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Jones, Trejo hit 11th-inning home runs, lifting NL-worst Rockies over Yankees

DENVER — Nolan Jones led off the 11th inning with a tying, two-run homer off Nick Ramirez, Alan Trejo hit a game-ending drive off Ron Marinaccio and the Colorado Rockies beat the Yankees 8-7 Sunday to take two of three from New York.

Colorado, a National League-worst 36-58, overcame a 3-1 deficit when C.J. Cron hit an eighth-inning grand slam off Clay Holmes, the first home run allowed by the right-hander this season. "I was trying to make a sinker down," Holmes said. "It was a spot in the ballgame where we needed a big out, but unfortunately it stayed up and couldn't get that out.