The Rockies dropped their second straight at Chase Field to the D-backs on Friday night, 7-2. They are 1-10 on the road this season, with two games left before they head back to Coors Field.

With starter Jon Gray on the mound, the Rockies had their best chance to change their luck on the road. Gray has had a history of success in his six career starts at Chase Field: 4-2 with a 3.18 ERA (34.0 IP, 12 ER), 11 walks and 37 strikeouts.

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In the first two innings, Gray looked like the pitcher he’s been all season. Before Friday's game, the righty had only allowed five or fewer hits in each of his starts, matching the second-longest streak in franchise history.

Gray started to lose command of his fastball in the third inning, but was able to get two outs after giving up a single to opposing pitcher Madison Bumgarner. Scoring with two outs became a trend for the D-backs. They scored five two-out runs against Gray, who gave up a season-high nine hits and five runs (four earned).

“Jon threw great. Six innings tonight, 83 pitches. He's efficient,” manager Bud Black said. “The ball-strike ratio was great. They strung some hits together against them. And he'll probably tell you when he comes in, too, those pitches to those three hitters … were not well located.

“I think that Jon got some balls in the middle of the plate. If we reconstruct the inning, we can fast forward to two outs.”

Pitching with two outs is normally a sweet spot for Gray, with hitters slashing .223/.300/.385 against him in his career, going into Friday.

In the shortened 2020 season, Gray gave up 11 two-out runs. In '19, that number was 21. He has now given up eight in his first six starts this season, tying fellow starter Germán Márquez.

“Usually, yes,” said Gray on whether giving up runs with two outs is frustrating. “But, tonight we had six outs in one inning, almost. We did the best we could, and not every time is it going to go our way and that’s kind of how I felt it was for that small part of the game. It did turn into a big inning, but I guess it could have been worse.”

What is most frustrating for the righty is his team’s struggles to win on the road. The Rockies have been unable to capitalize on big moments; they're hitting .203 with runners in scoring position in road games this season.

That trend continued Friday, when they went 3-for-8 with runners in scoring position and stranding seven men on base. RBI singles from C.J. Cron and Raimel Tapia in the first and seventh innings, respectively, accounted for the Rockies’ runs.

“We haven't done it yet this season offensively,” said Black on why he thinks his team isn’t winning on the road. “We've talked about the offense being a little down. We’ve got to get to that point where we're scoring more runs. But the other clubs have strung together some innings and have gotten the big hit. We have not gotten a big hit so far this season. We haven't gotten a big hit consistently.”

Not only is the Rockies' one road win the fewest in the Majors, but it is also a historically bad start for the franchise. Only one season has started worse for Colorado -- when it went 1-15 on the road to start the ’05 season.