Arizona 5, Colorado 1
When: 6:40 PM ET, Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Where: Coors Field, Denver, Colorado
Temperature:
63°
Umpires:
Home -
Bill Miller, 1B -
Jim Wolf, 2B -
Doug Eddings, 3B -
Sean Barber
Attendance:
22621
By The Sports Xchange
DENVER -- An impressive Arizona debut by left-hander Robbie Ray helped the Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 5-1 and complete a doubleheader sweep on Wednesday.
In his 10th career game and seventh start, Ray gave up one run on five hits in six innings. He struck out five and gave up no walks.
Ray (1-0) was supposed to start Tuesday, but the teams were rained out for the second straight day, necessitating the doubleheader. The Diamondbacks, who acquired Ray from Detroit in December, added him to their roster as the 26th player for the second game.
The loss extended the Rockies' season-high skid to seven games and dropped them four games below .500 (11-15).
In the first game, Arizona built an early 9-0 lead and won 13-7. The Diamondbacks set a season high in runs -- 18 is also their franchise high in a doubleheader -- and tied their season high with 18 hits.
Right fielder Mark Trumbo hit a two-run homer and drove in three runs. Second baseman Aaron Hill hit a three-run homer and tied his career high with four RBIs. Josh Collmenter pitched into the eighth as he beat Colorado for the second straight start.
After Colorado starter Tyler Matzek lasted just two innings in the first game, making it eight straight starts of five innings or less, Jordan Lyles (2-3) pitched seven innings for the Rockies, just the third time in 26 games that the Rockies' starter had worked seven innings.
First baseman Paul Goldschmidt and left fielder David Peralta both drove in two runs. Catcher Tuffy Gosewich's third hit, an infield single, drove in a run in the eighth for the Diamondbacks, who outhit the Rockies 12-5 while winning a season-high two straight games for the fourth time this season.
Goldschmidt finally came alive offensively in the fourth inning, putting Arizona ahead 1-0 with his seventh homer. He struck out four times in the first game of the doubleheader and in his first at-bat of the second game. It was just the second homer allowed by Lyles, whose season workload at that point was 32 2/3 innings.
Catcher Michael McKenry's two-out double in the bottom of the inning tied the game 1-1, scoring shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, who had led off with a single.
Peralta doubled home two runs with two outs in the fifth, his drive sailing just beyond the outstretched glove of right fielder Charlie Blackmon. Goldschmidt looped a single to left to score Peralta, giving Arizona a 4-1 lead.
NOTES: Rockies manager Walt Weiss was ejected in the third inning by plate umpire Bill Miller after hollering from the bench when Miller called a third strike against RHP Jordan Lyles. It was Weiss' first ejection of the season. ... Arizona 1B Paul Goldschmidt reached base in a 21st and 22nd consecutive game against the Rockies. ... A scoring change in the first game resulted in Rockies RHP Christian Bergman being charged with five earned runs rather than one. An error was taken away from SS Troy Tulowitzki, and Diamondbacks CF A.J. Pollock was credited with an infield hit. ... Rockies LF Rafael Ynoa made his major league debut in the second game.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Arizona
|
12 |
1 |
18 |
.324 |
17 |
10 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
| Colorado
|
5 |
0 |
7 |
.161 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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