DENVER -- Such is life for the Rockies these days. A rousing 5-4 victory over the Giants will be remembered unhappily for the sight of All-Star outfielder David Dahl lying stricken on the center-field turf after his right foot/ankle turned painfully as he made a sliding sixth-inning catch.

The Rockies got a solo homer from Trevor Story and a two-run shot from Ryan McMahon, who had three hits. The victory, brought home on a seventh-inning double by Dahl’s replacement, Ian Desmond, put a fresh face on August after a 9-16 July -- the worst full-month performance in the team’s 27-season history.

However, it was more bad injury luck for Dahl, who has already lost significant time with three injuries in the last three years, and yet another calamity in an awful time for the Rockies. After the game, manager Bud Black said X-rays were negative and it appeared to be an ankle sprain, with a trip to the injured list likely.

“It definitely feels good to get the win,” McMahon said. “I was thinking about him the whole time after that. I would be lying if I said I was easily focused back on the game.”

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With the Rockies down, 4-2, and one out in the sixth, Dahl dashed toward right-center for Scooter Gennett's knuckling line drive. The ball wavered against Dahl's momentum, and his right foot became stuck beneath him as he attempted to reverse his momentum. Dahl hung on to the ball but writhed on the ground in agony.

Multiple Rockies went to comfort Dahl. An instantly famous photo of third baseman Nolan Arenado holding Dahl close to his chest made the wires and cyberspace.

“With anybody close to you, a close friend or whatever, you’re always concerned,” Arenado said, as Dahl entered the clubhouse on crutches. “To see someone in pain like that, it’s hard to see anybody like that.”

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Desmond entered the game in left field and Raimel Tapia moved to center. After experimenting most of the year with Desmond in center, Black began playing Dahl -- a natural center fielder -- in the middle during the team's most recent road trip.

Desmond’s double stood as Scott Oberg, in his first game as closer in Wade Davis’ stead, pitched a scoreless ninth. With two on, Oberg worked a double play from Mike Yastrzemski, who homered earlier, to end the game.

Dahl missed the entire 2017 season with a stress reaction in a rib that also created a back injury. Last year -- before his nine-homer, 27-RBI September lifted the Rockies into the postseason -- he ended up with a fractured right foot when he fouled a pitch off it against the Giants on May 30 and didn't return until Aug. 5. This season, Dahl missed eight games in April with a core injury.

His rough history with injury goes back to the Minors, when he missed most of his 2013 season in low-A with a hamstring injury and had to have his spleen removed in 2015 when he collided with a teammate while chasing a fly ball during a Double-A game.

Dahl, who declined to address the media until Saturday, extended his hit streak to 10 games -- his second-longest, behind a 17-gamer to begin his career in 2016 -- with a first-inning single.

But at least July is over. And the Rockies hope that maybe they’re also past the Purple Malaise, a 13-under-.500 performance from mid-June through July.

“July was pretty bad -- we felt we could play way better, but we didn’t,” Story said. “That’s how we segment the season, by months. Flip the page on July. Now we’re on to August.”