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Rockies’ Eliaz Daiz beats Nolan Arenado’s Cardinals with walk-off homer

Nolan Arenado was the main attraction, but Elias Diaz stole the show.

The Rockies’ catcher hammered a three-run, two-out, walk-off homer off Giovanny Gallegos to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2 Thursday night at raucous Coors Field.

Gallegos issued back-to-back, two-out walks to Brendan Rodgers and Ryan McMahon before Diaz crushed an 0-2 hanging slider into the left-field bleachers.

The Rockies improved to 29-16 at the friendly confines in LoDo.

Arenado, the Cardinals’ star third baseman whose wish was granted in February when the Rockies traded him to St. Louis, went 0-for-4 with a strikeout in his first game at Coors Field since the trade.