DENVER -AP- Wilin Rosario hit a two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Colorado Rockies rallied to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-6 on Thursday night.Rosario finished with four hits to lift the Rockies into a fourth-place tie with Arizona in the NL West.Corey Dickerson led off the ninth with a single against Addison Reed (1-7). Two outs later Rosario, hit a towering drive into the seats in left to give the Rockies their third straight win. 
LaTroy Hawkins (4-3) pitched a perfect top of the ninth.Michael Cuddyer homered among his three hits for the Rockies.Jordan Pacheco and Ender Inciarte each had two hits and two RBIs for the Diamondbacks. Arizona came into the weekend series a game ahead of Colorado, which has been in the cellar since the All-Star break. The Rockies are trying to avoid a third straight last-place finish.Arizona starter Vidal Nuno allowed three runs on eight hits and struck out eight in 5 1/3 innings.Colorado rookie Yohan Flande was pulled after five innings and failed to get his first win in his ninth major league startArizona fell behind 1-0 on Cuddyer's eighth home run leading off the second. Inciarte's two-run single in the third gave the Diamondbacks a 2-1 lead, and then they scored four more in the sixth.The Rockies made it close with two runs in the sixth and two more in the eighth. Josh Rutledge lined out to right with two on and two out to end the eighth.
LaTroy Hawkins (4-3) pitched a perfect top of the ninth.Michael Cuddyer homered among his three hits for the Rockies.Jordan Pacheco and Ender Inciarte each had two hits and two RBIs for the Diamondbacks. Arizona came into the weekend series a game ahead of Colorado, which has been in the cellar since the All-Star break. The Rockies are trying to avoid a third straight last-place finish.Arizona starter Vidal Nuno allowed three runs on eight hits and struck out eight in 5 1/3 innings.Colorado rookie Yohan Flande was pulled after five innings and failed to get his first win in his ninth major league startArizona fell behind 1-0 on Cuddyer's eighth home run leading off the second. Inciarte's two-run single in the third gave the Diamondbacks a 2-1 lead, and then they scored four more in the sixth.The Rockies made it close with two runs in the sixth and two more in the eighth. Josh Rutledge lined out to right with two on and two out to end the eighth.
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