What's wrong with the Colorado Rockies? Well, for starters, it's their starters.

So it was Friday night in the desert when the Arizona Diamondbacks tagged veteran left-hander Austin Gomber for six runs on five hits over six innings as they cruised to a 6-1 win at Chase Field.

The killer blows off Gomber were a three-run double by Blaze Alexander in the first, a leadoff homer by Alexander in the fourth, and a two-run homer by Corbin Carroll in the fifth.

"I thought Gomber was better tonight, after the first inning," manager Warren Schaeffer told reporters in Phoenix. "I thought he was squeezed a little bit with a couple of those walks early on. But after the first inning, he settled in, and I thought he made pitches.

"But he had a couple of misses that got hit out of the park. But he ga

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