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Arizona Diamondbacks at Colorado Rockies

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Arizona Diamondbacks
83-67, 41-34 Away
Final
2 - 3
Colorado Rockies
58-93, 35-38 Home

Rockies beat Diamondbacks 3-2 on 9th-inning error as Senzatela returns from Tommy John surgery

Ezequiel Tovar and Hunter Goodman homered for the Rockies, who beat the Diamondbacks for only the third time in 11 meetings this season.

“Pitching won for us today, and we had great performances from the bullpen,” Tovar said through an interpreter.

Ketel Marte hit a two-run homer for the defending NL champion Diamondbacks (83-67), who are in the second NL wild card position, one game ahead of the New York Mets and two in front of Atlanta.

Doyle singled off Ryan Thompson (7-5) leading off the ninth and stole second. Ryan McMahon was intentionally walked, Brendan Rodgers hit a grounder to Marte, and the second baseman flipped the ball to shortstop Geraldo Perdomo for a forceout. But Perdomo’s throw to first trying for a double play was wide of Christian Walker as Doyle scored.

“He just yanked his throw off the line,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “It would have been a big double plays.”

Seth Halvorsen (2-0) pitched two scoreless innings.

Senzatela, a 29-year-old right-hander, allowed two runs and four hits in three-plus innings with two strikeouts and two walks. He threw 42 of 67 pitches for strikes and averaged 95 mph with 39 fastballs. He also threw 15 sliders, eight changeups and five curveballs,

Senzatela's 2022 season was cut short when he tore his left ACL on Aug. 18 during a game at St. Louis when he took a bad step rushing to cover first base on an infield grounder.

He returned last year and pitched on May 5 and 10, leaving the second start with a strained right elbow. He later was diagnosed with a torn UCL and had Tommy John surgery on July 26.

“I just want to say thank you to everybody who supported me during this long year, my teammates, my family, my trainers, my coaches,” Senzatela said. “It didn’t start very well, but it is what it is. I tried to to keep the game there for the team and at the end of the day we got a win and that’s all that matters.”

Corbin Carroll tripled leading off and Marte followed with his 32nd homer, a drive to straightaway center.

Arizona's Merrill Kelly gave up one run and two hits in six innings, allowing Tovar's 24th homer leading off the fourth.

Goodman tied the score in the seventh against Kevin Ginkel with his 12th homer.

“It’s frustrating, extremely frustrating, especially coming off the game yesterday where we had a lead and then gave up some costly runs,” Ginkel said. “With the Goodman at-bat, it was a slider. I think he was anticipating it. It wasn’t my best slider I’ve thrown, but it wasn’t horrible. I was not expecting that to be a home run. I was expecting maybe a double, if anything. So that part of it was extremely frustrating and allowed them to tie the game.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Diamondbacks: OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr., who has been sidelined with a left calf injury since Sept. 2, ran conditioning drills at 80% and is scheduled to go full tilt Tuesday in a game at the team's Arizona training facility.

Rockies: RHP Jake Bird was optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque to make roster room for Senzatela, who was activated from the 60-day IL.

UP NEXT

Colorado RHP Ryan Feltner (2-10, 4.89) is set to make his career-best 28th start of the season Tuesday night. He’ll be seeking his first win in four career appearances against the Diamondbacks, who counter with LHP Jordan Montgomery (8-6, 6.25 ERA). Montgomery is 2-0 in his previous starts against the Rockies.

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Matchup Prediction

Rockies: 33.9%
Diamondbacks: 66.1%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Rodgers grounded into fielder's choice to second, Doyle scored on throwing error by shortstop Perdomo, McMahon out at second.
9th Inning McMahon intentionally walked.
9th Inning Doyle stole second.
9th Inning Doyle singled to right.
9th Inning McCarthy flied out to left.
9th Inning Smith singled to right.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
9 Ground Balls 11
6 Strikeouts 6
2 Runs Batted In 2
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
8 Hits 4
0 Stolen Bases 2
3 Walks 3
0 Catcher Interference 0
2 Runs 3
3 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
30 At Bats 29
1 Home Runs 2
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
12 Runners Left On Base 7
1 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 1
0 Doubles 0
15 Fly Balls 12
1 Caught Stealing 0
123 Pitches 107
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
13 Total Bases 10
33 Plate Appearances 32
162.0 Projected Home Runs 324.0
2 Extra Base Hits 2
3.0 Runs Created 2.6
.267 Batting Average .138
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.433 Slugging Percentage .345
.233 Secondary Average .379
.333 On Base Percentage .219
.767 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .564
0.6 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.9
3.1 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 2.8
21.5 Batter Rating 22.0
30.0 At Bats Per Home Run 14.5
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
3.73 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.34
.167 Isolated Power .207
0.50 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.50
.091 Walks Per Plate Appearance .094
-.033 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .241
4.0 Runs Produced 5.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 0.7
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.1
77.5 MLB Rating 71.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Coors Field

Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 18,454 | Capacity:

2024 National League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Los Angeles 98 64 .605 - W5
San Diego 93 69 .574 5 L1
Arizona 89 73 .549 9 W1
San Francisco 80 82 .494 18 L1
Colorado 61 101 .377 37 L3
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