Diamondbacks’ offense shines, bullpen holds on for series-clinching win over Rockies

Corbin Carroll homered twice and drove in three runs, while the Diamondbacks’ bullpen held on for an 8-6 win over the Colorado Rockies Sunday in the rubber game of the three-game series.

Nolan Arenado and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit RBI singles for a 2-0 lead in the third after Carroll and Geraldo Perdomo got things started — after a rain delay of one hour and 45 minutes — with back-to-back walks off Michael Lorenzen with two outs.

Carroll hit his sixth home run following a two-out RBI single by Ildemaro Vargas for a 5-0 lead in the fourth.

Michael Soroka (6-2) struck out eight and gave up two runs on six hits and two walks in 5 2/3 innings. The Rockies didn’t have a hit off Soroka until T.J. Rumfield, Troy Johnston and Willi Castro had three straight two-out doubles to cut it to 5-2 in the fourth.

Gurriel answered in the fifth with his first homer this season, and Gabriel Moreno scored on Jose Fernandez’s single to make it 7-2. Moreno had three hits and scored twice. Carroll then hit a solo shot in the sixth to make it 8-2.

Rockies make late comeback attempt vs. Diamondbacks

The Rockies, trailing 8-2, rallied in the bottom of the eighth. Jake McCarthy and Kyle Karros had RBI singles, and Castro and Brett Sullivan added sacrifice flies in a four-run inning off Brandon Pfaadt that cut it to 8-6. Pfaadt got one out and was charged with four runs.

With the Diamondbacks leading 8-6 in the bottom of the ninth, Paul Sewald issued a two-out walk to Rumfield to bring Johnston to the plate as the tying run. Sewald then retired Johnston to finish off his 10th save in 11 opportunities.

Up next for D-backs

Following a six-game road trip, the Diamondbacks (22-23) return to Chase Field for a three-game series against the San Francisco Giants (20-27).

Zac Gallen (1-4, 5.02 ERA) is set to start for Arizona, while former D-back Robbie Ray (3-5, 3.04 ERA) will start for the Giants.

Catch the game on 98.7, the Arizona Sports app or online.

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