The Rockies flipped the script.
Thursday afternoon’s game was the kind they have lost so many times this year. And last year. And the year before that.
But they got the key hits in the key moments and beat Houston, 7-6, at Coors Field.
Of course, Houston made the game interesting in the ninth against closer Seth Halvorsen. Jake Meyers led off with a triple to the right-field corner and scored on Jose Altuve’s groundout to short, cutting the lead to one run. Halvorsen struck out Cam Smith for out No. 2, but Christian Walker and catcher Victor Caratini hit back-to-back, two-out singles.