Sugano stellar as Rockies top Diamondbacks 4‑2 at Coors Field

DENVER (Interstat) — Tomoyuki Sugano pitched five effective innings as the Colorado Rockies defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-2 on Saturday afternoon at Coors Field.

Sugano (4-3) allowed two runs on seven hits with one strikeout. Eduardo Rodriguez (4-1) took the loss after yielding three earned runs and nine hits over 5 1/3 innings while striking out six. Rodriguez suffered his first loss of the season.

Colorado scored two in the first on RBI singles by TJ Rumfield and Mickey Moniak. Jake McCarthy added an RBI single in the second, and Moniak drove in another run in the eighth when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

Arizona got a run in the second and pulled within 3-2 in the fifth on Corbin Carroll’s RBI double. Carroll’s double was his 11th of the season. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had two hits for the Diamondbacks. Moniak finished 1-for-3 with two RBIs.

Juan Mejia, Jaden Hill and Antonio Senzatela combined for four scoreless innings of relief, with Senzatela earning his third save.

The Rockies outhit Arizona 12-9. Attendance was 34,405, and the game lasted 3 hours, 7 minutes.

Colorado improved to 18-28, while Arizona dropped to 21-23.