{"id":1313567,"date":"2019-08-14T21:48:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T03:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/arenado-hits-2-run-home-in-9th-rockies-beat-dbacks-7-6\/"},"modified":"2019-08-14T21:48:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T03:48:00","slug":"arenado-hits-2-run-home-in-9th-rockies-beat-diamondbacks-7-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/arenado-hits-2-run-home-in-9th-rockies-beat-diamondbacks-7-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Arenado hits 2-run home in 9th, Rockies beat Diamondbacks 7-6"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
Colorado Rockies’ Nolan Arenado celebrates after his walk off, two-run home run off Arizona Diamondbacks relief pitcher Archie Bradley in the ninth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, in Denver. The Rockies won 7-6. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)<\/strong>
AP | AP<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

DENVER \u2014 Nolan Arenado lingered near the batter\u2019s box a little longer than usual as he stared at his liner.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t to admire. It was simply to make sure.<\/p>\n

In a season that\u2019s been so foul for Colorado, he wanted to double-check that his deep drive indeed stayed fair before celebrating.<\/p>\n

Arenado hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to give the Rockies a 7-6 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

A rare bright spot in what\u2019s been a trying stretch for a club that\u2019s all but assured it won\u2019t be making a third straight postseason appearance. The Rockies are 14-33 since June 21, which is one of the worst marks by winning percentage in the majors over the time frame.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a grind for all of us individually and as a team,\u201d said Arenado, who\u2019d left four runners on base before connecting on his 27th homer of the season. \u201cIt feels good to come out with a win right there.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Trevor Story was hit by a pitch to start the ninth, Arenado launched a fastball from Archie Bradley (3-5) over the fence in left \u2014 and just fair. It was Arenado\u2019s third career walk-off homer and first since June 18, 2017, against San Francisco.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hit it good,\u201d Arenado said.<\/p>\n

Bradley threw it good, too.<\/p>\n

Immediately after contact, Bradley began walking toward the dugout. He knew. He had his career-best string of 17 1\/3 scoreless innings snapped.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is our last time here and I\u2019m not sad about it,\u201d Bradley said about Coors Field. \u201cI will be the first person happy to get out of here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arenado was doused with Powerade soon after crossing home plate and mobbed by teammates. Colorado ended a string of five straight losses to Arizona.<\/p>\n

Arenado\u2019s homer came after Ketel Marte delivered a two-out, run-scoring bloop single in the top of the inning to give the Diamondbacks the lead. Marte dropped a slider from closer Scott Oberg (6-1) just over the head of Story, who turned and threw home too late. It was Marte\u2019s career high-tying fourth hit of the day.<\/p>\n

Eduardo Escobar hit a two-run homer and Wilmer Flores added a solo shot in the sixth to give Arizona a 5-2 lead. The Rockies tied it up on pinch-hitter Ryan McMahon\u2019s three-run homer in the bottom half of the inning off Yoshihisa Hirano.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was fun, huh?\u201d McMahon cracked. \u201cI had a good time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Diamondbacks\u2019 bullpen was pressed into duty earlier than expected when starter Robbie Ray left in the third inning because of spasms in his lower back. Ray made one warmup pitch before the trainer came out to check on him. He said he could\u2019ve pushed through, but he didn\u2019t \u201cwant it to turn into something that is a bigger issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was far from a defensive clinic for the Diamondbacks, who committed a season-high four errors. Christian Walker, Nick Ahmed and Marte were charged with errors on fielding plays and Flores on a throw.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis,\u201d Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said, \u201cis a tough game to absorb.\u201d<\/p>\n

UP NEXT<\/p>\n

Diamondbacks: Begin a four-game series against San Francisco on Thursday. Lefty Alex Young (4-2, 3.32 ERA) gets the start for the Diamondbacks.<\/p>\n

Rockies: After a day off, the Rockies host Miami for three games. Righty Jon Gray (10-8, 4.06) takes the mound Friday after skipping his scheduled start Tuesday due to a sore left ankle. The Marlins will throw right-hander Sandy Alcantara (4-10, 4.44).<\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Colorado Rockies’ Nolan Arenado celebrates after his walk off, two-run home run off Arizona Diamondbacks relief pitcher Archie Bradley in the ninth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, in Denver. The Rockies won 7-6. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)AP | AP DENVER \u2014 Nolan Arenado lingered near the batter\u2019s box a little longer than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1313567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-07 06:50:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1313567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313567\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1313567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1313567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1313567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}