{"id":1310751,"date":"2019-05-27T21:32:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T03:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/tapia-singles-in-winning-run-in-11th-rox-beat-dbacks-4-3\/"},"modified":"2019-05-27T21:32:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T03:32:00","slug":"tapia-singles-in-winning-run-in-11th-rox-beat-dbacks-4-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/tapia-singles-in-winning-run-in-11th-rox-beat-dbacks-4-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Tapia singles in winning run in 11th, Rox beat D\u2019backs 4-3"},"content":{"rendered":"
Colorado Rockies’ Raimel Tapia shakes his head after being doused in celebration of his walk-off single off Arizona Diamondbacks relief pitcher Matt Andriese in the 11th inning of a baseball game, Monday, May 27, 2019, in Denver. The Rockies won 4-3. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)<\/strong>
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DENVER \u2014 Raimel Tapia twirled his head to shake the water from his hair.<\/p>\n

Turns out, it was Tapia\u2019s turn to get soaked in celebration.<\/p>\n

Tapia singled in the winning run in the 11th inning to give the Colorado Rockies another dramatic victory, 4-3 over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday.<\/p>\n

It was Colorado\u2019s third walk-off win in four games. The Rockies won two of three over the weekend against Baltimore in their final at-bat.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t discount what we\u2019re doing. It\u2019s real,\u201d manager Bud Black said. \u201cThese are good at-bats late in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ian Desmond set up Tapia\u2019s clutch swing with a double that hit the top of the right-field fence and bounced into play. After a quick review to see if it was a homer, Desmond remained at second.<\/p>\n

On the next pitch from Matt Andriese (3-3), Tapia hit a grounder through the middle for his second career game-ending RBI. He had barely taken one tiny step out of the batter\u2019s box when he lifted his right hand. Then he was doused in water and chalk, which he brushed from his uniform.<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t be any happier passing it on to Tapia, to get that situation,\u201d Desmond said. \u201cThis team has a lot of grit. We\u2019re grinding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tapia also made a diving catch of a sinking liner in the sixth that prevented some runs.<\/p>\n

Seunghwan Oh (2-1) earned the win with a 1-2-3 11th inning.<\/p>\n

Colorado trailed 3-1 before Nolan Arenado\u2019s two-run single off Archie Bradley with two out in the seventh. Arenado is hitting .419 this month.<\/p>\n

Just the sort of situation Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo was hoping to avoid.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou get the wrong guy up in the wrong situation who\u2019s very hot right now,\u201d Lovullo said. \u201cYou\u2019re going to suffer and he made us pay.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Diamondbacks dodged a dicey situation in the 10th after Ryan McMahon and Brendan Rodgers drew walks. Arizona escaped when McMahon was thrown out at third trying to advance on a pitch in the dirt.<\/p>\n

Jarrod Dyson led off the 10th with a triple off the glove of Colorado\u2019s Ian Desmond, who had just entered in center. Bryan Shaw worked his way around it courtesy of three grounders.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very frustrated,\u201d Lovullo said. \u201cWe thought we had that game.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Rockies spoiled a stellar outing for a clean-cut Zack Greinke, who allowed one run and four hits over six innings after ditching his long locks. With Greinke gone, the Rockies capitalized on the bullpen.<\/p>\n

TRAINER\u2019S ROOM<\/p>\n

Diamondbacks: RHP Luke Weaver has a strained forearm, Lovullo said, and will get a second opinion. He was placed on the 10-day injured list before the game. \u201cWe\u2019re remaining hopeful,\u201d Lovullo said.<\/p>\n

Rockies: OF Charlie Blackmon was placed on the 10-day injured list with a strained right calf. The move is retroactive to May 24.<\/p>\n

IN GOOD STANDING<\/p>\n

When asked if Memorial Day provided a good gauge of where a team is in the standings, Black cracked: \u201cThe standings always give you a pretty good read of where you are in the standings.\u201d<\/p>\n

THIS & THAT<\/p>\n

Rockies outfielder Yonathan Daza picked up his first major league hit with a blooper to right in the seventh. \u2026 Rockies reliever Jairo Diaz surrendered Ahmed\u2019s homer on his 28th birthday. \u2026 Rockies OF David Dahl lined a solo shot to center in the fourth for first homer since May 2. \u2026 SS Nick Ahmed had a solo homer for the Diamondbacks, who were coming off a sweep in San Francisco where they matched a franchise mark for a three-game series by scoring 34 runs.<\/p>\n

HOT SPOT<\/p>\n

Colorado right-hander Jon Gray had a solid outing in his 100th career start. He went 5 1\/3 innings and surrendered two runs before leaving with a hot spot on his middle finger.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to be careful with it,\u201d Gray said.<\/p>\n

NEED FOR SPEED?<\/p>\n

Greinke had his full repertoire of pitches working, especially his off-speed offerings. He struck out McMahon on a 68 mph curve and Tony Wolters on a 66 mph pitch in the second. Greinke has 49 strikeouts on pitches 70 mph or slower since 2018, tops in the major leagues.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/p>\n

Diamondbacks right-hander Merrill Kelly (4-5, 4.75 ERA) will make his first career appearance against Colorado on Tuesday. The Rockies will throw righty Antonio Senzatela (3-4, 6.21 ERA), who is coming off the shortest start of his career. Senzatela allowed eight runs in 3 1\/3 innings at Pittsburgh last week.<\/p>\n

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