DENVER -- The numbers pretty much go hand in hand: 79 straight innings the Arizona Diamondbacks have either led or been tied. Ten straight wins.
"It's an impressive run and it says a lot about what we're doing day by day," manager Torey Lovullo said. "You don't just win 10 games by accident."
Ketel Marte and Brandon Drury homered in a three-run sixth to bolster a strong outing by Zack Godley and the Diamondbacks swept the Colorado Rockies with a 5-1 victory on Sunday.
This is the Diamondbacks' longest winning streak since they captured a franchise-best 12 straight in 2003.
Godley (7-7) allowed three hits, walked six and struck out seven over six innings to help the Diamondbacks increase their lead over Colorado for the top NL wild-card spot to 6 1/2 games.
"It's not the time for us to take our foot off the gas pedal," Lovullo said.
For the slumping Rockies, another frustrating loss as they saw their lead over Milwaukee for the second wild card trimmed to just a half-game.
"It's tough, but this is a resilient group," said Colorado manager Bud Black, whose team was 2 for 30 in the three-game series with runners in scoring position. "We'll see how we bounce back. But I've got all the faith in the world in these guys."
Tied at 1 in the sixth, Marte lined a slider from German Marquez (10-6) over the fence in left for his first homer since July 29. Drury later followed with a two-run shot off Marquez, who allowed four runs over six innings and struck out nine.
Both teams rolled out unconventional lineups.
The Rockies didn't start third baseman Nolan Arenado, first baseman Mark Reynolds and outfielder Ian Desmond. They also switched around the batting order, with usual leadoff hitter Charlie Blackmon dropping to the No. 3 spot. Blackmon had a tying single in the fifth.
Arizona gave NL MVP candidate Paul Goldschmidt the day off, along with outfielders A.J. Pollock and J.D. Martinez.
The Rockies had something brewing in the eighth after back-to-back singles. But reliever Jimmie Sherfy struck out three straight to quell the threat. He picked up the save with two scoreless innings.
The Diamondbacks were held scoreless in the first inning. That's significant because it snapped a streak of leading after 52 consecutive innings dating to the third inning on Aug. 27 against the Giants. It was the third longest-streak since 1920, according to information provided by Arizona from STATS. Baltimore has the record of 55 innings set in 1983.
However, this streak marches on: The team has either had the lead or been tied for 79 straight innings, which began on Aug. 25. They started this winning streak a day earlier.
"We're going to enjoy this day. We're going to enjoy what we did in Colorado, and then get on that airplane and get ready for a really, really rugged series down in LA," Lovullo said. "We're going to turn the page as quick as possible."
ROUGH HOME STRETCH
Colorado fell to 1-5 on its nine-game homestand.
"Everyone is trying. Everyone is trying really hard," DJ LeMahieu said. "Everyone is focused. But in baseball -- it sounds weird -- but the harder you try sometimes the harder it is. We have to get back to finding that happy medium, where we've been all year."
GOOD AS GOLDY
No surprise, Goldschmidt isn't a big fan of watching and typically tries to talk his way into the lineup.
"He doesn't want to take days off because he feels like he can get in there and make an impact," Lovullo said. "That's what makes him Paul Goldschmidt."
Goldschmidt is batting .314 with 33 homers and 109 RBI this season. Those numbers at this point of the season are at or ahead of what he posted in `15 (.319, 27, 97), and `13 (.293, 31, 104) when he was the NL MVP runner-up.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: LHP Robbie Ray (11-5, 2.97 ERA) starts Monday as the Diamondbacks open a three-game series in Los Angeles. Ray is 6-1 in 11 road starts this season.
Rockies: RHP Chad Bettis (0-2, 4.88) takes the mound Monday to begin a three-game series against San Francisco. Bettis is looking for his first win since returning from testicular cancer.
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"It's an impressive run and it says a lot about what we're doing day by day," manager Torey Lovullo said. "You don't just win 10 games by accident."
Ketel Marte and Brandon Drury homered in a three-run sixth to bolster a strong outing by Zack Godley and the Diamondbacks swept the Colorado Rockies with a 5-1 victory on Sunday.
This is the Diamondbacks' longest winning streak since they captured a franchise-best 12 straight in 2003.
Godley (7-7) allowed three hits, walked six and struck out seven over six innings to help the Diamondbacks increase their lead over Colorado for the top NL wild-card spot to 6 1/2 games.
