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Alek Thomas returns home to help Arizona Diamondbacks win the Colorado Rockies 9-3 in the opening round of the three-game series in Denver on Friday night, 3 It doubled and I drove in 3 runs.
David Peralta added home runs and doubles, Carson Kelly also hit home runs, and Joshua Rojas scored three out of four wins in five consecutive games, including two doubles in Diamondbacks. I hit a hit.
Arizona starter Merrill Kelly (7-5) allowed 2 runs, 1 win and 5 hits in 7 innings. He hit three and walked one.
Ryan McMahon and Charlie Blackmon hit the Rockies home run, losing four out of six.
Colorado starter Antonio Senzatela (3-5) was sent off after two innings due to apparent stiff shoulders. He allowed three runs and four hits, hit one and walked one.
Rojas started the game from double to deep light field. Thomas led the left-wing corner with a triple on the opposite field, 1-0.
Senzatela defeated Ketel Marte, but Christian Walker dropped the single into a shallow centerfield to make it 2-0.
Carson Kelly hit a home run, hitting one home run per second to 3-0.
Merrill Kelly, who defeated the Rocky Mountains 4-1 on May 6 and played in one of his first complete games, put Colorado in 1st and 3rd place. At that time, I fell into a jam in 5th place. There is no out. The Rocky Mountains could only play one run in Elias Diaz's double play grounder, but cut the lead to 3-1.
Peralta rebuilt a three-run cushion with Solohomer in the sixth, tenth of the season.
Rookie center fielder Thomas hit a two-run home run on the opposite field in the seventh inning, expanding his advantage to 6-1.
McMahon went deep into the bottom of the seventh inning, dropping the lead to 6-2, but Diamondbacks replied again, scoring another two runs in the eighth.
Blackmon, who turned 36 on Friday, reduced his deficit to 8-3 on his 13th home run this season. This is in line with the total of 150 games last season.
Rojas doubled to lead 9th place and then wild pitch to 9-3.
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