DENVER — The fireworks started long before the sun set behind Coors Field on Saturday night.
Brendan Rodgers, hotter than a habanero pepper, rocketed a three-run home run in the first inning off veteran lefty Dallas Keuchel, and Connor Joe lined a bases-loaded triple to right field off Keuchel in the fourth as the Rockies lit up the Diamondbacks, 11-7, in front of a sellout crowd of 48,331.
Colorado’s pyrotechnics continued with a four-run sixth inning that buried the D-Backs. Kris Bryant, who went 3 for 5 and is beginning to swing with more authority, drove in a run with a single to left, his first RBI since April 17.
