Fuentes homers, Rockies beat reeling Rangers 6-3

DENVER (AP) — Joshua Fuentes homered to back a strong outing from Antonio Senzatela as the Colorado Rockies beat Texas 6-3 on Wednesday night, the Rangers’ 14th straight road loss.

Fuentes also doubled, singled and scored three runs to rally the Rockies to their third consecutive win. Raimel Tapia had two doubles and an RBI single.

Texas has lost eight in a row overall, all on its current road trip that ends Thursday at Coors Field. Rangers manager Chris Woodward talked to his team after the game and had veterans speak as well.

“I said my piece and I asked some of the older guys to speak their mind,” Woodward said. “It was good for them to hear that things are going to get better. We have to stay together and make sure we remain unified in that clubhouse.”

Senzatela (2-5) allowed three runs — one earned — in 7 2/3 innings. He got 12 groundball outs.

“We have a good defense, so put the ball low and let the defense work,” Senzatela said.

The Rangers held a rare lead on the road after Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s RBI single in the third made it 1-0. Colorado tied it in the fourth when Fuentes scored from third on a groundout.

The Rockies took the lead in the fifth when Tapia led off with a double, moved to third on a sacrifice and scored on Ryan McMahon’s sacrifice fly.

Brock Holt’s two-out, two-run double in the sixth put Texas ahead 3-2, but a bloop double by Tapia off reliever Demarcus Evans (0-1) drove in two in the bottom of the inning to give Colorado the lead again.

“It’s frustrating. We’re going through it as a group,” Holt said. “It’s really hard whenever you’re grinding like we are, we’re working and things aren’t working out on the field.

“We haven’t won a road game in two road trips, so vibes haven’t been that great....

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