PHOENIX -- The Arizona Diamondbacks figured Yasmany Tomas
for more of a gap-to-gap type of hitter when they signed him. But in
Tomas' second major league season, he's found a home run swing.
Tomas hit his first career grand slam, and the Arizona Diamondbacks came back from a three-run deficit after squandering a five-run lead to beat the Colorado Rockies 12-9 on Monday night.
Tomas had four hits and five RBI, four on an opposite-field slam to right in the sixth inning off Jordan Lyles. Brandon Drury also had four hits, including a solo homer in the seventh for Arizona.
"In (batting practice) he exhibits more power than anybody. He hits it farther," Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale said. "Most of the year, he's hitting balls way up on that batter's eye. He has it in him. I didn't think it would come this quickly."
Lyles (4-5) got the first two outs of the sixth with the Rockies ahead 9-6. Then he gave up consecutive singles to Drury, Paul Goldschmidt and Welington Castillo before Tomas connected.
Tomas matched his career high for hits in a game. His 29 home runs lead the Diamondbacks this season.
Mitch Haniger's first major league home run also came in the Diamondbacks seventh. Randall Delgado (4-1) was credited with the win despite retiring only one of the four batters he faced in the sixth, and Daniel Hudson earned his third save.
"Just trying to keep it simple and swing at good pitches," said Haniger, who struck out his first three times up. "That was a good comeback. We got off to a good lead early and then lost it, but it was a good finish. It shows a lot about the guys in this clubhouse."
Arizona, with 16 hits on Monday, has 10 or more in 12 consecutive games against the Rockies. That makes the Diamondbacks the first NL team since the 1932 Brooklyn Dodgers to have a 12-game streak of 10-plus hits against a single opponent in one season.
Daniel Descalso homered and drove in three runs, and Carlos Gonzalez doubled three times and added three RBI for the Rockies. Colorado's 15 hits included four for Gonzalez and three for Nolan Arenado and Charlie Blackmon.
Arenado's two-run single in the sixth gave Colorado a 9-6 lead after Descalso opened the inning with a solo shot. The Rockies trailed 5-0 going into the fourth inning.
"Charlie and DJ (LeMahieu) have been getting on base and doing their thing most of the year if not all year," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "When they do that, Nolan and CarGo are swinging the bats and we will score some runs like we did tonight. But you've got to keep them from scoring, too."
Diamondbacks starter Shelby Miller helped himself with the bat, doubling and scoring on a sacrifice that resulted in pitcher Tyler Anderson's throwing error in the fourth. But the Rockies drew even at 6 in the fifth on Gonzalez's two-out, two-run double followed by a soft single by Raimel Tapia that scored Gonzalez.
That was all for Miller, who started strong by getting the first nine outs in order but ended up allowing six runs and nine hits.
"There was a lot of high fastballs that most guys can't get on top of, that they were getting on top of and hitting very hard," Hale said. "It's tough to give up the runs, but it was good to see his arm was working well."
Anderson yielded five earned runs and nine hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out seven, walked two and failed to last five innings for just the second time in 17 starts this season.
JUMPING RIGHT IN
Arizona native Will Claye, the triple jump silver medalist at the Rio Olympics, attended the game and caught one of three pitching-machine pop flies during a between-innings break.
STREAKING
LeMahieu had two hits and reached base safely for the 29th consecutive game since Aug. 9, a career high.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks OF A.J. Pollock appears to be ahead of schedule in his recovery from a groin strain and could return to the lineup before the season ends.
UP NEXT
Rockies: LHP Jorge De La Rosa (8-7) is set to face the Diamondbacks for the fourth time this season. He has one win in those three previous outings.
Diamondbacks: LHP Robbie Ray (7-13) makes his seventh career start against Colorado on Tuesday.
Colorado Rockies
Tomas hit his first career grand slam, and the Arizona Diamondbacks came back from a three-run deficit after squandering a five-run lead to beat the Colorado Rockies 12-9 on Monday night.
Tomas had four hits and five RBI, four on an opposite-field slam to right in the sixth inning off Jordan Lyles. Brandon Drury also had four hits, including a solo homer in the seventh for Arizona.
"In (batting practice) he exhibits more power than anybody. He hits it farther," Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale said. "Most of the year, he's hitting balls way up on that batter's eye. He has it in him. I didn't think it would come this quickly."
Lyles (4-5) got the first two outs of the sixth with the Rockies ahead 9-6. Then he gave up consecutive singles to Drury, Paul Goldschmidt and Welington Castillo before Tomas connected.
Tomas matched his career high for hits in a game. His 29 home runs lead the Diamondbacks this season.
Mitch Haniger's first major league home run also came in the Diamondbacks seventh. Randall Delgado (4-1) was credited with the win despite retiring only one of the four batters he faced in the sixth, and Daniel Hudson earned his third save.
"Just trying to keep it simple and swing at good pitches," said Haniger, who struck out his first three times up. "That was a good comeback. We got off to a good lead early and then lost it, but it was a good finish. It shows a lot about the guys in this clubhouse."
