Jorge De La Rosa allowed only three hits over eight innings Wednesday and Colorado survived a shaky ninth inning for a key 4-3 win over San Francisco. The Rockies salvaged the finale of a three-game series, ended a four-game losing streak and boosted their lead over the Giants to 3 1/2 games in the National League wild-card race. Colorado also remained five games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers for the lead in the NL West. De La Rosa (15-9) has suffered only two losses since the All-Star Game and came through with one of the clutch efforts of the season for the Rockies.

Jorge De La Rosa threw eight shutout innings Friday and the Colorado Rockies opened a 10-game homestand with a 5-0 blanking of Arizona. The Diamondbacks, who committed three errors and had only four hits, have lost eight of their last nine. De La Rosa (5-7) won his third straight start.

Jorge De La Rosa struck out eight over six innings Wednesday and Colorado rallied from an early deficit to down Milwaukee 4-2. Colorado extended its winning streak to seven games and handed the division-leading Brewers their third straight loss. De La Rosa (2-6) gave up both Milwaukee runs on four hits and the Colorado bullpen gave up one hit over the final three innings.

The Arizona Diamondbacks acquired slugger Richie Sexson from Milwaukee on Monday in a nine-player deal that sends infielder Craig Counsell, second baseman Junior Spivey to the Brewers.