The Rockies had lost 11 straight going into Thursday's game, which had a 1-hour, 25-minute rain delay in the sixth inning. Because the Rockies endured three rainouts and a rain-shortened game during their last homestand, it had been 16 days since the last victory.
Had Gonzalez had not swatted Yimi Garcia's 94-mph fastball into the right-center-field seats, the Rockies would enter Friday against Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw trying to avoid matching the franchise's record losing streak, set in the club's inaugural year of 1993.
"That's the last thing we want everybody to write or talk about," Gonzalez said.