Arizona, with 16 hits on Monday, has 10 or more in 12 consecutive games against the Rockies. That makes the Diamondbacks the first NL team since the 1932 Brooklyn Dodgers to have a 12-game streak of 10-plus hits against a single opponent in one season.
Daniel Descalso homered and drove in three runs, and Carlos Gonzalez doubled three times and added three RBI for the Rockies. Colorado's 15 hits included four for Gonzalez and three for Nolan Arenado and Charlie Blackmon.
Arenado's two-run single in the sixth gave Colorado a 9-6 lead after Descalso opened the inning with a solo shot. The Rockies trailed 5-0 going into the fourth inning.
"Charlie and DJ (LeMahieu) have been getting on base and doing their thing most of the year if not all year," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "When they do that, Nolan and CarGo are swinging the bats and we will score some runs like we did tonight. But you've got to keep them from scoring, too."
Diamondbacks starter Shelby Miller helped himself with the bat, doubling and scoring on a sacrifice that resulted in pitcher Tyler Anderson's throwing error in the fourth. But the Rockies drew even at 6 in the fifth on Gonzalez's two-out, two-run double followed by a soft single by Raimel Tapia that scored Gonzalez.
That was all for Miller, who started strong by getting the first nine outs in order but ended up allowing six runs and nine hits.
"There was a lot of high fastballs that most guys can't get on top of, that they were getting on top of and hitting very hard," Hale said. "It's tough to give up the runs, but it was good to see his arm was working well."
Anderson yielded five earned runs and nine hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out seven, walked two and failed to last five innings for just the second time in 17 starts this season.
JUMPING RIGHT IN
Arizona native Will Claye, the triple jump silver medalist at the Rio Olympics, attended the game and caught one of three pitching-machine pop flies during a between-innings break.
STREAKING
LeMahieu had two hits and reached base safely for the 29th consecutive game since Aug. 9, a career high.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks OF A.J. Pollock appears to be ahead of schedule in his recovery from a groin strain and could return to the lineup before the season ends.
UP NEXT
Rockies: LHP Jorge De La Rosa (8-7) is set to face the Diamondbacks for the fourth time this season. He has one win in those three previous outings.
Diamondbacks: LHP Robbie Ray (7-13) makes his seventh career start against Colorado on Tuesday.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Colorado - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Shelby Miller pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Blackmon flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| LeMahieu struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Arenado grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Tyler Anderson pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Segura grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Drury singled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Drury to second on balk by Anderson. | 0 | 0 |
| Castillo struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Shelby Miller pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| González struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Tapia grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Reynolds popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Tyler Anderson pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Tomás doubled to deep right center. | 0 | 0 |
| Lamb grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Jensen singled to center, Tomás scored. | 0 | 1 |
| Haniger struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Miller struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Shelby Miller pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Descalso flied out to left. | 0 | 1 |
| Wolters flied out to left. | 0 | 1 |
| Anderson struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Tyler Anderson pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Segura grounded out to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Drury doubled to left. | 0 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Castillo lined out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Tomás singled to center, Drury scored, Goldschmidt to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Lamb doubled to right center, Goldschmidt scored, Tomás to third. | 0 | 3 |
| Jensen singled to left, Tomás and Lamb scored. | 0 | 5 |
| Haniger struck out swinging. | 0 | 5 |
| 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Shelby Miller pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Blackmon singled to right. | 0 | 5 |
| LeMahieu grounded into fielder's choice to second, Blackmon out at second. | 0 | 5 |
| Arenado singled to center, LeMahieu to second. | 0 | 5 |
| González doubled to deep center, LeMahieu scored, Arenado to third. | 1 | 5 |
| Tapia popped out to third. | 1 | 5 |
| Reynolds walked. | 1 | 5 |
| Descalso singled to right, Arenado and González scored, Reynolds to third. | 3 | 5 |
| Wolters struck out swinging. | 3 | 5 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Anderson pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Miller doubled to deep center. | 3 | 5 |
| Segura sacrificed to pitcher, Miller to third, Segura safe at second on throwing error by pitcher Anderson. Miller scored on throwing error by pitcher Anderson. | 3 | 6 |
| Drury struck out looking. | 3 | 6 |
| Segura caught stealing third, catcher to third. | 3 | 6 |
| Goldschmidt walked. | 3 | 6 |
| Goldschmidt to second on wild pitch by Anderson. | 3 | 6 |
| Castillo grounded out to third. | 3 | 6 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Shelby Miller pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Anderson struck out swinging. | 3 | 6 |
| Blackmon hit a ground rule double to deep right. | 3 | 6 |
| Blackmon caught stealing third, catcher to third. | 3 | 6 |
| LeMahieu singled to deep right. | 3 | 6 |
| Arenado singled to right, LeMahieu to third. | 3 | 6 |
