The Arizona Diamondbacks’ postseason hopes got a boost Monday afternoon: A visit from the road-weary Rockies.
Colorado arrived in the desert having lost 11 of its last 13 road games, then continued the downward spiral with a 4-2 loss at cavernous Chase Field.
Unlike several of the road losses that preceded it, this one didn’t require a bullpen implosion for things to go south.
Not with D-backs sinker-ball sorcerer Merrill Kelly in full command (61 of 91 pitches for strikes) before he exited with an apparent injury at the start of the eighth inning.
The youthful Rockies struck out 12 times against the right-hander, and 14 times total, in another shaky outing away from Coors Field.