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Marcell Ozuna and Paul DeJong also hit two-run
home runs for the Cardinals, who won for the 10th time in 13
games. They remained a half-game behind the first-place Chicago
Cubs in the National League Central.
Cardinals reliever Dominic Leone (1-0), just recalled from
Triple-A Memphis, pitched a scoreless seventh inning to earn the
victory.
Carlos Martinez, the fifth Cardinals pitcher, worked around two
ninth-inning walks to earn his 15th save.
Rockies reliever Yency Almonte (0-1) allowed Fowler's decisive
homer and suffered the loss.
Both starting pitchers lasted six innings. German Marquez
allowed four runs on six hits for the Rockies and Miles Mikolas
allowed five runs on eight hits for the Cardinals.
The Rockies got to Mikolas for two runs in the second inning.
Singles by Daniel Murphy, Raimel Tapia and Ryan McMahon produced
one run and Tony Wolters' sacrifice fly scored the second.
The Cardinals tied the game 2-2 in the fourth inning when Paul
Goldschmidt hit a single and Ozuna launched the ball into the
third deck of the left field stands.
That was Ozuna's first home run in 12 games.
Nolan Arenado answered that blast in the fifth inning with a
three-run homer that gave the Rockies a 5-2 lead. Arenado has
seven homers and 13 RBIs in his last 10 games.
But DeJong's homer with one on in the sixth inning to cut
Colorado's margin to 5-4 and Fowler's two-run blast in the
seventh pushed the Cardinals ahead 6-5.
Fowler has driven home 15 runs in his last 11 games.
Before the game, the Cardinals sent reliever Junior Fernandez to
Memphis to make room for Leone.
The Rockies also made a pitching adjustment before this game. To
replace injured starter Kyle Freeland, the Rockies summoned
reliever Wes Parsons from Triple-A Albuquerque.
--Field Level Media
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