Cubs stumble in Colorado, lose 13-6 to Rockies

DENVER - Elias Diaz hit a grand slam, Kyle Freeland got his first win in more than a month and the Colorado Rockies beat the Chicago Cubs 13-6 on Tuesday night.

Freeland (2-6) pitched 5 innings and earned his first win since June 28 before being removed with a left foot contusion. He was hit by a line drive with one out in the fifth, finished the inning and was replaced after throwing warmup pitches in the sixth. He allowed 2 runs on 4 hits and struck out 5.

Sam Hilliard also homered and C.J. Cron had 3 hits and 3 RBIs for the Rockies.

Ian Happ homered for the Cubs, who played most of the game without manager David Ross, who was ejected in the second inning by home plate umpire Adam Hamari. Hamari had issued a warning to Ross when Patrick Wisdom was batting, and then Ross started yelling after a strike call on the first pitch to Happ.

Hamari tossed him and Ross came out to argue with Hamari before heading to the Cubs clubhouse.

The exchange briefly inspired the Cubs, who scored their first run in the second. Diaz put Colorado ahead in the bottom of the second with his first career grand slam, the seventh by the Rockies this season.

Happ hit a solo homer in the fourth, his 11th, but Hilliard's 3-run shot in the Rockies' half of the inning, made it 7-2.

Cubs starter Zach Davies (6-8) allowed 7 runs on 6 hits in 4 innings.

Colorado opened it up in the sixth off reliever Michael Rucker. Hilliard hit an RBI double, Raimel Tapia had an RBI single and Cron drove in two more with a bases-loaded single. Cron added an RBI single in the eighth.