DENVER -- After Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez opened the bottom of the ninth with singles, Ben Paulsen delivered a walk-off single to hand the Rockies an 8-7 win over the Rangers in Monday's series opener at Coors Field, the Rockies' fifth straight home win.
"I was just trying to have a good at-bat," said Paulsen, who atoned for his fifth-inning mental error, forgetting how many outs there were and allowing an extra run to score. "I wasn't going, 'I've got to get a hit here.' It was, 'If I put a good swing on it, good things happen.