The Rockies have been searching for anything to break their season-long funk.<\/p>\n
Catharsis finally came in the desert. Their panacea was a rare, breakout night from their offense.<\/p>\n
They blasted five homers \u2014 two by leadoff hitter Jordan Beck \u2014 mashed a season-high 19 hits, rallied from an 11-6 deficit and beat the Diamondbacks, 14-12, on Saturday night at Chase Field.<\/p>\n
Beck also tripled in the ninth and scored on Ezequiel Tovar\u2019s single to give Colorado an insurance run.<\/p>\n
Saturday marked the first time in the Diamondbacks\u2019 history that they scored 12 or more runs and lost.<\/p>\n
Colorado snapped a four-game losing streak, letting them forget about their historically bad 8-37 record, at least for one night. Warren Schaeffer, who replaced Bud Black last Sunday, got his first big-league victory as a manager.<\/p>\n
And, yes, they won their third game on the road \u2014 against 21 losses.<\/p>\n
Tovar, who had a career-high five hits, fell a double short of hitting for the cycle. Tovar (5 for 6) singled in the first, hit a 425-foot leadoff homer off veteran right-hander Zac Gallen in the third, tripled in the fourth (but was left stranded), and singled again in the seventh and ninth.<\/p>\n
Hunter Goodman and Kyle Farmer each hit a two-run homer and a two-run double and drove in four runs.<\/p>\n
Colorado\u2019s three-run seventh put it over the top. Tyler Freeman led off with a single, advanced to second on Ryan Thompson\u2019s balk, and scored on Michael Toglia\u2019s double to left-center. Then Beck ripped a two-run shot off Thompson\u2019s 0-1 slider.<\/p>\n
Seth Halvorsen pitched a scoreless ninth and notched his second save of the season.<\/p>\n
Colorado entered the night having been outscored 44-15 in the first inning, but it struck quickly Saturday night, scoring three runs in its first at-bat. Beck hit the game\u2019s first pitch from Gallen for a homer to center. Tovar followed with a single, and Goodman brought Tovar home with a two-run homer down the left-field line.<\/p>\n
The good vibes didn\u2019t last long. The D-backs tied the game in the bottom of the frame, taking advantage of two walks by starter German Marquez and a throwing error by Tovar. Ketel Marte and Eugenio Suarez delivered RBI singles.<\/p>\n
Marquez, once the Rockies\u2019 best pitcher, looks like a ghost of his former self. He lasted just three innings, giving up seven runs (five earned) on seven hits, three walks, and a hit batter. He needed 82 pitches to get through his short start, his most pitches ever over three innings.<\/p>\n
The franchise leader in career strikeouts struck out just one and has only 21 K\u2019s in 40 innings pitched this season. His glaring 8.78 ERA after nine starts is proof of the right-hander\u2019s struggles.<\/p>\n