The Colorado Rockies can finally relax on the flight home.

Nolan Arenado hit a go-ahead homer with two outs in the 11th inning and the Colorado Rockies beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4 on Sunday thanks to an overturned replay review.

Arenado’s 29th homer of the season came off Brewers closer Corey Knebel (2-2) and helped the Rockies avoid a sweep, giving them a sigh of relief after finishing an otherwise tough Midwest trip losers of five of seven.

“These games, they’ve been extremely stressful,” Arenado said. “They’ve been tough on us. We needed to win that game.”

With Colorado closer Wade Davis struggling, the Brewers rallied for three runs in the ninth off Adam Ottavino in a save situation. Given a second chance, newly acquired reliever Seunghwan Oh closed out the Brewers in the 11th.

Scott Oberg (7-0) got the win, allowing a hit erased by a double play in the 10th.

Nothing came easy, though.

Oh allowed a hit to Travis Shaw to lead off the 11th. After getting Ryan Braun to fly out, Jonathan Schoop singled to put men on first and second.

Erik Kratz then hit a grounder, and Schoop was forced out at second. Kratz was initially ruled safe at first, but it took 58 seconds to overturn the call on video review, ending the game on the double play.

“Didn’t see it, I assume they got it right,” Kratz said. “We have to assume they got it right.”

It was Oh’s first save since coming from Toronto in a July 26 trade.

Davis, who blew consecutive save opportunities on Thursday and Friday, could only watch Ottavino do the same in a wild ninth inning.

“He had some unfortunate happenings around him,” Rockies manager Bud Black said.

Trailing 4-1, Mike Moustakas led off with a homer for the Brewers. After an out, Braun reached base on a catcher’s interference call, and with two outs and two strikes, Ottavino threw a wild pitch that Kratz swung at.

Kratz reached first on the swinging strikeout, and with new life, Orlando Arcia doubled to score Braun. With Kratz on third, Ottavino uncorked another wild pitch, allowing Kratz to score, tying it at 4-all and sending the game to extra innings.

GRAY GREAT

The blown save in the ninth erased a sterling performance by Rockies starter Jon Gray.

He allowed one run over eight innings, scattering four hits and two walks while striking out eight, including the final three batters he faced. In his last four starts, Gray has dropped his ERA more than a full point to 4.73 by allowing just five runs over 29 2/3 innings.

UP NEXT

Rockies: Colorado hopes left-hander Kyle Freeland (9-7, 3.20 ERA) finally finds success against Pittsburgh when the Rockies open a three-game set against the Pirates on Monday night. Freeland is 1-2 with a 6.32 ERA against Pittsburgh, including allowing five runs in an April 18 loss.

Brewers: Milwaukee has a day off on Monday before starting a three-game series against San Diego.

 

The Los Angeles Dodgers have regained a piece of the NL West lead by avoiding a three-game sweep of the Houston Astros.

Brian Dozier doubled home a pair of first-inning runs and Manny Machado had three hits as the Dodgers topped the Astros, 3-2. Walker Buehler overcame a pair of homers to pick up his fifth win, allowing four hits while fanning eight over 5 1/3 innings.

George Springer and Tony Kemp homered for the Astros, but Springer exited in the third with left thumb discomfort after he was thrown out trying to steal second base.

Losing pitcher Gerrit Cole struck out eight over five innings but fell to 10-4.

The outcome pulled the Dodgers even with the Diamondbacks and cut the Astros’ lead in the AL West to four games over Oakland.

Arizona suffered a 3-2 loss to the Giants on Evan Longoria’s solo blast in the eighth inning. Longoria also hit an RBI single and scored the Giants’ second run on Nick Hundley’s single.

Steven Souza Jr. homered for Arizona.

Oakland picked up its sixth straight win and completed a season sweep of the Tigers with a 6-0 shutout. Trevor Cahill struck out 10 over six innings, and Khris Davis and Matt Chapman each homered for the second straight game.

