DENVER -- On a day when the Rockies retired Todd Helton's No. 17, Coors Field magic returned. Or someone put a hex on the control of Reds closer Aroldis Chapman, one or the other.Chapman entered with a four-run lead and walked four batters to open the bottom of the ninth. Eventually, former Reds top Draft pick Drew Stubbs hit his third career walk-off homer, for three runs off J.J. Hoover, for a 10-9 Rockies victory in front of 42,310 in the first game of a doubleheader. 
Stubbs, who was selected by the Reds eighth overall in 2006 and played for the club from 2009-11, clubbed his 12th homer into the left-field seats on an 0-1 curveball from Hoover.The victory meant the Rockies stayed a half-game ahead of the Rangers, who have the Majors' worst record. More than that, though, the Rockies celebrated their first jersey retirement with a strong offensive performance.Nolan Arenado tied a career high with four hits, and Michael McKenry had a hit and drew four walks. Also, Charlie Blackmon's solo shot in the second inning was his 15th homer, and Corey Dickerson doubled in a first-inning run and led off the seventh with his 17th home run as the Rockies amassed 14 hits.They also left 11 on base, but the ninth-inning comeback erased any disappointment from that statistic. Stubbs' homer also saved Rockies lefty reliever Rex Brothers (4-5), who gave up two runs in the top of the ninth.Chapman (0-4) threw balls on 16 of his 28 pitches while walking Arenado, McKenry, Josh Rutledge and Charlie Culberson to cut the difference to 9-6. Pinch-hitter Wilin Rosario hit a sacrifice fly to left to cut the gap to two runs. Blackmon lined to right before Stubbs won it.One of Rockies' better hitters returned Sunday. 2013 National League batting champ Michael Cuddyer, who had missed the previous 60 games with a left shoulder fracture, went 1-for-5. He singled and scored during the two-run seventh, but couldn't save the team in the eighth. With two on and the Rockies trailing by two runs, Cuddyer grounded into a double play against Reds reliever Jonathan Broxton.Jay Bruce's two-run homer in the fourth off Rockies starter Jordan Lyles (five runs, five hits in five innings) and Kris Negron's leadoff shot in the sixth off reliever Franklin Morales helped the Reds to a 7-3 lead.Dickerson led off the seventh with his homer to deep center against Sam LeCure to cut the disadvantage to 7-5. Cuddyer, Arenado and McKenry all singled, with McKenry's hit coming off Jumbo Diaz. Rutledge, who had left six on base in his first three at-bats, then came through with a sacrifice fly, but Diaz escaped the inning by forcing Culberson to fly out to right and a Brandon Barnes foul popup.Thomas Harding / MLB.com
Stubbs, who was selected by the Reds eighth overall in 2006 and played for the club from 2009-11, clubbed his 12th homer into the left-field seats on an 0-1 curveball from Hoover.The victory meant the Rockies stayed a half-game ahead of the Rangers, who have the Majors' worst record. More than that, though, the Rockies celebrated their first jersey retirement with a strong offensive performance.Nolan Arenado tied a career high with four hits, and Michael McKenry had a hit and drew four walks. Also, Charlie Blackmon's solo shot in the second inning was his 15th homer, and Corey Dickerson doubled in a first-inning run and led off the seventh with his 17th home run as the Rockies amassed 14 hits.They also left 11 on base, but the ninth-inning comeback erased any disappointment from that statistic. Stubbs' homer also saved Rockies lefty reliever Rex Brothers (4-5), who gave up two runs in the top of the ninth.Chapman (0-4) threw balls on 16 of his 28 pitches while walking Arenado, McKenry, Josh Rutledge and Charlie Culberson to cut the difference to 9-6. Pinch-hitter Wilin Rosario hit a sacrifice fly to left to cut the gap to two runs. Blackmon lined to right before Stubbs won it.One of Rockies' better hitters returned Sunday. 2013 National League batting champ Michael Cuddyer, who had missed the previous 60 games with a left shoulder fracture, went 1-for-5. He singled and scored during the two-run seventh, but couldn't save the team in the eighth. With two on and the Rockies trailing by two runs, Cuddyer grounded into a double play against Reds reliever Jonathan Broxton.Jay Bruce's two-run homer in the fourth off Rockies starter Jordan Lyles (five runs, five hits in five innings) and Kris Negron's leadoff shot in the sixth off reliever Franklin Morales helped the Reds to a 7-3 lead.Dickerson led off the seventh with his homer to deep center against Sam LeCure to cut the disadvantage to 7-5. Cuddyer, Arenado and McKenry all singled, with McKenry's hit coming off Jumbo Diaz. Rutledge, who had left six on base in his first three at-bats, then came through with a sacrifice fly, but Diaz escaped the inning by forcing Culberson to fly out to right and a Brandon Barnes foul popup.Thomas Harding / MLB.com
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