Corbin Carroll hits 2 homers, drives in 3 as the Diamondbacks beat the Rockies 8-6
Colorado Rockies third baseman Kyle Karros throws the ball to first base after fielding an RBI single off the bat of Arizona Diamondbacks' Jose Fernandez in the fifth inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 17, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
DENVER (AP) — Corbin Carroll homered twice and drove in three runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 8-6 on Sunday in the rubber game of the three-game series.
Nolan Arenado and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit RBI singles for a 2-0 lead in the third after Carroll and Geraldo Perdomo got things started — after rain delay of one hour and 45 minutes — with back-to-back walks off Michael Lorenzen with two outs.
Carroll hit his sixth home run following a two-out RBI single by Ildemaro Vargas for a 5-0 lead in the fourth. Carroll then hit a solo shot in the sixth to make it 8-2.
Michael Soroka (6-2) struck out eight and gave up two runs on six hits and two walks in 5 2/3 innings. Paul Sewald issued a two-out walk in the ninth before finishing off his 10th save in 11 opportunities
The Rockies didn’t have a hit off Soroka until TJ Rumfield, Troy Johnston and Willi Castro had three straight two-out doubles to cut it to 5-2 in the fourth.
Gurriel answered in the fifth with his first homer this season and Gabriel Moreno scored on Jose Fernandez’s single to make it 7-2. Moreno had three hits and scored twice.
Jake McCarthy and Kyle Karros had RBI singles and Castro and Brett Sullivan added sacrifice flies in a four-run eighth off Brandon Pfaadt that cut it to 8-6.
Pfaadt got one out and was charged with four runs.
Lorenzen (2-6) gave up seven runs — six earned — on nine hits and three walks in 4 2/3 innings.
Up next
Rockies LHP Jose Quintana (1-2, 3.97 ERA) starts Monday against the visiting Rangers, who counter with LHP MacKenzie Gore (3-3, 4.50).
Diamondbacks RHP Zac Gallen (1-4, 5.02) starts Monday in Phoenix opposite Giants LHP Robbie Ray (3-5, 3.04).
