D-Backs Rally In Eighth, Upton Home Run In Ninth Gives Arizona 9-7 Victory

It was a back and fourth affair Thursday afternoon at Coors Field, but when the dust settled the Arizona Diamondbacks came out on top with a 9-7 victory over the Colorado Rockies.

With the Rockies up 4-1, the Diamondbacks kept chipping away at the Colorado lead, and a four-run eighth inning gave Arizona a 7-4 lead. Willie Bloomquist, Jason Kubel, Ryan Roberts and Paul Goldschmidt all delivered with RBI singles in the eighth inning.

However the lead was short lived, as Colorado tied the game with three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning. David Hernandez walked in two runs and an error by Ryan Roberts let in another Colorado run.

With one on and two outs in the top of the ninth inning, Justin Upton hit a two-run home run to give the Diamondbacks a 9-7 lead.

Closer J.J. Putz once again got himself into trouble in the ninth when the right-hander allowed three straight singles to start the ninth inning. With the bases loaded, Colorado manager Jim Tracy was forced to use pitcher Alex White as a pitch-hitter for Rafael Betancourt. White did not swing the bat and ended up striking out looking with a full count. The next batter, Ramon Hernandez grounded into a double play to end the game.

Colorado pitchers walked nine Arizona hitters, Justin Upton walked three times and both Paul Goldschmidt and Gerardo Parra walked twice. Goldschmidt collected two hits and was on base four times on Thursday. Roberts went 3-5 with two RBI's, and Jason Kubel went 2-5 with an RBI.

Trevor Cahill went five innings for the Diamondbacks, allowing four runs on five hits and striking out six. While only throwing one pitch, Brad Ziegler (2-1) collected his second win of the season after getting the Diamondbacks out of a bases loaded jam in eighth inning.

The Diamondbacks are now 2-2 on their seven game road trip. Up next for Arizona is a weekend interleague series against the Kansas City Royals.

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Trevor Bauer Reportedly Promoted To AAA Reno

Right handed starter Trevor Bauer is considered to be the crown jewel of the Arizona Diamondbacks minor league system. He has done nothing but pitch fabulously since he started the season in AA Mobile. He is 7-1 with an ERA of 1.68, striking out 60 batters in 48 and one-third innings. Hitters are batting only .192 against him. In his eight starts, he has allowed one run or less in six of them.

With the success he has had, Kyndra de St. Aubin from Arizona Sports 620 is reporting that the Diamondbacks organization has promoted him to the AAA minor league team, the Reno Aces.

He is scheduled to make his Reno debut on Friday.

With the rapid promotion, it would appear that he could possibly see time in the major leagues before the end of the season, especially if the Diamondbacks' fortunes do not improve.

How he does in AAA will be interesting to watch. The PCL is known for being a pitcher's nightmare, especially in the dry Reno air. If he is able to maintain similar stats in AAA, he will have shown he is ready for big leagues.

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Old Man Jamie Moyer Beats Arizona Diamondbacks 6-1

There was a lot made about the matchup between the 49-year old left-hander Jamie Moyer and Patrick Corbin, who wasn't even alive when Moyer started his career. However, the crafty old man kept the Arizona Diamondbacks bats quiet, allowing only one run over six and a third innings and got his second win of the season by a score of 6-1 on Wednesday night.

Patrick Corbin got into trouble in the second inning and gave up a run-scoring single by Jordan Pacheco and a two-run triple to Dexter Fowler, who has been an absolute terror to Diamondbacks pitching.

Moyer even got in on the offensive action, as he hit a two-run single in the fourth. Colorado's scoring was capped off when Carlos Gonzalez singled home Tyler Colvin in the fifth.

Arizona got their only run in the seventh when pinch hitter Cody Ransom doubled in John McDonald, who had doubled to lead off the inning.

Corbin took the loss, giving up six runs in six innings and fell to 2-2 on the year. Moyer improved to 2-3 and broke his own record from being the oldest player to win a game.

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