Tapia’s solo HR in 9th lifts Rockies over Phillies 5-4

<p>DENVER &mdash; Raimel Tapia hit a solo home run with one out in the ninth inning and Colorado Rockies rallied past the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 on Friday night.</p>
<p>Trevor Story, C.J. Cron and Garrett Hampson also homered for Colorado, which has won three straight.</p>
<p>The Rockies trailed by two runs twice before Tapia ended it with a shot over the scoreboard in right off closer Hector Neris (1-2). It was his third of the season.</p>
<p>Mychal Givens (1-1) pitched the top of the ninth to earn the win.</p>
<p>Philadelphia led 2-0 but solo homers by Story — his first of the season — and Cron in the fourth tied it. </p>
<p>The Phillies made it 4-2 in the seventh on Andrew McCutchen’s sacrifice fly and a homer by Rhys Hoskins, his fourth. The Rockies got within a run in the bottom half and Hampson tied it with a solo homer in the eighth.</p>
<p>Vince Velasquez started for Philadelphia with left-hander Matt Moore on the COVID-19 list. It was Velasquez’s first start of the season and fourth appearance, and he left after allowing two runs on five hits in four innings.</p>
<p>Colorado starter German Marquez gave up two runs on six hits and struck out eight in six innings.</p>
<p>TRAINER’S ROOM</p>
<p>Phillies: INF Brad Miller was scratched from the lineup with a stiff neck. … Manager Joe Girardi said he expects Moore as well as LHP Jose Alvarado and INF Ronald Torreyes — also on the COVID-19 list — to join the team in St. Louis early next week. … Bullpen coach Dave Lundquist and hitting coach Joe Dillon rejoined the team in Colorado. Both had been on the COVID-19 list. Third base coach Dusty Wathan, staff assistant Bobby Meacham and first base coach Paco Figueroa are still on the COVID-19 list.</p>
<p>Rockies: LHP Kyle Freeland (strained left shoulder) threw on the side Friday and is expected to have his first bullpen session on Saturday, manager Bud Black said. … INF Brendan Rodgers (right hamstring strain) is doing some activities but has not started running on the grass.</p>
<p>GREGORIUS RETURNS</p>
<p>Shortstop Didi Gregorius was back in the Phillies lineup after missing three games with inflammation in his right elbow. Gregorius said his kidney disorder, discovered in 2011, delayed his return.</p>
<p>“When I have inflammation it doesn’t go away. That’s one of the things I’ve been dealing with,” he said before the game. “If I get hit by a pitch it stays swollen for like a week or two, so that’s why I try not to get hit.”</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Philadelphia RHP Aaron Nola (1-1, 2.19 ERA) will face Colorado RHP Antonio Senzatela (1-3, 5.40) on Saturday in the second of the three-game weekend series.</p>
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