What looked like a Blake Street Bummer turned into a LoDo Lalapalooza for the Rockies on Saturday night.

After scoring two runs in the seventh, they exploded for six runs in the eighth inning to shock the Diamondbacks and pull out a 10-7 win. Colorado, winners of four of its last five games, has become a tougher team to put away.

Yes, the Rockies own a 34-89 record, but their four comeback wins when trailing by five or more runs are the most in the majors. Saturday’s eighth inning marked the fourth time this season that the Rockies have scored six or more runs in the seventh inning or later, tied with Detroit for the most mega-rallies.

“That’s a testament to those guys in the (clubhouse), they never feel like they are out of it, no matter what,” manager Warren Schaeffer said. “That makes me happy.”

The eighth-inning victory march included a two-run, bases-loaded double off the right-field wall by red-hot center fielder Brenton Doyle; a pinch-hit single by pinch-hitter Kyle Farmer that scored two runs; and a two-run blast to left-center by Tyler Freeman. Arizona’s bullpen pinatas were Andrew Hoffmann (charged with four runs) and Andrew Saalfrank (charged with two).

The one-out rally began with a soft double to left by designated hitter Jordan Beck off of Hoffman. Then, rookies Warming Bernabel and Kyle Karros fought back from two-strike counts to draw walks and load the bases for Doyle.

“Those are guys who have, like, two weeks in the big leagues and they are throwing out those kinds of at-bats,” Schaeffer said. “Kudos to them. That ain’t easy to do, those at-bats sparked (the rally).”

Doyle’s double made it a 7-6 game. The center fielder is batting .383 (18 for 47) with a 1.122 OPS and 11 RBIs in August. Freeman’s 434-foot homer off of Saalfrank was just his second of the season, and his first at Coors. But he’s hitting .306 and continuing to produce.

“I was just being aggressive in that at-bat and looking to get the ball up,” Freeman said. “He kept it in the zone, and that’s my go-zone. So I took a chance.”

Rockies closer Victor Vodnik pitched a perfect ninth to notch his sixth save.

Freeman said that a “deep” team meeting after the All-Star break set the club up for more success.

“We were like, ‘Hey, let’s flush the first half and be a new team in the second half,” Freeman said. “We are not going to take at-bats away, we are going to throw strikes. We are going to do what we have to do help this team win. I think you guys can see it.

“Our overall record might not show it, but we are really getting gritty. Our meeting was a very serious conversation … it was a deep conversation and each player took it to heart.”

The Diamondbacks appeared to put the game away in the seventh on Adrian Del Castillo’s two-run homer to right off reliever Nick Anderson’s 2-2 curveball. But the Rockies kept punching.

Colorado starter Chase Dollander, pitching at Coors for the first time since facing the White Sox on July 6, struggled with his command for much of his night, needing 95 pitches to get through 4 2/3 innings. He gave up five runs (four earned) on six hits with six strikeouts.

He said it was a step forward.

“I feel like I’m right there,” said Dollander, who made his second start since getting recalled from Triple-A. “I know I keep saying that, but I feel like with every outing it’s gotten better and better.”

There were, as usual, flashes of Dollander’s talent. He struck out the side in the second and needed just 10 pitches in a one-two-three fourth inning. But falling behind in counts continues to stall the right-hander’s progress. In the third inning, for example, the Diamondbacks scored two runs on one hit — a double by Rockie killer Ketel Marte — but Dollander walked two batters and they both scored.

Arizona’s fifth inning was a Coors Field conundrum. Geraldo Perdomo led off with a bloop single and stole second without a throw. Dollander then recorded two quick outs before Lourdes Gurriel Jr. looped an RBI single to shallow center and Del Castillo looped an RBI double to shallow left field, just out of reach for a sliding Mickey Moniak.

“It’s definitely frustrating, to an extent,” Dollander said of the soft hits that can torture a pitcher at Coors. “You have to focus on the next guy. You have to get the next guy. Things like that are going to happen here. It’s part of the game.”

While Dollander said he’s making progress, the rookie still hasn’t slayed his Coors Field demons. After nine starts at the spacious ballpark, he has an 8.19 ERA with 28 strikeouts vs. 20 walks. On the road, Dollander has a 3.95 ERA in eight starts with 35 strikeouts and 18 walks.

Asked about Dollander’s drastic home-road splits, Schaeffer said he wasn’t concerned.

“It’s a very small sample size, for me,” Schaeffer said. “He hasn’t pitched a full season in the big leagues, so I’m not worried about it.”

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Originally Published: August 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM MDT