PHOENIX -- The return of Jon Gray from the disabled list couldn't have come at a better time for the Colorado Rockies.
Gray struck out 10 over six innings in his first start since April and rookie Raimel Tapia hit his first career home run, helping the Rockies end an eight-game skid with a 6-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.
Gray, making his first start since April 13, allowed two runs on seven hits for his first victory of the season. Colorado's opening day starter, Gray broke a bone in his left foot in the fourth inning of his third start of the season and went on the disabled list.
"I did a really good job slowing things down," Gray said. "I knew it would be a little awkward coming back into a big league situation but I just wanted to make it slow as possible and make good pitches."
Gray said his slider was working well and that he followed a game plan, not worried about rust from a long time away from the majors.
"What I saw today was a repeatable delivery that he maintained," Rockies manager Bud Black said. "The key tonight was a nice tight slider ... and he made some good pitches with the fastball down and away when he needed to."
Diamondbacks starter Robbie Ray (8-4) lasted six innings and threw a career high 122 pitches. He allowed four runs on five hits with nine strikeouts and walked five, tying a season high.
Chris Owings hit a pair of solo home runs for Arizona, which lost a season high third consecutive game at home.
"They just kind of chipped away at things and tacked on, threw up six runs and unfortunately it was too much for us to overcome," Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said.
Charlie Blackmon led off the game with a solo home run to right field, his 17th, and third leadoff homer of the season.
Jake Lamb's two-out double in the bottom of the first drove in Gregor Blanco to tie it at 1. Gray struck out the side in that inning.
The Rockies plated two runs in the third off Ray, who threw 75 pitches through his first three innings. Ray walked Mark Reynolds and Trevor Story to open the inning, and with one out, Tapia drove in Reynolds with a grounder.
Ryan Hanigan, called up from the minors earlier in the day, delivered a two-out single to drive in Story and give Colorado a 3-1 lead.
"I felt like I was around the zone just missing, just barely," said Ray, who took his first loss since May 9 against Detroit. "It's tough. I got behind in counts and paid for it."
The Diamondbacks made it 3-2 in the bottom of the fourth on Owings' 10th home run of the season. Tapia connected in the top of the sixth off Ray for a 4-2 Rockies lead.
"I hope it's not my last," Tapia said in Spanish. "I'm going to keep working hard to try to keep it going."
Former Rockie Jorge De La Rosa gave up a run to his ex-teammates in the eighth. A wild pitch allowed Tapia to score from third base.
Owings' second home run came off Rockies reliever Mike Dunn in the eighth. Major League saves leader Greg Holland pitched the ninth for his 26th of the season.
The save tied Huston Street's first-half Rockies record of 26 before the All-Star break.
FLURRY OF ROCKIES MOVES
The Rockies, in reinstating Gray from the disabled list, also called up Hanigan from Triple-A Albuquerque. Reliever Chad Qualls was designated for assignment and catcher Tom Murphy was optioned to Triple-A.
"He gives that veteran presence that I think is comforting to a lot of our young pitchers," Black said of Hanigan.
NUMBERS
Diamondbacks reliever Archie Bradley saw his 12-game scoreless streak end when Nolan Arenado tripled and scored on Reynolds' grounder in the seventh inning, giving the Rockies a 5-2 lead.
Arenado's triple was his fourth this month and tied the Rockies franchise record for the month of June.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: CF A.J. Pollock (groin) homered twice and played seven innings for Triple-A Reno in El Paso Friday. But he's not likely to be put back on the major league roster this weekend and will get what Lovullo called a "soft landing" when he's ready to return. ... OF Yasmany Tomas (groin) got Friday off and will play again Saturday, then be used as designated hitter on Sunday.
Rockies: 2B D.J. LeMahieu (groin strain) did not play Friday, but could return to the lineup as soon as Saturday. He hit, ran and fielded before the game. ... Black said he hopes to get OF Carlos Gonzalez (right shoulder strain) off the 10-day disabled list by Monday.
UP NEXT
Rockies: RHP Tyler Chatwood (6-8) faces Arizona on Saturday, a start after walking eight batters. He's 2-0 with a 2.42 earned run average in four career starts at Chase Field.
Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Greinke (9-4) is 3-1 with a 2.70 ERA in his last five starts. He'll be facing the Rockies for the third time this season.
Gray struck out 10 over six innings in his first start since April and rookie Raimel Tapia hit his first career home run, helping the Rockies end an eight-game skid with a 6-3 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.
Gray, making his first start since April 13, allowed two runs on seven hits for his first victory of the season. Colorado's opening day starter, Gray broke a bone in his left foot in the fourth inning of his third start of the season and went on the disabled list.
"I did a really good job slowing things down," Gray said. "I knew it would be a little awkward coming back into a big league situation but I just wanted to make it slow as possible and make good pitches."
