What looked like a Blake Street Bummer turned into a LoDo Lalapalooza for the Rockies on Saturday night.
After scoring two runs in the seventh, they exploded for six runs in the eighth inning to shock the Diamondbacks and pull out a 10-7 win. Colorado, winners of four of its last five games, has become a tougher team to put away.
Yes, the Rockies own a 34-89 record, but their four comeback wins when trailing by five or more runs are the most in the majors. Saturday’s eighth inning marked the fourth time this season that the Rockies have scored six or more runs in the seventh inning or later, tied with Detroit for the most mega-rallies.
“That’s a testament to those guys in the (clubhouse), they never feel like they are out of it, no matter what,” manager Warren Schaeffer said. “That make