PHOENIX -- Troy Tulowitzki had a three-run homer to extend his hitting streak to 18 games, Jorge De La Rosa pitched six effective innings and the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 on Sunday to avoid a four-game sweep.
Tulowitzki homered in Colorado's four-run first inning against Rubby De La Rosa (6-4) and Carlos Gonzalez added a two-run homer off the right-hander in the sixth.
Gonzalez had three of Colorado's 11 hits and made a diving catch in right field with the tying run on in the ninth to help the Rockies end a four-game losing streak.
 
Tulowitzki's homer leads Rockies to 6-4 win over D-backs
 
Jorge De La Rosa (6-3) had six strikeouts to surpass 1,000 (1,005) for his career and John Axford struck out Paul Goldschmidt with two on in the ninth for his 14th save.
Yasmany Tomas had a homer among his three hits and drove in three runs for Arizona.
A pair of De La Rosas met for the first time in major league history 11 days earlier in Denver. Rubby allowed a run in seven innings, Jorge a run in five innings and neither factored in the decision of a 6-4 win by the Rockies.
Rubby De La Rosa had pitched well over his previous five starts, going 2-0 with a 1.30 ERA.
He got off to a rough start against the Rockies, giving up six straight hits. Tulowitzki hit the first pitch he saw deep in the seats in left for a three-run homer and Ben Paulsen added a run-scoring single to put Colorado up 4-0 before Jorge De La Rosa even took the mound.
Rubby De La Rosa retired 14 straight batters after that, but Gonzalez put the Rockies up 6-1 with a two-run homer in the sixth inning. He allowed six runs and eight hits in five innings.
Jorge De La Rosa has pitched well recently, too, going 5-1 with a 2.96 ERA since May 21. He was good again, giving up a solo homer to Tomas on the first pitch of the second inning and sacrifice fly to the Cuban slugger in the sixth. He allowed two runs and five hits.
 

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