DENVER -- Left-hander Tyler Anderson tied his career high with 10 strikeouts and benefitted from home runs from Mark Reynolds and Nolan Arenado as the National League West-leading Rockies defeated the D-backs, 9-1, on Saturday night at Coors Field.
After not going more than 5 2/3 innings and yielding no fewer than four runs in all six previous starts, and four or more earned runs in five of them, Anderson (2-3) went six innings and held the D-backs to one run on six hits. He retired 11 of his last 12, nine with strikeouts, after giving up six runs, including three homers, last Saturday at Arizona.