Rockies Defeat Diamondbacks

John Thomson retired the first 14 Arizona batters and finished with a four-hitter as the Colorado Rockies defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks, 5-2, Thursday night.

Thomson (5-5) struck out six of the first 14 batters he faced and had a perfect game until Jay Bell homered with two outs in the fifth. Karim Garcia followed with a single, but was caught stealing.

Thomson struck out a career-high 11 in his first complete game of the season and third of his career.

Dante Bichette had three RBIs, including a two-run homer, and Mike Lansing broke out of a 12-for-88 slump (.136) with three hits for Colorado.

Until Bell’s homer, the Diamondbacks had hit only one ball out of the infield, a pop fly to short left field by Travis Lee in the 4th.

Colorado went ahead 1-0 in the first when Lansing singled, went to second on a groundout and scored on Larry Walker’s double off Omar Daal (1-4).