DENVER (AP) Merrill Kelly threw his first career complete game, Ildemaro Vargas was 4 for 5 with a double and two RBIs and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 9-1 on Friday night.
Kelly (3-3) allowed four hits and had three strikeouts without a walk. The 37-year-old right-hander threw 100 pitches, 73 for strikes, in the fourth complete game in the majors this season.
He’s the oldest pitcher to throw a complete game in the big leagues since St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Adam Wainwright in 2022. Kelly is also the second-oldest pitcher in D-backs history to accomplish the feat behind Randy Johnson.
Gabriel Moreno drove in three runs, and Ryan Waldschmidt had two RBIs as Arizona opened a stretch of 13 games against only the Rockies and San Francisco Giants. The Diamondbacks are 21-22.
Moreno and Corbin Carroll added two hits apiece, and Nolan Arenado went 1 for 1 with an RBI double and four walks.
Vargas hit a run-scoring single that sparked Arizona’s six-run first inning.
Colorado’s Kyle Freeland (1-5) gave up seven runs and eight hits and walked four in 3 2/3 innings.
Hunter Goodman hit his 11th homer of the season in the first for the Rockies. Moniak and Ezequiel Tovar each doubled.
Arizona made it 2-1 in the seventh on Lourdes Gurriel Jr.’s sacrifice fly and Moreno’s double.
Arizona LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (4-0, 2.25 ERA) was scheduled to start Saturday against Tomoyuki Sugano (3-3, 4.07).
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#5| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Marte 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .209 |
| C. Carroll RF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .271 |
| G. Perdomo SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .217 |
| N. Arenado 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .279 |
| I. Vargas 1B | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .347 |
| L. Gurriel LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .200 |
| T. Tawa PR-LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .152 |
| G. Moreno C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .228 |
| J. Fernandez DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .265 |
| R. Waldschmidt CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .273 |
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Julien 1B-2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .237 |
| M. Moniak LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .306 |
| H. Goodman C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .247 |
| T. Rumfield DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| T. Johnston RF-1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .318 |
| J. McCarthy CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 |
| W. Castro 2B-SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .225 |
| E. Tovar SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .203 |
| a- S. Thompson PH-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| K. Karros 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .221 |
- a-grounded out for Tovar in the 8th
- 2B – N. Arenado (7), I. Vargas (8), G. Moreno (7), J. Fernandez (4)
- SF – L. Gurriel
- RBI – I. Vargas 2 (30), L. Gurriel (7), G. Moreno 3 (12), J. Fernandez (13), R. Waldschmidt 2 (5)
- 2-Out RBI – I. Vargas 2 (2), G. Moreno 2 (2), J. Fernandez, R. Waldschmidt 2 (2)
- Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out – K. Marte, L. Gurriel 2 (2), J. Fernandez, R. Waldschmidt
- 2B – M. Moniak (9), E. Tovar (9)
- HR – H. Goodman (11)
- RBI – H. Goodman (19)
- 2-Out RBI – H. Goodman
- Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out – T. Rumfield, K. Karros
- SB – C. Carroll (6), R. Waldschmidt
- Outfield Assist – M. Moniak
- E – K. Karros (4)
| PITCHERS | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Kelly(W, 3-3) | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5.91 |
| PITCHERS | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Freeland(L, 1-5) | 3.2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7.22 |
| Z. Agnos | 4.1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5.59 |
| S. Halvorsen | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.80 |
- Pitches-Strikes – M. Kelly 100-73
- Ground Balls-Fly Balls – M. Kelly 13-8
- Batters Faced – M. Kelly 31
- Pitches-Strikes – K. Freeland 81-50, Z. Agnos 57-41, S. Halvorsen 25-15
- Ground Balls-Fly Balls – K. Freeland 5-4, Z. Agnos 5-5, S. Halvorsen 2-0
- Batters Faced – K. Freeland 22, Z. Agnos 17, S. Halvorsen 5
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