DENVER -- Javier Baez delivered.Baez launched the first pitch he saw from Boone Logan leading off the 12th inning into the bullpen for his first Major League homer and hit to power the Cubs to a 6-5 victory over the Rockies.Baez, making his Major League debut, was 0-for-5 before the blast and had struck out three times. But he connected in the 12th, sending the ball 414 feet to right center. It's his 24th home run of the season after hitting 23 at Triple-A Iowa. 
Chicago led, 5-4, after scoring on Ryan Sweeney's RBI single in the 11th, but with one out in the Colorado half, Jason Pridie reached on a single that deflected off Baez at second. Charlie Blackmon singled off Hector Rondon, and one out later, Charlie Culberson smacked an RBI single to tie the game.It was the Cubs' fourth extra-inning game in their last seven, and 14th of the season.One of the Cubs' highly touted prospects, Baez struck out in his first at-bat, grounded out to third base in the fourth, struck out swinging in the sixth, lined out to right to end the seventh and struck out again in the 10th. Then came the 12th.The Rockies opened a 3-0 lead on a two-run double by Brandon Barnes in the second that bounced over the third-base bag, and an RBI single by Josh Rutledge in the fifth.Colorado starter Brett Anderson threw a strike to Arismendy Alcantara to start the fourth, and then had to leave the game because of lower back spasms. Franklin Morales retired the first six batters he faced, but that ended when Welington Castillo led off the Chicago sixth with his eighth home run, tying his career high set last season.Then came a seventh inning the Rockies would rather forget. Tommy Kahnle walked the bases loaded with one out before exiting. Nick Masset walked Castillo to force in a run, and was pulled for Rex Brothers, who walked pinch-hitter Chris Coghlan to allow the game-tying run to score. Pinch-hitter Chris Valaika hit a sacrifice fly to go ahead, 4-3. Baez came up with the bases loaded and two outs, and he lined out to right to end the inning. The Cubs batted around and tallied three runs without a hit.But Nolan Arenado tied the game at 4 with a two-out home run in the seventh off Wesley Wright.Cubs starter Travis Wood did not get a decision, and is winless in his last nine starts. He had fanned a career-high 11 Rockies last Wednesday at Wrigley Field, but also threw a personal high 119 pitches, which may have prompted the early exit. Wood was pulled after throwing 74 pitches over six innings.Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
Chicago led, 5-4, after scoring on Ryan Sweeney's RBI single in the 11th, but with one out in the Colorado half, Jason Pridie reached on a single that deflected off Baez at second. Charlie Blackmon singled off Hector Rondon, and one out later, Charlie Culberson smacked an RBI single to tie the game.It was the Cubs' fourth extra-inning game in their last seven, and 14th of the season.One of the Cubs' highly touted prospects, Baez struck out in his first at-bat, grounded out to third base in the fourth, struck out swinging in the sixth, lined out to right to end the seventh and struck out again in the 10th. Then came the 12th.The Rockies opened a 3-0 lead on a two-run double by Brandon Barnes in the second that bounced over the third-base bag, and an RBI single by Josh Rutledge in the fifth.Colorado starter Brett Anderson threw a strike to Arismendy Alcantara to start the fourth, and then had to leave the game because of lower back spasms. Franklin Morales retired the first six batters he faced, but that ended when Welington Castillo led off the Chicago sixth with his eighth home run, tying his career high set last season.Then came a seventh inning the Rockies would rather forget. Tommy Kahnle walked the bases loaded with one out before exiting. Nick Masset walked Castillo to force in a run, and was pulled for Rex Brothers, who walked pinch-hitter Chris Coghlan to allow the game-tying run to score. Pinch-hitter Chris Valaika hit a sacrifice fly to go ahead, 4-3. Baez came up with the bases loaded and two outs, and he lined out to right to end the inning. The Cubs batted around and tallied three runs without a hit.But Nolan Arenado tied the game at 4 with a two-out home run in the seventh off Wesley Wright.Cubs starter Travis Wood did not get a decision, and is winless in his last nine starts. He had fanned a career-high 11 Rockies last Wednesday at Wrigley Field, but also threw a personal high 119 pitches, which may have prompted the early exit. Wood was pulled after throwing 74 pitches over six innings.Carrie Muskat / MLB.com
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