The comeback kids came up short.
Trailing 8-1 in the sixth inning, the Rockies hit back-to-back-to-back home runs for the first time in more than seven years. But it wasn’t enough.
The Pirates hung on to win, 9-5, Sunday afternoon at Coors Field, denying Colorado its first home sweep of the season.
Friday night, the Rockies came back from a 9-0 first-inning deficit to beat Pittsburgh, 17-16, on Brenton Doyle’s walk-off, two-run homer. Saturday afternoon, they trailed 4-0 but rallied for an 8-5 victory.
Sunday, however, the hole proved too deep and the climb too steep after the Pirates torched Rockies pitchers for a pair of two-run homers and a three-run homer.