With Jon Gray placed on the 60-day injured list with a fractured foot earlier in the day, the Colorado Rockies needed an emergency starter for the series finale in Arizona. They turned to journeyman Tim Melville who, in turn, produced the outing of his Major League career.
Two years to the day after his last Major League start, the 29-year-old Melville turned in one of the best pitching performances of the season for the Rockies, throwing seven innings of one-run ball as Colorado avoided the sweep in Phoenix with a 7-2 win over the Diamondbacks.