DENVER (Interstat) — Michael Soroka pitched six strong innings and Corbin Carroll homered twice Sunday afternoon as the Arizona Diamondbacks held off a late Colorado Rockies rally to win 8-6 at Coors Field.

Soroka scattered nine hits over six innings, allowing two runs while striking out eight and walking two. He improved to 6-2 on the season. Paul Sewald worked a scoreless ninth inning for his 10th save, striking out one and walking one.

The Diamondbacks took control early, building an 8-2 lead behind a pair of homers from Carroll and another from Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Colorado, however, mounted a four-run rally in the eighth inning to pull within two, but Sewald slammed the door in the ninth.

Arizona jumped ahead in the third inning. Nolan Arenado singled home Carroll, who had walked, and Gurriel followed with a single that scored Geraldo Perdomo, making it 2-0.

The Diamondbacks added three more in the fourth. Gabriel Moreno singled and scored on Ildemaro Vargas’s single. Carroll then crushed a two-run homer to right-center field, his sixth of the season, extending the lead to 5-0.

Colorado answered in the bottom of the fourth. TJ Rumfield doubled, Troy Johnston doubled him home, and Willi Castro followed with a ground-rule double that scored Johnston, cutting the deficit to 5-2.

Arizona responded immediately in the fifth. Gurriel led off with a solo homer to left, his first of the year. Later, Jose Fernandez singled home Moreno to make it 7-2.

Carroll struck again in the sixth, belting his second homer of the game, a solo shot to right-center, pushing the lead to 8-2.

The Rockies began their comeback in the eighth. Hunter Goodman singled and advanced to second on a fielding error by center fielder Ryan Waldschmidt. Rumfield was hit by a pitch, and Johnston walked to load the bases. Castro’s sacrifice fly scored Goodman. Jake McCarthy then singled home Rumfield, trimming the deficit to 8-4. Kyle Karros singled to left, deflected by third baseman Arenado, scoring Johnston. Brett Sullivan’s sacrifice fly brought home McCarthy, making it 8-6.

Sewald entered in the ninth and retired the first two batters before issuing a walk to Rumfield. Johnston then flied out to left to end the game.

Soroka earned the win despite allowing six runs — four earned — on nine hits. He struck out eight and walked two.

Rockies starter Michael Lorenzen took the loss, falling to 2-6. He allowed six runs on nine hits over 4.2 innings, striking out five and walking two.

For Arizona, Carroll finished 2 for 4 with two homers, a walk and three RBIs. Gurriel went 2 for 5 with a homer and two RBIs. Moreno had three hits and scored twice. Vargas drove in a run and scored once.

For Colorado, McCarthy and Johnston each had two hits and an RBI. Castro drove in two runs. Rumfield doubled and scored a run. Goodman scored once.

Edouard Julien went 0 for 5 for the Rockies, and Mickey Moniak was 0 for 4. Blas Castaño pitched 2.1 innings of relief, allowing two hits and one earned run with three strikeouts. Victor Vodnik tossed a scoreless inning with one strikeout. Seth Halvorsen worked a hitless inning with two strikeouts.

The Diamondbacks improved to 22-23 with the victory, while the Rockies fell to 18-29.

Arizona won its series opener Friday 9-1 before losing Saturday 4-2. The teams will meet again Thursday in Phoenix to begin a four-game set.

The Interstat game simulator had projected a 4-3 Arizona win, and Interstat’s ELO system gave the Diamondbacks a 65.50 percent probability to win. Arizona was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The combined 14 runs went under the over-under line of 11.