Bettis (3-2) struck out five against five hits and two walks, and allowed multiple baserunners just twice -- in the first, when he induced a Shane Peterson inning-ending grounder, and in the seventh, before departing. Bettis forced 10 ground-ball outs. After giving up eight runs and a .302 batting average over 10 innings in his previous two starts, Bettis yielded his only run on Adam Lind's 10th homer of the season, in the sixth.
Charlie Blackmon gave the Rockies a 3-0 lead in the fifth with his ninth homer of the season, a two-run shot off Kyle Lohse (3-9), who gave up three runs on four hits and fanned five over six innings.