"It's not the time for us to take our foot off the gas pedal," Lovullo said.
For the slumping Rockies, another frustrating loss as they saw their lead over Milwaukee for the second wild card trimmed to just a half-game.
"It's tough, but this is a resilient group," said Colorado manager Bud Black, whose team was 2 for 30 in the three-game series with runners in scoring position. "We'll see how we bounce back. But I've got all the faith in the world in these guys."
Tied at 1 in the sixth, Marte lined a slider from German Marquez (10-6) over the fence in left for his first homer since July 29. Drury later followed with a two-run shot off Marquez, who allowed four runs over six innings and struck out nine.
Both teams rolled out unconventional lineups.
The Rockies didn't start third baseman Nolan Arenado, first baseman Mark Reynolds and outfielder Ian Desmond. They also switched around the batting order, with usual leadoff hitter Charlie Blackmon dropping to the No. 3 spot. Blackmon had a tying single in the fifth.
Arizona gave NL MVP candidate Paul Goldschmidt the day off, along with outfielders A.J. Pollock and J.D. Martinez.
The Rockies had something brewing in the eighth after back-to-back singles. But reliever Jimmie Sherfy struck out three straight to quell the threat. He picked up the save with two scoreless innings.
The Diamondbacks were held scoreless in the first inning. That's significant because it snapped a streak of leading after 52 consecutive innings dating to the third inning on Aug. 27 against the Giants. It was the third longest-streak since 1920, according to information provided by Arizona from STATS. Baltimore has the record of 55 innings set in 1983.
However, this streak marches on: The team has either had the lead or been tied for 79 straight innings, which began on Aug. 25. They started this winning streak a day earlier.
"We're going to enjoy this day. We're going to enjoy what we did in Colorado, and then get on that airplane and get ready for a really, really rugged series down in LA," Lovullo said. "We're going to turn the page as quick as possible."
ROUGH HOME STRETCH
Colorado fell to 1-5 on its nine-game homestand.
"Everyone is trying. Everyone is trying really hard," DJ LeMahieu said. "Everyone is focused. But in baseball -- it sounds weird -- but the harder you try sometimes the harder it is. We have to get back to finding that happy medium, where we've been all year."
GOOD AS GOLDY
No surprise, Goldschmidt isn't a big fan of watching and typically tries to talk his way into the lineup.
"He doesn't want to take days off because he feels like he can get in there and make an impact," Lovullo said. "That's what makes him Paul Goldschmidt."
Goldschmidt is batting .314 with 33 homers and 109 RBI this season. Those numbers at this point of the season are at or ahead of what he posted in `15 (.319, 27, 97), and `13 (.293, 31, 104) when he was the NL MVP runner-up.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: LHP Robbie Ray (11-5, 2.97 ERA) starts Monday as the Diamondbacks open a three-game series in Los Angeles. Ray is 6-1 in 11 road starts this season.
Rockies: RHP Chad Bettis (0-2, 4.88) takes the mound Monday to begin a three-game series against San Francisco. Bettis is looking for his first win since returning from testicular cancer.
