Rockies 4, Cardinals 3
DENVER -- Nolan Arenado homered, Jorge De La Rosa tossed seven strong innings, and the Colorado Rockies rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-3 Tuesday night.
Rockies second baseman DJ LeMahieu had three hits in the game, which began after a 1-hour, 7-minute rain delay.
Shortstop Jhonny Peralta and center fielder Peter Bourjos homered for St. Louis (38-21). Cardinals starter Michael Wacha (8-2) allowed four runs on eight hits tied a career high with 10 strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.
De La Rosa (3-2) allowed two runs on three hits and two walks while striking out eight to win his second consecutive start. Closer John Axford pitched a scoreless ninth for his 11th save.
Peralta gave Wacha a 2-0 lead in the top of the sixth with his 10th home run, a towering shot that went off the second deck in right-center field above the Rockies' bullpen.
In the bottom of the inning, Arenado followed left fielder Carlos Gonzalez's single with a home run to deep left field to tie it at 2-all. It was the third baseman's 15th of the season.
The Rockies (27-30) took the lead in the seventh. Pinch hitter Wilin Rosario singled with one out and scored on a double by LeMahieu. Wacha intentionally walked shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, and Gonzalez followed with an RBI single to left off reliever Randy Choate.
Bourjos homered off lefty Boone Logan to lead off the eighth to cut the deficit to a run. The Cardinals loaded the bases with two outs, but reliever Scott Oberg got catcher Yadier Molina to fly out to end the threat.
St. Louis managed just a pair of walks by first baseman Mark Reynolds in the first four innings before getting to De La Rosa in the fifth. Right fielder Randal Grichuk, who led off with a single, was caught in a rundown that allowed left fielder Jon Jay to get to second. Jay scored on Bourjos' single up the middle for the first run of the game.
De La Rosa got out of the inning when he retired Wacha on a grounder. During the at-bat, a Rockies trainer came out to look at De La Rosa's pitching hand. The lefty, bothered by a swollen finger in his past few starts, stayed in the game.
NOTES: The Cardinals placed LF Matt Holliday on the 15-day disabled list after an MRI revealed a Grade 2 strain of his right quadriceps. Holliday was injured chasing down a flyball in the second inning of Monday's loss to the Rockies. St. Louis recalled RHP Miguel Socolovich from Triple-A. ... The Rockies recalled OF Kyle Parker from Triple-A Albuquerque and optioned RHP Eddie Butler to the Isotopes. Parker was hitting .275 with seven home runs and 33 RBIs in the minors. ... Manager Mike Matheny's son, Tate, an outfielder, was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the fourth round of the draft Tuesday. ... Colorado OF Corey Dickerson (plantar fasciitis) rejoined the team. He has been on the 15-day DL since May 19 and could be activated soon.