The Diamondbacks had the kind of night that can sting a lot more when you’re in the middle of a crowded Wild Card race. They were in front early Tuesday at Chase Field, only to watch the Rockies rally for a 3-2 win and leave Arizona staring at a missed opportunity.
That matters even more now. The Diamondbacks, Phillies and Padres all lost except for San Diego, creating a virtual three-way tie for the second NL Wild Card spot.
With a road trip to Atlanta and Boston looming this weekend, Arizona had a chance to bank a win against the team with the worst record in the National League. Instead, the series will come down to Wednesday afternoon’s finale.
"We got a quick turnaround," Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said. "Every game matters during the season, but it's extremely critical when you're in a position that we are, that you play your best game every single night, and our guys gave a great effort today. We just got beat."
The early part of the game looked promising for Arizona. Corbin Carroll and Ketel Marte each launched solo home runs off Tomoyuki Sugano, giving the Diamondbacks a quick boost after Monday night’s opener, when they piled up four runs in the first and three more in the second on the way to a 9-0 win. Nolan Arenado later added a two-out triple, but he was left stranded.
After that, Sugano settled in and took control. He allowed only three singles over six innings before handing it to a Colorado bullpen that finished the job. Arizona never found the extra hit it needed to stretch the lead.
"Things started off pretty good," Lovullo said. "You get a solo home run from Carroll and Marte, and you score two early runs off one of their one of their guys, and you feel like you're going to put some more runs on the board.
But we didn't. Going eight scoreless [after that] is something we haven't done in a while.
Their pitcher got very, very stubborn, went on lockdown, and they did a nice job of not allowing us to tack on runs."
Mitch Bratt gave Arizona another strong outing, too. The rookie left-hander followed his seven shutout innings against the Padres with six solid frames against Colorado, giving up two runs and carrying a shutout into the sixth.
Then the game flipped. Ezequiel Tovar barely beat out a tapper to third, and with two outs, Kyle Karros jumped on a pitch and sent a two-run homer to left-center to tie it.
"Just tip your cap," Bratt said of the homer. "It's a good fastball.
It's a good hitter. It's third time through the order, I executed a pitch, he just put a better swing on it."
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