The rally came against reliever Scott Oberg after Rockies starter Tyler Chatwood allowed two runs on five hits over 6 2/3 innings. Chatwood struck out a season-high eight batters, his most in a game since July 26, 2013. He also did not walk a batter for the first time since May 27 against the Giants. In his previous 10 starts, he averaged 6.28 walks per nine innings.
The rally started with three straight one-out singles from Ian Desmond, Rougned Odor and Carlos Beltran, the last of which was an RBI knock to make it 5-3. Adrian Beltre followed with a two-run double to tie the game. Left-hander Jake McGee took over and retired Mitch Moreland on a fly to left. But Elvis Andrus singled up the middle to put the Rangers ahead.
Odor added a run-scoring double for the Rangers in the ninth and Sam Dyson finished it out for his 25th save.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Blackmon gets it starting again: Charlie Blackmon's leadoff homer was his second in four games. It was his seventh of the season and extended his club record to 19 career leadoff homers, which is the most among all Major Leaguers since his rookie season in 2013. The home run went an estimated 423 feet, according to Statcast™.
Blackmon's leadoff home run
TEX@COL: Blackmon opens scoring with leadoff homer
Charlie Blackmon drills a leadoff home run to right-center off A.J. Griffin to give the Rockies an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the 1st
Beltre wears out Coors: Beltre continues to wear out Rockies pitching at Coors Field. He was 2-for-4 on Tuesday, including his two-run double in the eighth, and is a career .400 (102-for-255) hitter here, with 18 home runs and 69 RBIs. It's the highest all-time average for a player with at least 200 at-bats at Coors.
Beltre's game-tying double
TEX@COL: Beltre ties it in the 8th on two-run double
Adrian Beltre belts a double to the center-field wall, scoring Rougned Odor and Delino DeShields to tie the game at 5 in the 8th inning
Arenado hitting stride: Nolan Arenado drove in runs in the first and third on a single to right field and single to left field, respectively. In his past three games, he's hitting 7-for-10 with a pair of home runs, a double, three walks and nine RBIs. That is some way to break out of a 6-for-38 (.158) slump.
Arenado's RBI single
TEX@COL: Arenado singles to right, scoring Dahl
Nolan Arenado laces a single into right field, scoring David Dahl from third to increase the Rockies' lead to 2-0
Mazara gets it going: Nomar Mazara started the Rangers' comeback with an RBI single in the seventh inning. It was his first RBI since July 31. He is hitting .318 though in his past 19 games.
Mazara's run-scoring single
TEX@COL: Mazara lines an RBI single to center field
Nomar Mazara lines a single to center field, scoring Mitch Moreland from second to cut the Rangers' deficit to 5-2
ROCKIES' BULLPEN SHAKEUP
The Rangers' four-run rally came against Oberg, who was taking on a new role as the setup man. The eighth inning normally belongs to Adam Ottavino, but he was just bumped up to the closer role with Carlos Estevez's demotion.
WHAT'S NEXT
Rangers: Left-hander Martin Perez pitches for the Rangers as their four-game home-and-home set with the Rockies continues at 7:05 p.m. CT on Wednesday at Globe Life Park in Arlington. Perez is 6-1 with a 2.54 ERA in 11 starts in his career.
Rockies: Left-hander Jorge De La Rosa starts for the Rockies against the Rangers, with first pitch on Wednesday scheduled for 6:05 MT. De La Rosa is 5-3 with a 3.34 ERA in 10 starts since moving back to the rotation on June 10.
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Ben Weinrib is a reporter for MLB.com based in Denver.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
Rangers tap Rockies with another late rally
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