Colorado's Ezequiel Tovar hit a tie-breaking eighth inning home run and the Rockies rallied from an early four-run deficit to defeat the host Baltimore Orioles 6-5 in Friday night's series opener between two teams that have mostly struggled this year.

Rockies: Antonio Senzatela (4-13, 6.41 ERA, 1.83 WHIP, 52 strikeouts); Orioles: Trevor Rogers (3-1, 1.74 ERA, 0.87 WHIP, 35 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The Baltimore Orioles play the Colorado Rockies looking to break their three-game home slide.

The Colorado Rockies and host Baltimore Orioles are dealing with extremes heading into the second game of their three-game series on Saturday.