SCOTTSDALE, AZ - MARCH 05: Eric Young #1 of the Colorado Rockies runs the bases during the spring training game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick on March 5, 2012 in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
The Rockies beat the Diamondbacks in their 2nd Spring Training game today by a score of 6-5. It definitely looked like a Spring Training game, too, as both teams combined for 6 errors, 2 directly leading to runs (1 for each team).
Jhoulys Chacin got the start for Colorado, and didn't have his best stuff. Chacin allowed 3 runs (1ER) over his 2IP of work, while striking out a guy, walking a guy, and allowing a home run. He also had 4 groundouts to 1 flyout, so that's very promising.
Christian Friedrich came in behind Chacin for his own 2 innings, allowing 0 runs on 1 hit and 2 punchouts.
Matt Belisle and Josh Sullivan also tossed scoreless frames, Sullivan getting the win.
It was a game of many heroes. Nolan Arenado and Johnny Herrera both had RBI doubles, Chad Tracy hit a sac fly, and Ben Paulsen, true to Spring Training form, hit a homer and not just any homer, but the kind of homer that when hit in the bottom of the 9th inning breaks a tie and allows the players to simply WALK OFF the field.
Box Score and Video after the jump.
| AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | |
| Young, CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 |
| Matthes, RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scutaro, 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Colvin, CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gonzalez, C, LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brown, A, LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Giambi, DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1-Nelson, C, PR-DH | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.25 |
| Pacheco, C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Nieves, C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 |
| Rosario, W, C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Blackmon, RF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Harris, 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Arenado, 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.333 |
| Wood, Br, 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tracy, C, 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paulsen, 1B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.333 |
| Herrera, SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Field, SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 32 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
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