By Theo DeRosa, contributor 
Final: Rockies 8, Phillies 3
DENVER—The idea of "momentum" in sports is debatable, but on Saturday night "Big Mo" was visible, flowing through the thin air in the Mile High City into the home dugout at Coors Field.
It all started on the second major league hit off the bat of Colorado starter Tyler Anderson, a two-run homer that brought the host Rockies even with the Phillies at 2–2 in the bottom of the fifth.
Energized by their pitcher's sudden proclivity with the bat, the Rockies proceeded to pile on six more in the sixth against Jerad Eickhoff; a three-run triple from Mark Reynolds really broke the game open as the Rockies took the third game of this four-game series, 8–3.
WP: Tyler Anderson (1-3, 3.03) ❖ LP: Jerad Eickhoff (6-10, 3.80) ❖ S: Jordan Lyles (1)
Hub: Game Summary ❖ Starting Pitchers ❖ At the Plate ❖ Bullpen ❖ What's Next
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| PHI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| COL |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 10 | 1 |
Tommy Joseph, who delivered Friday night with a three-run pinch-hit homer in the seventh, started off on fire Saturday. He hit a solo shot to nearly the same spot in left field as the previous night (a bit shorter, though) to open the scoring.
In the fourth, Joseph narrowly missed an opposite-field home run, settling for a leadoff double on a fly ball just below the top of the wall in right. After a flyout moved him over to third, Joseph scored on an RBI single from Carlos Ruiz.
Joseph singled in the fifth and eighth; he went 4-4, a triple short of the cycle; César Hernández finished 3-4.
These runs were the only blemishes on the start made by Anderson, only his sixth major league start. Anderson picked up his first MLB hit, a single, in the third; his second was the critical two-run homer, a line drive to right, in the fifth.
Eickhoff, who had been cruising along to the tune of four hits and no runs through 4.2 innings before the homer, imploded in the sixth. He allowed a single and a double to lead off the inning, then allowed the go-ahead run to score on a groundout. Eickhoff hit Trevor Story and walked Daniel Descalso to load the bases before Mark Reynolds walked to drive in a run. Tony Wolters snuck a liner past Joseph down the right-field line to clear the bases and make it 7–2, chasing Eickhoff.
Severino Gonzalez came in for the Phillies starter; he gave up a double to Brandon Barnes, scoring Wolters and putting the eighth and final run on Eickhoff's line for the night. In the seventh, he gave up a triple to Nolan Arenado, but stranded him on third.
Jordan Lyles pitched three innings in relief for Colorado, allowing a run in the eighth inning on an RBI groundout from Ruiz which scored Joseph.
Odubel Herrera, who didn't start Saturday after fouling a ball off his foot late in the game, pinch-hitting in the ninth and flying out to the warning track in center.
Lyles closed out the game for his first save, giving the Rockies a 2-1 edge in this series. The Phillies can earn the split in tomorrow's matinee; Zach Eflin, coming off his first complete game and MLB win, takes on Rockies ace Tyler Chatwood.
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerad Eickhoff | 5.1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3.80 |
| Tyler Anderson | 6.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.03 |
Phillies
- Tommy Joseph: 4-4, 3 R, 2B, HR, RBI, .258 AVG
- César Hernández: 3-4, .296 AVG
- Carlos Ruiz: 1-4, 2 RBI, .229 AVG
Rockies
- Tyler Anderson: 2-2, R, HR, 2 RBI, .167 AVG
- Tony Wolters: 2-4, 3B, 2 R, 3 RBI, .215 AVG
- D.J. LeMahieu: 2-4, R, .333 AVG
Bullpen
Royals
- Jordan Lyles (7th): 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO, 0 HR, 4.05 ERA
Phillies
- Severino Gonzalez (6th): 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO, 0 HR, 3.38 ERA
What's Next
- Sunday, July 10, 2016: at Colorado Rockies, 4:10 p.m.
- Coors Field
- RHP Zach Eflin (1-2, 4.30 ERA) vs. RHP Tyler Chatwood (8-4, 3.08 ERA)
- TV: CSN; Radio: SportsRadio 94 WIP
