PHOENIX (AP) — Charlie Blackmon had two hits and two RBIs, Nolan Jones hit a two-run triple and the Colorado Rockies used a five-run fifth inning to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-4 on Saturday night.
The Rockies earned their first win of the season after getting outscored 23-4 over the first two games.
“The goal today was just to find a way to win the game,” Rockies lefty Austin Gomber said. “That’s what we needed to do after the way the first two days had gone. Find a way to win, come back tomorrow, try to split a series and get out of here feeling a lot better than we did.”
Colorado trailed 3-2 heading into the fifth before their big rally. The first five Rockies reached base and all of them scored.
Blackmon brought home two runs on a double down the right-field line. Jones added two more with his triple — also into the right-field corner — and then Ryan McMahon’s sacrifice fly scored Jones for the fifth run of the inning.
Ezequiel Tovar had a two-run homer in the second. Brenton Doyle added another two-run shot in the eighth.
Gomber threw 4 2/3 innings, giving up four runs, six hits and three walks. Peter Lambert (1-0) got the win with a scoreless inning of relief. Nick Mears pitched out of a jam in the seventh, retiring three straight batters after inheriting runners on first and second.
“That was the key to the game for me,” Rockies manager Bud Black said.
The D-backs cut the Rockies’ lead to 7-4 in the fifth on Lourdes Gurriel Jr.’s solo homer. The Cuban left fielder set a franchise record with a homer in each of the first three games of the season.
Eugenio Suárez also had a solo homer, his first as a member of the D-backs following an offseason trade from Seattle. Corbin Carroll reached base four times.
Tommy Henry (0-1) gave up five runs, six hits and two…