Diamondbacks beat the heat, wallop the Rockies in high-scoring affair

There may be no cryin in baseball but there were a whole lot of Ryans at Coors Field on Friday night The Ryans in the Colorado Rockies lineup had a good night much to the delight of a large group of their namesakes taking part in a Ryan meetup but it wasn t enough to combat the Arizona Diamondbacks lineup in a - loss on a sweltering night in front of in LoDo Ryan McMahon homered while Ryan Ritter had two hits and scored twice The four sections in the outfield seats next to the batters eye feted both of them and chanted their name throughout this contest but the visitors were the ones celebrating at the end of the night after an offensive assault That was kind of crazy McMahon revealed of how the ball was jumping off bats in the heat I don t remember a night where it was taking off like it was tonight It s tough for any pitcher but credit to them They put various good swings on the pitches they were getting Eugenio Suarez had two of Arizona s four home runs and was one of seven Diamondbacks hitters to collect at least two of the club s hits Every member of the starting lineup had at least one It was the Rockies first night at home after a effective - road trip but the loss dropped Colorado to - for the season These are games that I m used to from Albuquerque Rockies interim manager Warren Shaeffer mentioned I managed there for a couple years and it s a lot of games like that with the thin air and the ball flying It s just a matter of reality and managing to that sending Austin Gomber back out for the fifth and him grinding through it to try and save the bullpen that s just something you ve got to do in those games Gomber s first start of the season was a smashing success five shutout innings Sunday in Atlanta Five days later it was two moves back for the southpaw Arizona tagged Gomber for nine runs on hits and a walk in innings He went back out for the fifth after a Rockies six-run rally in the bottom of the fourth but proceeded to give up his second and third home runs of the evening His last pitch landed feet from home plate for Ildemaro Vargas first homer of the season and put Arizona in front - I didn t have very good stuff and I didn t execute very good Gomber explained Physically just felt like I was moving underwater a little bit I ve had those days coming back where specific days I feel really good and other days I don t Just before that Colorado s bats came to life for a huge inning against Arizona starter Zach Gallen McMahon s -foot blast got it started and Mickey Moniak added a two-run homer during the six-run surge to momentarily put the home side in front - Maybe it s because the Arizona bats are used to this kind of heat but the Diamondbacks just kept hammering away Even when the Rockies went to their one Ryan in the bullpen Ryan Rolison he couldn t slow the barrage Suarez s second homer of the encounter and No in his career pushed the visitors lead to - in the sixth Related Articles Avalanche signs two prospective depth players to one-year contracts Aaron Schneekloth leaves Colorado Eagles for assistant coach job with Seattle Kraken Avalanche stars Gabe Landeskog Nathan MacKinnon Cale Makar named to initial Olympics rosters Avalanche Mailbag Who is majority likely to be traded ahead of NHL deadline Avalanche Journal Brock Nelson signing adds stability but not without exposure Ketel Marte s third extra-base hit of the night drive in two more runs in the seventh giving Arizona a - lead and the slugging second baseman a five-RBI night Colorado s bats went cold after the one big inning at least until two hits and a Ritter sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth Gallen was able to get through the fifth and collect the win despite allowing seven runs on hits FOOTNOTES The Ryan meetup was organized by an Instagram account of the same name with more than followers Both Ryans McMahon and Rittner were feted with cheers and chants all night They were DM ing on Instagram to get ready for tonight Ritter explained I was definitely excited to have a day for the Ryans Shaeffer stated before the match that pitcher Ryan Feltner is slated to throw three innings in a rehab appearance Saturday for Class AAA Albuquerque Feltner has been out since late April when he was placed on the disabled list with back spasms Infielder Thairo Estrada missed a third straight meeting after getting hit on the right hand earlier this week Shaeffer revealed the hand is still swollen but nothing is broken and his return is still to be determined Saturday s pitching matchup Diamondbacks RHP Merrill Kelly - ERA at Rockies LHP Carson Palmquist - p m Saturday Coors Field TV Rockies TV streaming Comcast Xfinity channel DirecTV Spectrum or depending on region Radio AM FM Trending The Rockies were pacing toward one of the worst offenses in MLB history when Bud Black was fired May after the crew s - start Colorado was - under interim manager Warren Schaeffer after returning home Friday from a - road trip And there have been signs of life from the Rockies bats particularly in the power department The gang s triple slash line was on the day of the managerial change and the Rockies were th or worse in all three categories Colorado began Friday with a slash line in Schaffer s first games The slugging percentage is th in the majors during that span Colorado is th in home runs tied for th in doubles and first in triples during Schaeffer s tenure Pitching probables Sunday Diamondbacks RHP Brandon Pfaadt - at Rockies RHP Antonio Senzatela - p m Monday Off day Tuesday Dodgers TBD at Rockies RHP German Marquez - 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