Rockies mount eighth-inning rally to beat Cardinals 10-8

Ryan McMahon hit a tiebreaking double in a five-run eighth inning, and the Colorado Rockies used a two-out rally to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-8 on Thursday in Denver.Charlie Blackmon homered and drove in three runs for Colorado, which began the comeback after Cardinals reliever Ryan Fernandez (1-6) retired the first two batters of the eighth.With Colorado trailing 8-5, Jake Cave tripled and scored on Aaron Schunk’s second single of the day. Blackmon walked, Ezequiel Tovar tied the game with a double to center and McMahon doubled to right to score Tovar. Michael Toglia capped the rally with a double off the wall in center.Toglia finished with three hits and McMahon, Tovar, Cave and Schunk contributed two hits apiece. Angel Chivilli (2-3) pitched one inning of relief and Seth Halvorsen picked up his second save for the Rockies (61-98).The comeback spared starter Kyle Freeland the loss after he allowed six runs — four earned — on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings. St. Louis starter Kyle Gibson gave up five runs (four earned) on five hits in four innings.Lars Nootbaar and Paul Goldschmidt hit back-to-back home runs and Ivan Herrera and Pedro Pages also went deep for the Cardinals (81-78). Nootbaar, Jordan Walker and Victor Scott II finished with two hits apiece for St. Louis.Nootbaar and Goldschmidt homered back to back in the first to give the Cardinals a 2-0 lead. It was Nootbaar’s 11th of the season and the 22nd for Goldschmidt.