Corbin Carroll homered twice, Randal Grichuk also went deep, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 9-4 in Denver on Wednesday. Left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez (3-3) had a season-high 11 strikeouts with five hits, two runs and one walk allowed in 6 1/3 innings for Arizona. The Diamondbacks (84-68) avoided a three-game sweep and remained tied with the Mets for the second National League wild-card berth after New York blanked the Nationals later Wednesday.
Grichuk, Jake McCarthy and Gabriel Moreno finished with two hits each for Arizona. Aaron Schunk and Sam Hilliard had two hits apiece for Colorado. The Rockies (59-94) have captured six of their last nine home series and need to win four of their last nine games to avoid a second straight 100-loss season.
The D-backs jumped on Colorado starter Austin Gomber in the first inning when Carroll hit a one-out homer. Grichuk followed with a double and scored on Christian Walker's single to left. Pavin Smith walked and Moreno drove in Walker with another single for a 3-0 advantage.
Arizona added on in the second when Geraldo Perdomo reached on an error and Carroll hit his second homer of the day and 21st of the season. Grichuk hit the next pitch out to dead center to make it 6-0. It was his 11th of the season.
That was all for Gomber (5-11), who allowed six runs (five earned) on six hits and one walk with one strikeout in two innings of work. It was Gomber's shortest outing since lasting just three innings against New Yo.