Rockies Report, Game 117:

Colorado starter Tanner Gordon opened the bottom of the fifth inning by retiring Ketel Marte and Geraldo Perdomo on seven pitches. He was poised to complete the inning quickly and make it to — and perhaps through — the sixth inning.

And then he couldn’t get anyone out.

Gordon allowed six-straight two-out singles to the Arizona Diamondbacks, ending his afternoon after 4 2/3 innings and 77 pitches, and reliever Ryan Rolison allowed two more singles and a double, for nine consecutive two-out Arizona hits in all.

Never before had the Rockies allowed nine-consecutive two-out hits. Never had the Diamondbacks racked up nine-straight two-out hits.

Eight runs scored and just like that, a 4-3 game became another howler and the Rockies were doomed to a sweep in the desert, falling 13-6 to Arizona on Sunday.

The avalanche of fifth-inning hits came on the heels of a series against Toronto in which the Rockies allowed more hits in a three-game series than any team in the modern era of major-league baseball history.

Arizona accumulated 13 two-out RBI in the game.

Despite the score, the Rockies kept up with the Diamondbacks nearly hit-for-hit, mashing 16 hits, one shy of Arizona’s 17. Shortstop Ezequiel Tovar and catcher Braxton Fulford led the way with three hits apiece; Brenton Doyle had a pair of hits, including a 2-run homer in the seventh inning, his 10th of the season. Adael Amador also had a 2-RBI double down the right-field line.

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But while the Rox had a nice day with runners in scoring position — going 5-for-16 (.313), a successful outcome in an area that has been a point of frustration throughout the campaign — Arizona was an otherworldly 10-of-15 with RISP, bolstered by its fifth-inning eruption.

Lost in the backwash of the Diamondbacks’ barrage, the weekend sweep and a seventh-consecutive defeat was a promising dawn to Kyle Karros’ major-league career. Promoted on Friday after a 16-game cup of coffee at AAA Albuquerque. He went 2-for-5, with both of his hits coming with two outs. Each brought a run home.

The hits pushed Karros’ average to .364 and his OPS to 1.007. It’s a small sample size, but it’s an encouraging start for a club that needs all the positive signs it can find.

Colorado is 30-87.

ROCKIES STARTER’S REPORT

It’s been a rough seven days for Gordon, who went just 2 2/3 innings last Monday when the series opener against Toronto got out of hand. He lasted longer than he did in each of his last two starts, but found himself in an early hole when Adrian Del Castillo turned on a low, inside slider and blasted it 403 feet for a 3-run homer to put Arizona in front in the first inning.

“I thought he was better today,” interim manager Warren Schaeffer told media after the game, citing the fact that Gordon didn’t issue a walk.

Gordon settled down after the home run and at one point retired seven Diamondbacks in a row from the third inning through the fifth inning. Then came the deluge. In his last three starts, his ERA has soared from 3.13 to 8.37.

BITS AND PIECES

IT WAS DECIDED FOR THE ROCKIES WHEN: Nine-straight Diamondbacks got hits in the fifth inning.

NUMBER TO NOTE: 14 — Number of games this season in which the Rockies have allowed at least 12 runs. That already ranks tied for second all-time in club history with 2000 and 2023, trailing only the expansion season of 1993 (17).

WHAT’S NEXT: Chase Dollander is expected to return to the rotation on Monday night in St. Louis after four starts at AAA Albuquerque in which he notched a 7.04 ERA and a 1.89 WHIP. First pitch from Busch Stadium is set for 5:45 p.m. MDT.