PHOENIX -- With one swing of the bat, Jake Lamb saved Arizona from a completely frustrating Friday night, as his first career grand slam led the D-backs past the Rockies, 5-2, at Chase Field.Lamb's slam came during a wild eighth inning.Reliever Rex Brothers started the inning for the Rockies and walked the first three batters he faced.The Rockies then went to Adam Ottavino and he got Mark Trumbo to hit a tapper back to the mound for a forceout at the plate, and then fanned Miguel Montero. 
One out away from getting out of the nasty jam with the Rockies ahead, 2-1, Ottavino left a 97-mph fastball out over the plate and Lamb hit it into the overhang just to the left of the batter's eye in center.The game started out as a pitcher's duel between Josh Collmenter and Christian Bergman.Collmenter allowed a single to Charlie Blackmon to open the game before retiring the next 18 batters. He would not allow another runner to reach until Drew Stubbs bunted for a hit with one out in the seventh.However, with Collmenter's inning total already exceeding that of last season, D-backs manager Kirk Gibson decided to remove the pitcher after the bunt. Collmenter allowed two hits and struck out five while throwing 81 pitches.Bergman weaved his way in and out of trouble as he allowed five walks and a pair of hits over 5 1/3 innings.The D-backs did not get their first hit of the game until Collmenter doubled to right-center with two outs in the fifth.The D-backs scored the game's first run in the sixth when David Peralta tripled with one out and scored when reliever Christian Friedrich uncorked a wild pitch.The lead did not last long as Nolan Arenado doubled home Stubbs after he reached on the bunt single in the seventh. Then in the top of the eighth the Rockies took a 2-1 lead when Blackmon's sacrifice fly scored Josh Rutledge.Steve Gilbert / MLB.com
One out away from getting out of the nasty jam with the Rockies ahead, 2-1, Ottavino left a 97-mph fastball out over the plate and Lamb hit it into the overhang just to the left of the batter's eye in center.The game started out as a pitcher's duel between Josh Collmenter and Christian Bergman.Collmenter allowed a single to Charlie Blackmon to open the game before retiring the next 18 batters. He would not allow another runner to reach until Drew Stubbs bunted for a hit with one out in the seventh.However, with Collmenter's inning total already exceeding that of last season, D-backs manager Kirk Gibson decided to remove the pitcher after the bunt. Collmenter allowed two hits and struck out five while throwing 81 pitches.Bergman weaved his way in and out of trouble as he allowed five walks and a pair of hits over 5 1/3 innings.The D-backs did not get their first hit of the game until Collmenter doubled to right-center with two outs in the fifth.The D-backs scored the game's first run in the sixth when David Peralta tripled with one out and scored when reliever Christian Friedrich uncorked a wild pitch.The lead did not last long as Nolan Arenado doubled home Stubbs after he reached on the bunt single in the seventh. Then in the top of the eighth the Rockies took a 2-1 lead when Blackmon's sacrifice fly scored Josh Rutledge.Steve Gilbert / MLB.com
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