DENVER (Interstat) — Nolan Gorman hit a two-run homer and Cooper Hjerpe threw four hitless innings as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Colorado Rockies 10-8 Sunday afternoon at Coors Field.

St. Louis scored six runs in the fifth to erase a 5-1 deficit. Gorman’s ninth homer capped the rally. The Cardinals added three in the eighth, with Alec Burleson singling home Ivan Herrera. Herrera had three hits and two RBIs.

Colorado’s Mickey Moniak homered and drove in four, while Jake McCarthy went 3 for 5 with a homer and three RBIs, but the Rockies couldn’t complete a late comeback. They scored two in the ninth on McCarthy’s single.

Hjerpe (1-0) struck out six in four innings. George Soriano earned his third save despite allowing one hit in one-third of an inning. Jimmy Herget (0-6) took the loss.

Attendance was 30,819, and the game lasted 3:06. The Cardinals improved to 72-72, and the Rockies dropped to 55-88.