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| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Arizona - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| German Marquez pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Peralta struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Marte struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Lamb struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| LeMahieu grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| González struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Blackmon walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Parra lined out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| German Marquez pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Iannetta doubled to deep right. | 0 | 0 |
| Drury flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Fuentes grounded out to first, Iannetta to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Negrón struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| Story struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| McMahon grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Valaika struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| German Marquez pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Blanco singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Godley sacrificed to first, Blanco to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Peralta doubled to deep left, Blanco scored. | 1 | 0 |
| Marte lined out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Lamb struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| Wolters walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Márquez sacrificed to pitcher, Wolters to second. | 1 | 0 |
| LeMahieu grounded out to shortstop, Wolters to third. | 1 | 0 |
| González walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Blackmon flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| German Marquez pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Iannetta struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| Drury safe at second on throwing error by third baseman Valaika. | 1 | 0 |
| Fuentes grounded out to second, Drury to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Negrón flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| Parra singled to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Story grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Parra out at second. | 1 | 0 |
| McMahon walked, Story to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Valaika lined out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Wolters walked, Story to third, McMahon to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Márquez struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| German Marquez pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Blanco struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| Godley struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| Peralta grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| LeMahieu singled to center. | 1 | 0 |
| González walked, LeMahieu to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Blackmon singled to left, LeMahieu scored, González to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Parra grounded into double play, second to first, Blackmon out at second, González to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Story struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| German Marquez pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Marte homered to left (361 feet). | 2 | 1 |
| Lamb singled to right. | 2 | 1 |
| Iannetta struck out looking. | 2 | 1 |
| Drury homered to right (405 feet), Lamb scored. | 4 | 1 |
| Fuentes lined out to right. | 4 | 1 |
| Negrón lined out to third. | 4 | 1 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Zack Godley pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| McMahon grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 1 |
| Valaika struck out swinging. | 4 | 1 |
| Wolters struck out swinging. | 4 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Scott Oberg pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Oberg relieved Márquez. | 4 | 1 |
| Blanco grounded out to first. | 4 | 1 |
| Descalso hit for Godley. | 4 | 1 |
| Descalso grounded out to second. | 4 | 1 |
| Peralta singled to center. | 4 | 1 |
| Marte grounded out to first. | 4 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jake Barrett pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| Barrett relieved Godley. | 4 | 1 |
| Desmond hit for Oberg. | 4 | 1 |
| Desmond lined out to center. | 4 | 1 |
| LeMahieu struck out swinging. | 4 | 1 |
| McFarland relieved Barrett. | 4 | 1 |
| González struck out swinging. | 4 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Zac Rosscup pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Rosscup relieved Oberg. | 4 | 1 |
| Lamb struck out looking. | 4 | 1 |
| Estévez relieved Rosscup. | 4 | 1 |
| Iannetta homered to left (425 feet). | 5 | 1 |
| Drury flied out to right. | 5 | 1 |
| Fuentes singled to center. | 5 | 1 |
| Negrón grounded out to second. | 5 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| T.J. McFarland pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| Blackmon singled to center. | 5 | 1 |
| Parra reached on bunt single to third, Blackmon to second. | 5 | 1 |
| Rosales at first base. | 5 | 1 |
| Sherfy relieved McFarland. | 5 | 1 |
| Story struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| Arenado hit for McMahon. | 5 | 1 |
| Arenado struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| Valaika struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Greg Holland pitching for Colorado | ARI | COL |
| Arenado at third base. | 5 | 1 |
| Valaika at first base. | 5 | 1 |
| Holland relieved Estévez. | 5 | 1 |
| Blanco grounded out to first. | 5 | 1 |
| Rosales struck out looking. | 5 | 1 |
| Peralta grounded out to first. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Jimmie Sherfy pitching for Arizona | ARI | COL |
| Amarista hit for Wolters. | 5 | 1 |
| Amarista grounded out to second. | 5 | 1 |
| Tauchman hit for Holland. | 5 | 1 |
| Tauchman grounded out to second. | 5 | 1 |
| LeMahieu fouled out to right. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona Diamondbacks | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Peralta RF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .299 | .352 | .455 |
| Marte SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .265 | .345 | .429 |
| Lamb 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .255 | .364 | .505 |
| Iannetta C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .243 | .336 | .509 |
| Drury 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .271 | .319 | .453 |
| Fuentes CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .241 | .273 | .336 |
| Negrón 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Sherfy P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Blanco LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .246 | .328 | .367 |
| Godley P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .054 | .103 | .054 |
a-Descalso PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .243 | .339 | .406 |
Barrett P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | |
Rosales 1B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .245 | .275 | .449 |
| Totals | 36 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 138 | |||
| a-grounded to second for Z Godley in the 7th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Iannetta (16, Márquez); Peralta (25, Márquez) HR: Marte (5, 6th inning off Márquez 0 on, 0 Out); Drury (11, 6th inning off Márquez 1 on, 1 Out); Iannetta (14, 8th inning off Estévez 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: Peralta (45), Marte (15), Drury 2 (56), Iannetta (33) S: Godley Diamondbacks RISP: 1-8 (Lamb 0-1, Peralta 1-1, Negrón 0-2, Marte 0-1, Fuentes 0-2, Drury 0-1) Team LOB: 5 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Drury-Negrón). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Coors Field, Denver, CO |
| Attendance | 33,838 (67.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:13 |
| Weather | 92 degrees, sunny |
| Wind | 8 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Scott Barry, First Base - Quinn Wolcott, Second Base - Brian O'Nora, Third Base - Paul Emmel |
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