The Colorado Rockies rallied for four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning off the St. Louis Cardinals bullpen to beat the Cardinals 4-3. They Rockies had been held to only four hits in the first seven innings of the game by Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright but then they lit up the Cardinals bullpen.
Matt Holliday got the scoring started for the Rockies with a triple to deep right field that scored Omar Quintanilla. Ryan Spilborghs then singled to left field to score Holliday. Chris Iannetta then tripled to deep right field to score Garret Atkins and Spilborghs.
Rockies starting pitcher Jeff Francis ran into some trouble early in the game as he only pitched five innings. Francis gave up six hits and three runs including a home run in the fifth inning.
Ryan Speier ended up picking up the win as he pitched the eighth inning. Speier is now 1-1 on the season. Closer Brian Fuentes pitched the ninth inning to pick up his third save of the season.
