DENVER -- The struggling Colorado Rockies followed up a pregame meeting with their best offensive showing in months, and Wilin Rosario believes it was no coincidence. Rosario doubled and homered to drive in four runs, leading a Colorado offence that batted around in the first and second innings, and the Rockies snapped a five-game losing streak by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-1 on Friday night. Manager Walt Weiss had called the meeting to discuss the clubs play on the heels of a 1-9 road trip. "It was a wake-up call," Rosario said. "But he didnt let us keep our heads down. Everybody was focused and ready to go. That was gd, to show as a team that we can come back and play well." Weiss said his players deserve the credit, not him. "We got kicked around the last 10 days and had to come out and face a team with the best record in the league, and go against one of the best pitchers in the league and the guys fought," Weiss said. "I dont think it has anything to do with me. The guys went out there and competed. Im proud of them." Colorado scored double digits for the first time since also putting up 10 runs in a victory over Philadelphia two months ago. Francisco Liriano (12-5) bore the brunt of the Rockies outburst in his first appearance at hitter-friendly Crs Field, allowing a career-high 10 runs on 12 hits in 2 1-3 innings, his shortest outing of the season. "I was missing my spots a lot," Liriano said. "The slider wasnt sharp tonight either. Got behind in the count a lot. One of those days. Nothing was moving, nothing was sinking. I couldnt get anything going." With the game out of reach, Pirates infielder Josh Harrison was summoned by manager Clint Hurdle to relieve Jared Hughes and got pinch-hitter Corey Dickerson to fly out to left to close out the eighth. It was the first relief appearance of Harrisons career and marked the first time a Pirates position player had been used in a relief role since infielder Abraham Nunez got one out during a 12-1 Pittsburgh loss to the Chicago Cubs on May 30, 2004. "Why bring any other pitcher in?" said Hurdle, also a former Rockies manager. "Ive got a little experience here. You bring in another pitcher and he might end up facing four or five. We told him to keep it low and dont get hurt. He said he didnt get to work his cutter in. Its a hard at-bat for the other guy. We wanted to preserve our pen for the two games we have left to play." Jorge De La Rosa (11-6) went five innings, shaking off a blow near his pitching shoulder from Jordy Mercers comebacker and keeping the Pirates in check by working out of two bases-loaded jams early. Pittsburgh, one of only three major league teams with at least 70 wins this season, lost for the first time in six games. The Rockies had averaged just over a run per game during their skid, which included a 5-2 loss a week ago at PNC Park in which Liriano got the win with seven scoreless innings, lowering his ERA to 2.02. It increased to 2.83 after the second-chance shelling by the Rockies. "I felt like the guys attacked the big part of the field and certainly didnt go up there and try to pull them," Weiss said. "Hes got a great changeup and we made some adjustments, let the ball travel a little bit and attacked the big part of the field." The Pirates opened the game with four consecutive singles off De La Rosa but failed to score. Leadoff man Starling Marte was picked off first base by De La Rosa after singling. Jordy Mercer, Andrew McCutchen and Russell Martin hit successive singles to load the bases but De La Rosa fanned Pedro Alvarez and got Gaby Sanchez on a groundout to end the inning. Liriano retired the first batter he faced, Dexter Fowler, on a liner to short. 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The Red Sox poured out of the dugout to congratulate Gomes when he reached home plate. They had lost four of six coming into the day, including two of three in a series at Tampa Bay last week. Nava also homered in the second and Felix Doubront pitched eight shutout innings for Boston in the night game. Doubront struck out six and held the Rays to three singles. Doubront retired his last 17 batters, but Boston manager John Farrell decided to go to Bailey for the ninth. It was the longest outing of Doubronts career. Johnson greeted Bailey with a drive to right on a 1-0 pitch. Ben Zobrist walked with two outs, but Evan Longoria grounded into a fielders choice to end the inning. "Weve got a really gd team here and the sign of a gd team is guys picking each other up," said Bailey, who got his eighth save Sunday despite allowing two runs at Baltimore in the ninth. "Navas at-bat and Jonnys swing obviously got us the win and ultimately thats what matters. Ive got to figure out what Im going thru but these guys are grinding every day and well get through it." The ending was decidedly different from the first game, when Boston led 4-1 in the bottom of the fifth when a downpour arrived and put everything on hold for two hours, 59 minutes. The Red Sox added one more run before the game came to an end more than six hours after it began. The two teams got a break of about 45 minutes before Game 2 started. "LLong day, but no excuses.ddddddddddddIts long for both sides," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said. "Two really closely contested games. Theyve beaten us this year in close games and thats why were in the position were in and thats why theyre in the position that theyre in, very simply." Highly touted prospect Wil Myers made his major league debut for the Rays. He went hitless in the opener, then singled to left in his first at-bat of the second game for his first hit. "It was awesome. It was a very cl experience. Everybody congratulated me on it," said Myers, who started both games in right field. "It was long, obviously, but it was awesome. It was everything I expected it to be. It was just a very exciting experience for me." David Ortiz drove in three runs in the opener, and Alfredo Aceves (4-1) pitched five solid innings for his third straight win. Aceves overcame early control problems, allowing one run and three hits. The first game was marked by the lengthy delay, prolonging a game that had already been postponed April 12 because of rain. "If you really put the hours into it, from the time it was first scheduled until the last out today, thats a pretty long game," Maddon said. Long enough that Maddon grabbed a nap in his office after the downpour began and the field was cleared at 2:58 p.m. EDT. The Red Sox invited fans who stuck out Tuesdays first game to return for the second for free. The opener ended after the scheduled 7:05 p.m. start time for the nightcap -- by that point, with little turnaround time, Game 2 were already wandering into Fenway Park. Tampa Bay starter Chris Archer (1-3) was charged with four runs, three earned, and five hits over 4 2-3 innings in the opener. NOTES: Boston placed pitcher Clay Buchholz on the 15-day disabled list because of a strained neck after the first game. Buchholz is 9-0 and leads the majors with a 1.71 ERA. ... It was the third doubleheader of the season for the Red Sox, who had been swept by Kansas City in April and split a pair with the Los Angeles Angels on June 8. ... At 22 years, 190 days old, Myers became the youngest player to make his MLB debut in right field at Fenway Park since Bostons Dwight Evans did so at 20 years, 318 days on Sept. 16, 1972. ' ' '