| González doubled to deep right, LeMahieu and Arenado scored. | 5 | 6 |
| Tapia singled to right, González scored. | 6 | 6 |
| Reynolds popped out to first. | 6 | 6 |
| 3 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Anderson pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Tomás singled to left. | 6 | 6 |
| Lamb struck out swinging. | 6 | 6 |
| Miller relieved Anderson. | 6 | 6 |
| Jensen popped out to shortstop. | 6 | 6 |
| Haniger struck out swinging. | 6 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Edwin Escobar pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Escobar relieved Miller. | 6 | 6 |
| Descalso homered to right (394 feet). | 7 | 6 |
| Wolters grounded out to first. | 7 | 6 |
| Cardullo hit for Miller. | 7 | 6 |
| Cardullo struck out swinging. | 7 | 6 |
| Blackmon doubled to right. | 7 | 6 |
| Delgado relieved Escobar. | 7 | 6 |
| LeMahieu walked. | 7 | 6 |
| Blackmon to third, LeMahieu to second on wild pitch by Delgado. | 7 | 6 |
| Arenado singled to left center, Blackmon and LeMahieu scored. | 9 | 6 |
| González singled to right, Arenado to second. | 9 | 6 |
| Tapia grounded out to third. | 9 | 6 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jordan Lyles pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Lyles relieved Miller. | 9 | 6 |
| Gosselin hit for Delgado. | 9 | 6 |
| Gosselin grounded out to third. | 9 | 6 |
| Segura flied out to center. | 9 | 6 |
| Drury singled to left center. | 9 | 6 |
| Goldschmidt singled to right, Drury to second. | 9 | 6 |
| Castillo reached on infield single to third, Drury to third, Goldschmidt to second. | 9 | 6 |
| Tomás homered to right (394 feet), Drury, Goldschmidt and Castillo scored. | 9 | 10 |
| Lamb singled to right. | 9 | 10 |
| Jensen struck out swinging. | 9 | 10 |
| 4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jake Barrett pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Barrett relieved Delgado. | 9 | 10 |
| Brito in left field. | 9 | 10 |
| Reynolds fouled out to first. | 9 | 10 |
| Descalso grounded out to second. | 9 | 10 |
| Wolters popped out to shortstop. | 9 | 10 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jake McGee pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| McGee relieved Lyles. | 9 | 10 |
| Haniger homered to center (442 feet). | 9 | 11 |
| Brito grounded out to third. | 9 | 11 |
| Segura grounded out to third. | 9 | 11 |
| Drury homered to left (392 feet). | 9 | 12 |
| Estevez relieved McGee. | 9 | 12 |
| Adames at shortstop. | 9 | 12 |
| Goldschmidt grounded out to shortstop. | 9 | 12 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Enrique Burgos pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Segura at second base. | 9 | 12 |
| Burgos relieved Barrett. | 9 | 12 |
| Owings at shortstop. | 9 | 12 |
| Adames struck out swinging. | 9 | 12 |
| Blackmon grounded out to shortstop. | 9 | 12 |
| LeMahieu singled to center. | 9 | 12 |
| Arenado flied out to center. | 9 | 12 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Chad Qualls pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Qualls relieved Estevez. | 9 | 12 |
| Castillo struck out looking. | 9 | 12 |
| Tomás grounded out to shortstop. | 9 | 12 |
| Lamb walked. | 9 | 12 |
| Owings fouled out to first. | 9 | 12 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Hudson pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Hudson relieved Burgos. | 9 | 12 |
| González doubled to right. | 9 | 12 |
| Tapia struck out swinging. | 9 | 12 |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 9 | 12 |
| Dahl hit for Qualls. | 9 | 12 |
| Dahl popped out to third. | 9 | 12 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Colorado Rockies
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackmon CF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .316 | .376 | .537 |
| LeMahieu 2B | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | .345 | .416 | .490 |
| Arenado 3B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .291 | .360 | .568 |
| González RF | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .303 | .352 | .528 |
| Tapia LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .296 | .333 | .296 |
| Reynolds 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | .279 | .354 | .442 |
| Descalso SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .267 | .368 | .431 |
Estevez P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Qualls P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
b-Dahl PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .310 | .359 | .497 |
| Wolters C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .251 | .327 | .390 |
| Anderson P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .121 | .171 | .212 |
Miller P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Cardullo PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .259 | .286 | .481 |
Lyles P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
McGee P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Adames SS
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .219 | .311 | .316 |
| Totals | 41 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 172 | |||
| a-struck out swinging for J Miller in the 6th b-popped out to third for C Qualls in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: González 3 (38, Hudson, Miller 2); Blackmon 2 (30, Miller, Escobar) HR: Descalso (6, 6th inning off Escobar 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: González 3 (93), Descalso 3 (35), Tapia (2), Arenado 2 (120) 2-out RBI: Descalso 2, González 2, Tapia, Arenado 2 Rockies RISP: 5-11 (Reynolds 0-1, Dahl 0-1, Wolters 0-1, González 2-2, Tapia 1-4, Descalso 1-1, Arenado 1-1) Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: Blackmon (7, 3rd base by Miller/Castillo) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Anderson (2, throw) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ |
| Attendance | 20,637 (42.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:42 |
| Weather | 96 degrees, clear |
| Wind | 10 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Fieldin Culbreth, First Base - Clint Fagan, Second Base - Manny Gonzalez, Third Base - Jim Reynolds |
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