The Colorado Rockies have lost 11-8 to the Arizona Diamondbacks in a Major League Baseball wildcard playoff.
The Rockies had been resilient all season, scraping their way into the post-season after the best start in franchise history fizzled.
The Rockies were able to summon some of that resolve again in the National League wildcard playoff, but could not get out of an early hole in Wednesday's wild encounter.
The Rockies had an up-and-down regular season and their first playoff appearance since 2009 followed suit.
Colorado fell behind 6-0, roughed up one of baseball's best pitchers and rallied to pull within one twice.
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The Diamondbacks had to dig deep down in their bag of scoring tricks to beat the Rockies, needing two homers, 17 hits, a RBI bunt single by a catcher and the first run-scoring triple by a relief pitcher in big league history.
The Diamondbacks' scoring cornucopia sends them to the NL Division Series against the Dodgers, starting on Friday in Los Angeles.
