DENVER – The Colorado Rockies couldn’t muster a run through eight innings. They got all they needed in the ninth.
Colorado loaded the bases with three singles off reliever Aroldis Chapman, and Jake McCarthy cleared them with a triple inside the bag at third to give the Rockies a 3-2 walk-off win.
TJ Rumfield, the NL Rookie of the Month in May, started the rally with a single to left on an 0-2 count. Hunter Goodman followed with another single and rookie Cole Carrigg bunted up the third-base line, beating the throw to first.
McCarthy, who had an inside-the-park home run Saturday night against Pittsburgh, lined a 99.6 mph sinker past the diving Caleb Durbin at third base. The ball bounced off the wall and eluded Jarren Duran as Carrigg raced around the bags and easily scored to give Colorado a walk-off win.
McCarthy became the sixth player in the Divisional Era (since 1969) to hit a walk-off triple when trailing by two runs, and the first since Grady Sizemore in 2006.