DENVER -- Rockies fans have gotten their money’s worth lately, as Colorado has played 11 innings or more in each of its last three nail-biting games, winning two of the three, including Friday night's 3-2 walk-off win over the Phillies at Coors Field.

A two-out pinch-hit, game-tying homer in the bottom of the ninth from Jacob Stallings snatched a victory from the hands of the Phillies and tied the game for the Rockies in the series opener Friday night. After Phillies closer José Alvarado struck out the first two batters in the inning, Stallings took the first pitch he saw -- a 97 mph sinker -- and drove it 427 feet over the left field wall to tie the game and send it to extra innings. It was his first pinch-hit homer in his career and just the third time in Rockies history a pinch-hitter has homered to tie the game with two outs in the ninth or later. Sam Hilliard (Sept. 28, 2019) and Larry Walker (July 17, 1999) are the other two players to accomplish the feat.

“It was a really cool moment that ranks up there as one of my favorites,” Stallings said. “It was fun contributing to the win.”

The score remained knotted until the bottom of the 11th. With the automatic runner, Brenton Doyle, on second, Gregory Soto intentionally walked the first hitter then walked Ryan McMahon to load the bases. Ezequiel Tovar singled down the left field line to seal the victory.

“Honestly, it's extremely fun in those situations,” Tovar said of his performance in high-pressure situations. “I'd be lying to you if I said I wasn’t nervous in those at-bats. But in that situation, I just tried to get a hit up the middle.”

Tovar finished 4-for-6 with a double and two RBIs. It was his second career walk-off and his first four-hit game.

“It's really fun watching a player grow into an All-Star-type player in the making,” manager Bud Black said.

The late inning heroics were made possible by starting pitcher Ty Blach’s masterful performance on the mound, and with even a modest amount of run support, he could have been in line for his first win in his fourth start of the season. He settled for his first quality start of the year.

“We needed one like that,” Blach said of the extra-innings walk-off. “Yesterday was a tough loss, and for the guys to come back and battle like that, for Stallings to come up huge there with that homer in the bottom of the ninth, it gave the guys some life. And the bullpen -- to shut it down from the seventh inning on, that was awesome.”

It was Blach’s longest outing of the year, and perhaps his most efficient, needing only 78 pitches (58 strikes) to get through 6 2/3 innings. Blach allowed two runs on a pair of fifth inning solo shots by Nick Castellanos and Edmundo Sosa, scattering three other hits and one walk while striking out two.

“The pitch to Castellanos was a mistake,” Blach said. “It was a hanging breaking ball, and I didn't quite get it down. The one that Sosa hit was a really good pitch. That was a good swing.”

Blach retired the first 10 batters he faced before yielding a single up the middle to J.T. Realmuto in the fourth.

“When I'm right, that's how things are going,” Blach said. “It's attacking the zone, changing speeds, in and out. We were able to get both sides of the plate going. My changeup was good tonight, and we were able to keep those guys off balance.”

The Rockies rallied in the bottom of the inning, with a one out double to center from Hunter Goodman, a single to left from Alan Trejo, and a run-scoring single to center from Tovar.

Matt Carasiti, Nick Mears and Tyler Kinley combined for 4 1/3 scoreless innings out of the bullpen, allowing just two hits and a walk with five strikeouts. Mears loaded the bases in the 10th, then struck out Kyle Schwarber, who entered the game with six homers and 18 RBIs in 14 career games at Coors Field, and ended the inning on a dribbler to first from Realmuto.

Tyler Kinley earned the win in the 11th, striking out Johan Rojas and Alec Bohm as he retired the side in order.