PHOENIX (AP) Charlie Blackmon had two hits and two RBIs, Nolan Jones hit a two-run triple and the Colorado Rockies used a five-run fifth inning to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-4 on Saturday night.

The Rockies earned their first win of the season after getting outscored 23-4 over the first two games.

ā€œThe goal today was just to find a way to win the game,ā€ Rockies lefty Austin Gomber said. ā€œThat's what we needed to do after the way the first two days had gone. Find a way to win, come back tomorrow, try to split a series and get out of here feeling a lot better than we did.ā€

Colorado trailed 3-2 heading into the fifth before their big rally. The first five Rockies reached base and all of them scored.

Blackmon brought home two runs on a double down the right-field line. Jones added two more with his triple - also into the right-field corner - and then Ryan McMahon's sacrifice fly scored Jones for the fifth run of the inning.

Ezequiel Tovar had a two-run homer in the second. Brenton Doyle added another two-run shot in the eighth.

Gomber threw 4 2/3 innings, giving up four runs, six hits and three walks. Peter Lambert (1-0) got the win with a scoreless inning of relief. Nick Mears pitched out of a jam in the seventh, retiring three straight batters after inheriting runners on first and second.

ā€œThat was the key to the game for me,ā€ Rockies manager Bud Black said.

The D-backs cut the Rockies' lead to 7-4 in the fifth on Lourdes Gurriel Jr.'s solo homer. The Cuban left fielder set a franchise record with a homer in each of the first three games of the season.

Eugenio SuƔrez also had a solo homer, his first as a member of the D-backs following an offseason trade from Seattle. Corbin Carroll reached base four times.

Tommy Henry (0-1) gave up five runs, six hits and two walks over four innings.

ā€œWe didn't pitch the ball that well today, that's what it comes down to,ā€ D-backs manager Torey Lovullo said. ā€œWhen you get good pitching, it makes the game flow. ... It wasn't flowing the way it has been the past couple of days.ā€

The D-backs entered on an offensive roll, scoring 23 runs with 32 hits through two games. The 32 hits were the fifth-most for an MLB team through two games of a season since at least 1901.

Arizona stayed hot for a while on Saturday, jumping to a 2-0 lead in the first. But the team's bats finally cooled and the D-backs hit into four double plays that killed potential rallies in the fourth, sixth, eighth and ninth.

ā€œWe couldn't get that big knock at the right time,ā€ Lovullo said. ā€œThat happens in this game.ā€

MAKING MOVES

The Rockies assigned shortstop Warming Bernabel outright to Double-A Hartford. The 21-year-old cleared waivers after he was designated for assignment.

UP NEXT

The D-backs send RHP Brandon Pfaadt to the mound on Sunday while the Rockies counter with RPH Ryan Feltner. It's the first start of the season for both pitchers.

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