Descalso. | 8 | 3 |
| Hudson relieved Corbin. | 8 | 3 |
| Adames to third on wild pitch by Hudson. | 8 | 3 |
| Hundley singled to left, Adames scored. | 8 | 4 |
| Raburn hit for Miller. | 8 | 4 |
| Raburn struck out swinging. | 8 | 4 |
| Murphy singled to center, Hundley to second. | 8 | 4 |
| Tapia singled to center, Hundley to third, Murphy to second. | 8 | 4 |
| Hundley scored, Murphy to third, Tapia to second on wild pitch by Hudson. | 8 | 5 |
| LeMahieu struck out swinging. | 8 | 5 |
| González struck out swinging. | 8 | 5 |
| 2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Arizona Diamondbacks
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Segura 2B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | .320 | .369 | .476 |
| Owings SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .287 | .336 | .416 |
| Goldschmidt 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .298 | .413 | .493 |
| Lamb 3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .260 | .335 | .535 |
| Tomás RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .264 | .308 | .507 |
Jensen PR-RF
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .500 | .000 |
Pollock CF
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .321 | .406 | .429 |
| Drury LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .264 | .306 | .410 |
| Brito CF-RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .194 | .194 | .403 |
| Gosewisch C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .157 | .192 | .314 |
| Bradley P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .081 | .079 | .081 |
a-Gosselin PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .279 | .327 | .381 |
Corbin P
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .313 | .327 | .417 |
Hudson P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 34 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 139 | |||
| a-struck out swinging for A Bradley in the 7th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Segura (35, Gray); Owings (18, Miller) HR: Brito (3, 7th inning off Gray 2 on, 1 Out) RBI: Goldschmidt (81), Drury 3 (37), Brito 3 (8), Owings (34) SF: Goldschmidt 2-out RBI: Drury 2, Owings GIDP: Owings Diamondbacks RISP: 5-8 (Brito 1-2, Goldschmidt 0-1, Owings 2-3, Drury 2-2) Team LOB: 4 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Segura 2 (30, 2nd base off Gray/Wolters, 2nd base off Miller/Murphy); Owings (16, 2nd base off Estevez/Murphy) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Bradley (1, throw) DP: 1 (Segura-Goldschmidt). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Coors Field, Denver, CO |
| Attendance | 31,981 (63.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:20 |
| Weather | 86 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 7 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Cory Blaser, First Base - Tony Randazzo, Second Base - Bill Miller, Third Base - Tom Woodring |
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