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The only win produced by the Rockies during the six-game homestand at Coors came with some drama and a lot of water on Sunday afternoon.

Rain began to fall in downtown Denver with the Padres and Rockies locked in a 3-3 tie heading into the ninth inning. The rain only intensified in the top of the ninth when Ha-Seong Kim scored on a wild pitch to give the Padres a 4-3 edge. As the Rockies prepared to come to bat in the bottom of the inning, the Coors Field grounds crew took the cover off the tarp, indicating there could be a stoppage coming.

Still, Colorado batted in the bottom of the ninth. With conditions deteriorating quickly, Ryan McMahon played hero in a scene straight out of a movie.

The ball traveled 442 feet in the pouring rain and, not long after McMahon crossed the plate, the tarp came on the field. After an 85-minute rain delay, the bottom of the ninth continued and Nolan Jones hit a 472-foot home run to give the Rockies the 5-4 victory.

“It was crazy. I’m not going to lie, I didn’t see the ball very well those first couple of pitches, but I did the third time,” McMahon said. “It was coming down pretty good. I don’t think I’ve been out there when it’s rained that hard before.”