Matt Olson also smacked a round-tripper and Ramon Laureano added three hits and an RBI as the A’s beat Detroit for the 12th straight time since last season.

 

AROUND THE MAJORS SUNDAY

— The Red Sox completed a four-game sweep by scoring three times in the ninth before Andrew Benintendi’s RBI single gave them a 5-4 win over the Yankees. Aroldis Chapman blew a 4-1 lead in the ninth as J.D. Martinez hit a two-run single before a two-out error by second baseman Miguel Andujar brought in the winning run. Mookie Betts homered for the Bosox, who now lead the AL East by 9 1/2 games over the Yanks.

— The Indians’ 4-3 win over the Angels keeps Cleveland nine games ahead of second-place Minnesota in the AL Central. Jose Ramirez slammed his 33rd home run of the season, a three-run blast in the first inning. Shane Bieber (BEE’-bur) is 6-2 after limiting Los Angeles to two runs over 5 2/3s.

— Rookie Jake Cave hit his first career grand slam to put the Twins ahead to stay in a 6-5 win against the Royals. Ehire Adrianza added an RBI single in the fourth before scoring on Robbie Grossman’s double that put Minnesota ahead, 6-2. Fernando Rodney put three runners on base in the ninth and had the tying run at third before notching his 24th save.

— Asdrubal Cabrera launched a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning to give the Phillies a 5-3 victory and a four-game sweep of the Marlins. Philadelphia took a 3-0 lead on Odubel Herrera’s two-run single and Maikel Franco’s RBI single in the sixth, but Miami tied it on homers by Derek Dietrich and Justin Bour. The Phils’ fifth consecutive win keeps them atop the NL East by 1 1/2 games over the Braves.

— Atlanta beat the Mets, 5-4 on a 10th-inning homer by Nick Markakis. New York forced extra innings on Devin Mesoraco’s solo blast in the ninth before Markakis collected his fourth hit of the afternoon. Julio Tehran and Ender Inciarte also went deep after Austin Jackson’s round-tripper gave the Mets a 3-0 lead in the fourth.

— The Cubs erased a four-run deficit before Hunter Renfroe hit a two-run homer and Travis Jankowski added a two-run single in a four-run ninth that sent the Padres to a 10-6 win at Wrigley Field. Renfroe finished with three RBIs in helping the last-place Padres salvage a split of the four-game series. All-Star Jon Lester was tagged for five runs and eight hits in five innings, leaving him with a 6.81 ERA in seven starts since June 26.

— Kyle Seager and Nelson Cruz accounted for three home runs and drove in the Mariners’ runs in a 6-3 downing of the Blue Jays. Cruz belted a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the seventh and finished with four RBIs as Seattle halted a five game skid. Seager went deep twice in helping the M’s stay 2 ½ games behind Oakland for the final AL wild-card berth.

— Jack Flaherty cruised through six innings and Matt Carpenter hit another homer as the Cardinals nipped the Pirates, 2-1. Flaherty allowed three hits with seven strikeouts and one walk in his longest outing since July 3. Carpenter hit a solo shot in the fifth and Jedd Gyorko singled to drive in a run later that inning to give the Cardinals a 2-0 lead.

— Tanner Roark won his third consecutive start by allowing one run on seven hits over seven innings of the Nationals’ 2-1 decision over the Reds. Bryce Harper doubled home a run and had two hits, leaving him with a .367 average since the All-Star break. Matt Wieters homered in Washington’s eighth victory in 11 games.

— The White Sox capped their first three-game sweep of the season by beating the Rays, 8-7 on Daniel Palka’s two-run homer in the ninth. Avisail Garcia crushed a solo homer in a two-run fifth and made it 6-4 and added a solo shot during the seventh for his eighth career multi-homer game. Tampa Bay leads the majors with 26 one-run losses.

— The Orioles were 9-6 winners at Texas behind Mark Trumbo’s two home runs and five RBIs. Austin Wynns and Jonathan Villar also homered for Baltimore.