Hill drives in 4 as Arizona Diamondbacks beat Colorado Rockies

DENVER, CO - Aaron Hill tripled and drove in four runs, Jason Kubel had two hits and two RBIs and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 8-7 on Saturday night.

Paul Goldschmidt and Chris Johnson also had two hits apiece for the Diamondbacks, who have won five of six. J.J. Putz pitched a scoreless ninth for his 31st save.

Wilin Rosario homered among his three hits and Jordan Pacheco also had three hits for the Rockies, who have lost eight straight.

Both starting pitchers struggled and neither got to the fifth inning. Arizona staked Patrick Corbin to the early lead but he allowed five runs and nine hits in just three innings.

Brad Bergesen (2-0) tossed two innings of one-hit ball to get the win.

Rockies starter Jhoulys Chacin needed 84 pitches to get through four but left with a 5-3 lead. But the Diamondbacks scored five times in the sixth with the help of the Colorado bullpen.

Carlos Torres (4-3) loaded the bases with two walks before Hill tripled to center field. Torres issued another walk before Josh Outman came on and loaded the bases again with the fourth walk of the inning.

Kubel knocked in Hill with a sacrifice fly and Johnson had an RBI single to make it 8-5.

The Rockies got one back in the bottom half on Matt McBride's RBI single, and Josh Rutledge scored on Rosario's double-play grounder in the seventh.

Rosario hit his 26th homer leading off the third to establish a franchise rookie record. Todd Helton hit 25 homers as a rookie in 1998.

The Diamondbacks got off to a fast start one night after pummeling Colorado pitchers for 15 runs and 19 hits. Adam Eaton led off with a triple and scored on a groundout. Justin Upton and Goldschmidt doubled and Kubel singled to give Arizona a 3-0 lead.

Colorado responded with four in the second. Andrew Brown led off with his third homer of the season, DJ LeMahieu tripled and scored on Dexter Fowler's single and Pacheco hit a two-run double.