Isaac Paredes homered and finished with two hits, Harold Ramirez also had two hits, and the visiting Tampa Bay Rays rallied to beat the Colorado Rockies 6-4 in Denver on Saturday night.
Garrett Cleavinger (1-0) got the win in relief and Colin Poche got the final three outs for his first save.
Brenton Doyle homered among his two hits, Michael Toglia and Ryan McMahon also went deep, and Ezequiel Tovar and Elias Diaz had two hits each for Colorado. The Rockies blew a five-run lead to spoil Ryan Feltner’s career-high 10 strikeouts.
Feltner allowed just one run on two hits over six sharp innings.
Tampa Bay started the comeback in the seventh off reliever Jake Bird on Ben Rortvedt’s two-run double, and then went ahead in the eighth. Paredes hit a solo homer, his third, Ramirez’s RBI double made it a one-run game and he scored on Amed Rosario’s single off Jalen Beeks (1-1) to tie it.
Beeks walked two to load the bases and Yandy Diaz singled off Justin Lawrence to put the Rays ahead.
Colorado built its lead after McMahon’s solo homer in the first tied it at 1-all. It was his second of the season and the second straight at-bat he went deep.
Brendan Rodgers reached on a fielder’s choice in the third and scored on a single up the middle by Elias Diaz to give the Rockies a 2-1 lead.
Colorado made it 4-1 in the fourth when Tovar doubled with one out and Toglia followed with a home run to left, his second of the season.
Tampa Bay starter Tyler Alexander loaded the bases with one out in the fifth on two singles and a walk and was replaced by Chris Devenski, who got Elehuris Montero to ground into an inning-ending double play.
Alexander allowed four runs on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings.
The Rockies padded the lead in the sixth on Doyle’s two-run homer to make it 6-1. It was his second of the season.
–Field Level Media
