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Blackmon's two homers lift Rox over D-backs

PHOENIX -- Charlie Blackmon hit a pair of homers Saturday night to lead the Rockies past the D-backs, 2-1, and salvage the final game of the three-game, season-opening series at Chase Field.

After the D-backs grabbed a 1-0 lead in the fourth, Blackmon hit a Zack Greinke pitch over the wall in right to lead off the sixth inning and tie the game.

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Then in the eighth, Blackmon hit his third homer in the past two days with another solo shot to right, this one off Fernando Salas.