Gray said his slider was working well and that he followed a game plan, not worried about rust from a long time away from the majors.
"What I saw today was a repeatable delivery that he maintained," Rockies manager Bud Black said. "The key tonight was a nice tight slider ... and he made some good pitches with the fastball down and away when he needed to."
Diamondbacks starter Robbie Ray (8-4) lasted six innings and threw a career high 122 pitches. He allowed four runs on five hits with nine strikeouts and walked five, tying a season high.
Chris Owings hit a pair of solo home runs for Arizona, which lost a season high third consecutive game at home.
"They just kind of chipped away at things and tacked on, threw up six runs and unfortunately it was too much for us to overcome," Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said.
Charlie Blackmon led off the game with a solo home run to right field, his 17th, and third leadoff homer of the season.
Jake Lamb's two-out double in the bottom of the first drove in Gregor Blanco to tie it at 1. Gray struck out the side in that inning.
The Rockies plated two runs in the third off Ray, who threw 75 pitches through his first three innings. Ray walked Mark Reynolds and Trevor Story to open the inning, and with one out, Tapia drove in Reynolds with a grounder.
Ryan Hanigan, called up from the minors earlier in the day, delivered a two-out single to drive in Story and give Colorado a 3-1 lead.
"I felt like I was around the zone just missing, just barely," said Ray, who took his first loss since May 9 against Detroit. "It's tough. I got behind in counts and paid for it."
The Diamondbacks made it 3-2 in the bottom of the fourth on Owings' 10th home run of the season. Tapia connected in the top of the sixth off Ray for a 4-2 Rockies lead.
"I hope it's not my last," Tapia said in Spanish. "I'm going to keep working hard to try to keep it going."
Former Rockie Jorge De La Rosa gave up a run to his ex-teammates in the eighth. A wild pitch allowed Tapia to score from third base.
Owings' second home run came off Rockies reliever Mike Dunn in the eighth. Major League saves leader Greg Holland pitched the ninth for his 26th of the season.
The save tied Huston Street's first-half Rockies record of 26 before the All-Star break.
FLURRY OF ROCKIES MOVES
The Rockies, in reinstating Gray from the disabled list, also called up Hanigan from Triple-A Albuquerque. Reliever Chad Qualls was designated for assignment and catcher Tom Murphy was optioned to Triple-A.
"He gives that veteran presence that I think is comforting to a lot of our young pitchers," Black said of Hanigan.
NUMBERS
Diamondbacks reliever Archie Bradley saw his 12-game scoreless streak end when Nolan Arenado tripled and scored on Reynolds' grounder in the seventh inning, giving the Rockies a 5-2 lead.
Arenado's triple was his fourth this month and tied the Rockies franchise record for the month of June.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: CF A.J. Pollock (groin) homered twice and played seven innings for Triple-A Reno in El Paso Friday. But he's not likely to be put back on the major league roster this weekend and will get what Lovullo called a "soft landing" when he's ready to return. ... OF Yasmany Tomas (groin) got Friday off and will play again Saturday, then be used as designated hitter on Sunday.
Rockies: 2B D.J. LeMahieu (groin strain) did not play Friday, but could return to the lineup as soon as Saturday. He hit, ran and fielded before the game. ... Black said he hopes to get OF Carlos Gonzalez (right shoulder strain) off the 10-day disabled list by Monday.
UP NEXT
Rockies: RHP Tyler Chatwood (6-8) faces Arizona on Saturday, a start after walking eight batters. He's 2-0 with a 2.42 earned run average in four career starts at Chase Field.
Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Greinke (9-4) is 3-1 with a 2.70 ERA in his last five starts. He'll be facing the Rockies for the third time this season.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Colorado - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Blackmon homered to right (422 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| Desmond singled to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Desmond stole second. | 1 | 0 |
| Arenado walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Story struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Valaika walked, Desmond to third, Arenado to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Tapia grounded out to first. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Blanco singled to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Peralta struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Lamb doubled to deep center, Blanco scored. | 1 | 1 |
| Owings struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Hanigan struck out looking. | 1 | 1 |
| Gray struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Blackmon singled to left center. | 1 | 1 |
| Desmond walked, Blackmon to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Arenado fouled out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Drury struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Descalso flied out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Herrmann doubled to deep center. | 1 | 1 |
| Ray struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Reynolds walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Story walked, Reynolds to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Valaika grounded out to third, Reynolds to third, Story to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Tapia grounded out to second, Reynolds scored, Story to third. | 2 | 1 |
| Hanigan singled to center, Story scored. | 3 | 1 |
| Gray struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Blanco lined out to second. | 3 | 1 |
| Peralta safe at first on error by first baseman Reynolds. | 3 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| Lamb popped out to second. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Blackmon flied out to center. | 3 | 1 |
| Desmond grounded out to second. | 3 | 1 |
| Arenado flied out to center. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Owings homered to left (391 feet). | 3 | 2 |
| Drury doubled to deep center. | 3 | 2 |
| Descalso walked. | 3 | 2 |
| Herrmann flied out to left. | 3 | 2 |
| Ray struck out swinging. | 3 | 2 |
| Blanco popped out to third. | 3 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Reynolds struck out looking. | 3 | 2 |
| Story struck out swinging. | 3 | 2 |
| Valaika flied out to center. | 3 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Peralta singled to center. | 3 | 2 |
| Goldschmidt struck out swinging. | 3 | 2 |
| Lamb grounded into fielder's choice to second, Peralta out at second. | 3 | 2 |
| Owings popped out to second. | 3 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Tapia homered to right (384 feet). | 4 | 2 |
| Hanigan grounded out to first. | 4 | 2 |
| Gray struck out swinging. | 4 | 2 |
| Blackmon struck out swinging. | 4 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jon Gray pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Drury struck out swinging. | 4 | 2 |
| Descalso singled to center. | 4 | 2 |
| Herrmann struck out swinging. | 4 | 2 |
| Vargas hit for Ray. | 4 | 2 |
| Vargas grounded out to second. | 4 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Archie Bradley pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Bradley relieved Ray. | 4 | 2 |
| Desmond struck out looking. | 4 | 2 |
| Arenado tripled to right. | 4 | 2 |
| Reynolds grounded out to third, Arenado scored. | 5 | 2 |
| Story reached on infield single to third. | 5 | 2 |
| Valaika popped out to second. | 5 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Chris Rusin pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Rusin relieved Gray. | 5 | 2 |
| Blanco lined out to left. | 5 | 2 |
| Peralta struck out swinging. | 5 | 2 |
| Goldschmidt lined out to first. | 5 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| J. De La Rosa relieved Bradley. | 5 | 2 |
| Tapia doubled to deep left center. | 5 | 2 |
| Hanigan sacrificed to pitcher, Tapia to third. | 5 | 2 |
| Tauchman hit for Rusin. | 5 | 2 |
| Tapia scored on J. De La Rosa's wild pitch. | 6 | 2 |
| Tauchman fouled out to first. | 6 | 2 |
| Blackmon lined out to left. | 6 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Mike Dunn pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Dunn relieved Rusin. | 6 | 2 |
| Lamb flied out to left. | 6 | 2 |
| Owings homered to left (442 feet). | 6 | 3 |
| Ottavino relieved Dunn. | 6 | 3 |
| Drury grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 3 |
| Descalso walked. | 6 | 3 |
| McGee relieved Ottavino. | 6 | 3 |
| Herrmann flied out to center. | 6 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | COL | ARI |
| Desmond grounded out to second. | 6 | 3 |
| Arenado grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 3 |
| Reynolds flied out to center. | 6 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Greg Holland pitching for Colorado | COL | ARI |
| Holland relieved McGee. | 6 | 3 |
| Marte hit for J. De La Rosa. | 6 | 3 |
| Marte struck out swinging. | 6 | 3 |
| Blanco doubled to deep center. | 6 | 3 |
| Peralta flied out to left. | 6 | 3 |
| Goldschmidt grounded out to first. | 6 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado Rockies | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Blackmon CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .315 | .369 | .582 |
| Desmond LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | .284 | .316 | .390 |
| Arenado 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .294 | .347 | .550 |
| Reynolds 1B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 | .295 | .383 | .542 |
| Story SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 | .224 | .306 | .399 |
| Valaika 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | .220 | .250 | .473 |
| Tapia RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .299 | .356 | .418 |
| Hanigan C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .261 | .306 | .391 |
| Gray P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Rusin P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
a-Tauchman PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .250 | .500 | .250 |
Dunn P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Ottavino P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
McGee P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Holland P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 34 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 173 | |||
| a-fouled out to first for C Rusin in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Tapia (3, J. De La Rosa) 3B: Arenado (5, Bradley) HR: Blackmon (17, 1st inning off Ray 0 on, 0 Out); Tapia (1, 6th inning off Ray 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: Blackmon (57), Tapia 2 (6), Hanigan (9), Reynolds (61) S: Hanigan 2-out RBI: Hanigan Rockies RISP: 1-8 (Story 0-1, Hanigan 1-1, Reynolds 0-2, Valaika 0-1, Tapia 0-2, Arenado 0-1) Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Desmond (10, 2nd base off Ray/Herrmann) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Reynolds (3, ground ball) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ |
| Attendance | 23,275 (48% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:31 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Jerry Layne, First Base - Mike Estabrook, Second Base - Marvin Hudson, Third Base - Tom Woodring |
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