{"id":42775,"date":"2026-08-13T08:39:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T03:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=42775"},"modified":"2026-08-13T08:39:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T03:39:21","slug":"rockies-overcome-wildness-ride-homers-to-beat-diamondbacks-6-4-for-rare-road-series-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=42775","title":{"rendered":"Rockies overcome wildness, ride homers to beat Diamondbacks 6-4 for rare road series win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twt-thumbs.washtimes.com\/media\/image\/2026\/08\/12\/Rockies_Diamondbacks_Baseball_89439_s1440x960.jpg?f72536d07237fdd262042ae8f5e6e6de3b865f3c\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>PHOENIX \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/brett-sullivan\/\">Brett Sullivan<\/a> hit a three-run homer in the second inning and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/colorado-rockies\/\">Colorado Rockies<\/a>, despite walking 10 batters, held on to beat the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/arizona-diamondbacks\/\">Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a> 6-4 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan connected on a shot down the right-field line to cap a four-run inning against Arizona starter Merrill Kelly.<\/p>\n<p>Zac Veen, in his first game of the season, added a two-run homer in the fourth for the Rockies. The 2020 first-round pick was called up earlier in the week. The Rockies won consecutive road games for the first time since June 1-2 at the Los Angeles Angels. That was also Colorado\u2019s previous road series win.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Feltner (5-6) went five innings for the win. He gave up seven hits and two runs, walking three and striking out two.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Romano pitched the ninth for his 12th save.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly (8-10) gave up six hits and six earned runs in five innings.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/multimedia\/collection\/rockies-overcome-wildness-ride-homers-2026-08\/\" target=\"_blank\">PHOTOS: Rockies overcome wildness, ride homers to beat Diamondbacks 6-4 for rare road series win<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\"\/>\n<p>Corbin Carroll hit his 100th career home run, and 18th of the season, an opposite-field shot to left-center off lefty Brennan Bernardino in the eighth. Earlier, the Arizona All-Star hit his 14th triple of the season, twice as many as any other player has. His 57 career triples lead all active players.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Diamondbacks stranded 15 baserunners, including the bases loaded in the fifth and sixth. In the sixth, Gabriel Moreno struck out looking in an at-bat that saw three of plate umpire Emil Jim\u00e9nez\u2019s calls overturned &#8211; two called strikes that were well out of the strike zone, and the final pitch was changed to a strike.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 10 walks, only one Diamondback scored &#8211; on a bases-loaded walk.<\/p>\n<h3>Up next<\/h3>\n<p>Rockies: Off Thursday. LHP Kyle Freeland (3-10, 6.63 ERA) was set to start Friday in San Francisco against Giants RHP Landen Roupp (7-11, 4.22).<\/p>\n<p>                        <a name=\"pagebreak\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Diamondbacks: Off Thursday. RHP Brandon Pfaadt (6-1, 3.36) was scheduled to start opposite Braves LHP Chris Sale (12-7, 2.20) on Friday in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<div class=\"permission\" style=\"padding-top: 25px;\">\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 The Washington Times, LLC.\n                        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2014 Brett Sullivan hit a three-run homer in the second inning and the Colorado Rockies, despite walking 10 batters, held on to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 on Wednesday. Sullivan connected on a shot down the right-field line to cap a four-run inning against Arizona starter Merrill Kelly. 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