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The 37-year-old right-hander threw 100 pitches, 73 for strikes, in the fourth complete game in the majors this season.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel Moreno drove in three runs, and Ryan Waldschmidt had two RBIs as Arizona opened a stretch of 13 games against only the Rockies and San Francisco Giants. The Diamondbacks are 21-22.<\/p>\n<p>Moreno and Corbin Carroll added two hits apiece, and Nolan Arenado went 1 for 1 with an RBI double and four walks.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Vargas hit a run-scoring single that sparked Arizona\u2019s six-run first inning.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado\u2019s Kyle Freeland (1-5) gave up seven runs and eight hits and walked four in 3 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Goodman hit his 11th homer of the season in the first for the Rockies. Moniak and Ezequiel Tovar each doubled.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona made it 2-1 in the seventh on Lourdes Gurriel Jr.\u2019s sacrifice fly and Moreno\u2019s double.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Up next<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arizona LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (4-0, 2.25 ERA) was scheduled to start Saturday against Tomoyuki Sugano (3-3, 4.07).<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/MLB<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=1018\">Cannes and the H\u00f4tel Martinez await a \u2018White Lotus\u2019 close-up<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=1020\">Such great heights: They\u2019re tall, they\u2019re proud \u2014 and they\u2019re getting together<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=1022\">Journey of a lifetime: A US teen Buddhist lama is now a monk studying in the Himalayan foothills<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DENVER | Merrill Kelly threw his first career complete game, Ildemaro Vargas was 4 for 5 with a double and two RBIs and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Colorado Rockies 9-1 on Friday night. 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