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Opening Day win for Rockies thanks to ninth inning rally

Posted on April 17, 2012 at 01:06 AM.

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The Colorado Rockies overcame a 4-2 ninth inning deficit against the Houston Astros and escaped Minute Maid Park with a 5-4 victory.

Houston closer Brett Myers had a rough outing, as he failed to record an out and gave up three runs. Carlos Gonzalez led off the inning with a solo home run to leftfield, to bring the Rockies within a run. Troy Tulowitzki nearly went yard, hitting a ball off the wall in left for a double. He scored on a single by Todd Helton.

That was all for Myers, but the Rockies didn't stop the offensive attack. Ramon Hernandez hit a liner to left-center that Houston's Jordan Schaefer tried to catch on a dive, but missed and the ball rolled all the way to the wall, allowing Helton to score and Hernandez to advance all the way to third.

Up 5-4, Colorado's closer, Rafael Betancourt, quickly warmed up in the bullpen, and following a one-pitch out by Matt Belisle, retired the last two batters to end the game.

The Rockies' bats were silenced early by Houston starter, Wandy Rodriguez. Despite issuing three walks and striking out just three, Rodriguez carried a no-hitter into the sixth, before allowing a one-out RBI single to Marco Scutaro.

Colorado's Josh Roenieke picked up the win in relief of starter, Jeremy Guthrie, who gave up three home runs and four runs in 6 1/3 innings of work.

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