The Arizona Diamondbacks bullpen surrendered five runs over the final three innings in a 6-5 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Sunday to drop the road series 3-1.
Newly called-up pitcher Nabil Crismatt tossed a respectable five innings of one-run ball before the first of three Arizona relievers, Jake Woodford, gave up four earned runs in his 1.2 innings on the mound.
The Diamondbacks had the bases loaded in the ninth down 6-4 with one out and catcher James McCann, who had just entered the game in the stead of Jose Herrera, got Jake McCarthy home on a sacrifice fly.
With Alek Thomas at second and Tyler Locklear at third, the game’s outcome was left in the capable hands of Ketel Marte, who had come off the bench as a pinch hitter for second baseman Connor Kaiser.
After seeing two pitches, Marte got under a very smashable hanging curve ball from Rockies’ Juan Mejia. The weak flare toward first base was almost not the final nail in the coffin for Arizona with Mejia colliding with second baseman Ryan Ritter. However, Mejia held onto the ball and cemented a three-game winning streak for MLB’s worst club in 2025.
Arizona closed Sunday at Coors Field a poor 2-for-14 with runners in scoring position despite seven players getting into the hit column (four with multiple).
The sour loss clouded back-to-back home runs by Corbin Carroll and Lourdes Gurriel Jr., the former connecting for his 27th of the season that traveled 474 feet.
Diamondbacks’ next game
Arizona (60-65) heads home for a three-game series against the Cleveland Guardians (63-60), with first pitch at 6:40 p.m. on Monday.
Zac Gallen (5.31 ERA) is the probable for the D-backs and is set to face Guardians righty Gavin Williams (3.38 ERA).
Follow action of Game 1 of Diamondbacks-Guardians on 98.7, Arizona Sports.com and the Arizona Sports app.
