On a chilly Tuesday night in late May at Coors Field, with steady rain falling amid a dwindling crowd, Ian Desmond and Chris Iannetta did the cold, dirty work needed for a team to keep bootstrapping its way back into the playoff picture.
The game against Arizona sat tied 2-2, and Diamondbacks starter Merrill Kelly quickly recorded the first two outs of the seventh inning. But Desmond, working his way back from an 0-2 count, singled before Iannetta got just enough of a hanging breaking ball for a two-run homer to left.
Iannetta’s stroke was Colorado’s decisive blow in a 6-2 win over the Diamondbacks, as the Rockies (26-27) also capitalized on a much-needed quality start by Antonio Senzatela in their fourth win in the last five games.