PHOENIX -- It’s been a while since the Diamondbacks had one of these games: A blowout where they could relax and exhale.
And never before have they had an inning like the fifth inning of their 13-6 win over the Rockies on Sunday afternoon.
The inning started innocently enough against Colorado starter Tanner Gordon as both Ketel Marte and Geraldo Perdomo were retired easily.
That would be the last out that Gordon would get -- and it would be the last one the Rockies' staff would get for a while. Arizona set a club record with nine consecutive hits as part of an eight-run rally that put the game -- and the series sweep -- on ice.
It was the most consecutive two-out hits by any Diamondbacks team in franchise history, and the most in MLB since the Blue Jays had nine straight against