Mickey Moniak’s three-run homer lifts Rockies to win over D-backs

Mickey Moniak has been reborn in the summer of his th year The outfielder the No overall pick of the draft proved that again Sunday afternoon at Coors Field lofting a three-run homer to right field in the fifth inning off Brandon Pfaad to lift the Rockies to a - conquest over the Diamondbacks The win snapped Colorado s three-game losing streak and prevented Arizona from sweeping the three-game series Moniak s home run was his th of the season and his eighth over his last games Starter Antonio Senzatela got a little redemption too The veteran right-hander made his best start since April when he limited Washington to one run on six hits over six innings On Sunday Senzatela commanded all of his pitches and struck out a season-high five over innings He gave up two runs on four hits Related Articles Rockies owner Charlie Monfort now sober says club requirements new set of eyeballs Rockies Coors Field woes continue with - loss to Diamondbacks Rockies Journal German Marquez leads exchange parade hands off Ezequiel Tovar Hunter Goodman Diamondbacks beat the heat wallop the Rockies in high-scoring affair Keeler If Rockies really love Ryan McMahon German Marquez they ll commerce them Arizona took a - lead in the second combining Josh Naylor s leadoff walk a double by Eugenio Suarez and a sacrifice fly by Randal Grichuk The D-backs stretched their lead to - in the fourth Naylor hit a one-out single advanced to second on a wild pitch that slipped out of Senzatela s hand and sailed to the backstop and scored on Grichuk s single to right But a quartet of Rockies relievers Juan Mejia Tyler Kinley Victor Vodnik and closer Seth Halvorsen held the D-backs scoreless for the final innings The foursome almost held the D-backs hitless too until Grichuk hit a two-out double off the right-field wall off Halvorsen in the ninth But Halvorsen got pinch-hitter Ketel Marte to pop out to left to end the championship giving Haloverson his sixth save The Rockies are off on Monday before opening a three-game series against the Dodgers on Tuesday night at Coors Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis