Bullpen continues to shine, Mostly.

For the second straight night, the Arizona bullpen was sharp, for the most part.

With the game tied at 2, Tony Pena had a little trouble in the 8th. Giving up a one-out double to Garrett Atkins, and then intentionally walking Todd Helton, he suddenly was on the verge of letting the game get out of hand. Matt Holiday woke up the Coors Field crowd with a line drive to Eric Byrnes, and then Scott Hairston made it all better by scooping up Brad Hawpe's single and throwing Atkins out at the plate with a PERFECT throw.

Pena retired the side in order in the bottom of the ninth, and Brandon Lyons came on in the bottom of the tenth to do the same.

After Stephen Drew gave the Diamondbacks the lead in the top of the 11th, on came the Big Potato. The Rockies were sure glad to see him! They had no trouble making contact-- every batter that faced him put the ball in play. He almost got out of it with a beautiful double play by Drew & Co., but then a failed (but valiant) attempt by Byrnes to catch a liner tied the game, and a ground ball touched (but not stopped) by Alberto Callapso dribbled into left field. Yep, Valverde managed to blow the save AND lose the game.

Still, what did we expect from him? Even when he's good, he's scary. He sure wasn't good or scary tonight.

WooHoo: Livan Hernandez pitched 7 strong innings.
Boooooo: D-backs put gloves on the last two balls hit by Colorado, both missed, runs scored.