Pavin Smith hit a three-run homer to end a five-game winning streak in the second inning, helping Arizona Diamondbacks won 7-5 Colorado Rockies in the opener of their four-game series Monday afternoon in Phoenix
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. also homered, Emmanuel Rivera had two hits and two runs and Jake McCarthy added two hits and two RBIs for Arizona, which has won six of its last nine games.
rattlesnake Starter Ryan Nelson (2-2) allowed five runs and eight hits in five innings.He struck out one and walked three
Drey Jameson followed with 3 2/3 scoreless innings of relief before Andrew Chafin scored his eighth save of the season for a final out.
Ryan McMahon tied his career high with four hits for Colorado.He homered, tripled, hit two singles and scored three runs, while Ezequiel Tovar added two hits and two RBIs the Rocky Mountainswho won five of the seven games
Colorado starter Carl Kaufman (0-3) allowed seven runs and nine hits in four innings in his third MLB start. He struck out one and walked two.
McMahon homered for the fourth straight game, with two outs in the first quarter, for a 1-0 lead.
this the Rocky Mountains There were back-to-back singles in the second, with one out, before Tovar doubled into the left-center field gap to score and make it 3-0.McMahon doubles in Tovar for 4-0 lead
With no outs in the second half, Arizona cut the lead to 4-2 with a walk before McCarthy’s two-run single to left.
After two steals, Smith hit a three-run homer to right field with two outs to make it 5-4.
Rivera took the lead in the third quarter, went into left center field, moved to third on the ground, and scored on Gabriel Moreno’s deep sacrifice fly to extend the lead to 6-4.
Gurriel hit Kauffmann deep in the fourth to make it 7-4.
McMahon tripled a homer with a no-out fifth inning to make it 7-5, but he was stuck in the third.
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