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Classic Coors: Wainwright rocks through eight, but Colorado turns walks into walk-off homer, sink Cardinals 5-2

The Cardinals' Giovanny Gallegos leaves the field after giving up a game-ending three-run home run to Colorado's Elias Diaz in the ninth inning Thursday night in Denver. (David Zalubowski, AP photo)

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Colorado’s Elias Diaz celebrates after hitting his game-ending, three-run homer off the Cardinals’ Giovanny Gallegos on Thursday night.

DENVER — A tense, compelling game defined by the spell two starting pitchers held over it, strayed back to a familiar level when two walks in the ninth conjured the seemingly inevitable walk-off.