The road trip struggles continued for the Colorado Rockies, who got off to a fast start against the Arizona Diamondbacks but blew a 4-1 lead in the opener of a three-game series.
Rockies move a half game ahead of the Giants in the wild-card race and have won five of their past six games, nine of their past 12 and 31 of 42 since June 3.
The Rockies, who blew a four-run lead Saturday, blew a three-run lead as they lost consecutive games for the first time since June 23-24 and saw their steak of four consecutive series wins at home end.
Rockies six-game winning streak at Coors Field ends as Peralta blows first save in eighth-inning meltdown
Jorge De La Rosa, perhaps pitching to keep his spot in the starting rotation, pitched one of the best games of his career and helped the Rockies to their second shutout in the past three games.




