The reeling, pitching-starved Rockies have the National League West basement all to themselves — and they’re playing like that’s exactly where they belong.
The Diamondbacks swept a doubleheader from Colorado on Wednesday at Coors Field, winning the second game 5-1 after routing the Rockies, 13-7, in the opener. The Rockies have lost seven consecutive games, being outscored 65-25. They have lost 13 of their last 17 games.
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By the end of the long, frustrating day, there were perhaps 1,200 fans left in the stands.
Right-hander Jordan Lyles gave the Rockies a rare gift in the nightcap: seven solid innings of starting pitching. Still, when he left the game, the Rockies trailed 4-1. Arizona rapped Lyles for nine hits, but that included a two-run double by David Peralta in Arizona’s three-run fifth that right fielder Charlie Blackmon misplayed as he ran toward the wall. Lyles struck out six and walked only one, and that was intentional.
After going 0-for-5 with four strikeouts in the opener, Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt made amends by hitting a solo homer off Lyles in the fourth. The Rockies tied the game in the top of the frame on a leadoff single by Troy Tulowitzki and a run-scoring double by Michael McKenry.
Walt Weiss didn’t get much of a chance to manage the second game. He got tossed in the third inning for chirping about high strikes being called by home plate umpire Bill Miller.
Arizona left-hander Robbie Ray, making his 2015 debut, baffled the Rockies for six innings, allowing one run on five hits, striking out five and walking none.
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