STORY’S WALK-OFF HOMER SEALS WIN FOR ROCKIES

Sometimes, even against the worst team in baseball, you’ve got to rely on your big guns to get the job done.

That’s exactly what the Rockies did Friday against the Orioles at Coors Field, when freshly recalled right-hander Jeff Hoffman was hit around but ultimately bailed out by two homers apiece from Nolan Arenado and Trevor Story. Story’s second dinger was a two-run, walk-off shot to complete Colorado’s 8-6 comeback win.

Arenado got the Rockies going with a solo homer in the first, but the Orioles struck right back by plating three off Hoffman in the second. First, Keon Broxton’s two-run homer in his Baltimore debut made it 2-1, and then the Orioles tacked on another via Pedro Severino’s RBI double.

Hoffman’s night went further downhill over the next two frames, as a Dwight Smith Jr.’s blast into the Baltimore bullpen in the third and Jonathan Villar’s RBI double in the fifth pushed the visitors’ lead to 5-1. It was the Orioles’ first game at Coors Field in nearly 15 years, and birds were very much enjoying it with six extra-base hits off Hoffman.

But Colorado didn’t fade into the LoDo night, responding with a pair of two-out runs in the bottom of the inning. That included Brendan Rodgers’ first career Coors Field RBI as the score was cut to 5-3.

Hoffman was chased after five innings of work, and the Orioles then got to right-handed reliever Jairo Diaz via a Renato Nunez solo shot in the seventh to make it 6-3. But the game’s biggest momentum swing came after the fans stretched.

Story mashed a two-out, tworun homer off Shawn Armstrong, becoming the quickest a shortstop has reached 100 home runs in major league history. The 26year-old did so in his 448th game, eclipsing the 470 games Alex Rodriguez needed to achieve the mark. The only other shortstop to reach 100 homers in fewer than 500 games was Nomar Garciaparra (491).

A pitch after Story’s historic dinger, Arenado blasted his second home run of the game. It was the third time the Rockies have gone back-to-back this year, and the 419-foot stroke tied the game 6-6 before Story’s decisive stroke off Mychal Givens in the ninth.

Matthew Stockman, Getty Images Rockies shortstop Trevor Story is met at home plate by his teammates after hitting a two-run walk-off home run in the ninth inning against the Orioles at Coors Field on Friday. It was Story’s second homer of the night.

Matthew Stockman, Getty Images Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado celebrates as he crosses home plate after hitting a home run Friday.

David Zalubowski, The Associated Press Trevor Story follows the flight of his 100th career home run in the seventh inning Friday.