DENVER -- Rockies reliever Juan Mejia lay supine, eyes closed, splayed on the Coors Field infield dirt between first and second. He clinched in his glove the ball from his first Major League save, recorded in a 6-5 victory over the Diamondbacks.

Mejia had endured a hip-to-hip, midair collision with first baseman Warming Bernabel to make the most-unsual game-ending catch of Ketel Marte’s broken-bat loop with the potential tying run at third and go-ahead run at second. Mejia’s dramatic position on the ground sparked concern that he wouldn’t be saving any games any time soon.

A concerned Bernabel, whose own glove was dislodged in the crash, rose and checked on Mejia, and second baseman Ryan Ritter stood over him. But Mejia was merely playing possum for a reaction from Bernabel -- a fell

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