DENVER — Pinch-hitter Sam Hilliard tied the score with a two-run homer in the ninth inning and Brenton Doyle delivered a game-winning single in the 10th as the Colorado Rockies rallied to beat the Chicago Cubs 6-5 on Saturday night.
Michael Toglia homered, Charlie Blackmon had three hits and Doyle drove in three runs for the last-place Rockies, who took their second consecutive game from Chicago.
Cody Bellinger and Pete Crow-Armstrong each hit a solo homer for the Cubs, who are six games behind the Braves and Mets for the third NL wild card.
The Rockies trailed 5-3 going into the bottom of the ninth, and their first two batters struck out against reliever Porter Hodge. But then Hunter Goodman drew a walk to bring up Hilliard, who was batting for Jordan Beck.
''He obviously pitched to two great hitters," Cubs manager Craig Counsell said. ''Goodman had a good at-bat to work a walk. And Hilliard, give him credit. I don't think he's given up a homer to a left-handed hitter this year.''
Hilliard took the first pitch for a ball before driving the next one over the right-center fence and into the Rockies' bullpen to tie it. It was his fifth career pinch-hit homer and his eighth overall this season. ''The main thing I was telling myself is, just be relaxed,'' Hilliard said. ''Just put a good at-bat together. If you just touch the ball, it's gonna go, so I was trying to get on that guy's fastball because it was playing up and had a little bit of cut to it. He just threw it right there, right in the middle of the plate, and I put a good swing on it. It's a good feeling.''
Doyle's clean single to left field off Drew Smyly (3-8) in the 10th scored automatic runner Aaron Schunk to end it.
''I wanted a pitch up in the zone, and he threw me a curveball up in the zone that started up and I just put a good swing on it,'' Doyle said. ''I didn't want to beat anything into the ground, so I knew to elevate something a little bit, and that's what I did.''