PHOENIX -- Trevor Cahill pitched seven effective innings to win for the first time in nearly four months. Normally, it would have been the story of the night. Instead, it became a side note to Arizonas hitting display and Colorados side show. David Peralta hit a grand slam and Arizona tied a team record with eight hits in a nine-run eighth inning, turning what had been a close game into a 14-4 laugher over the bumbling Colorado Rockies on Saturday night. "Hitting is contagious," Arizonas Cliff Pennington said. "Its just one of those where guys get a couple of hits, you feel good and things start to roll." It just took a little while to get there. Cahill (2-8) did his job, overcoming a shaky defensive first inning by the Diamondbacks to win for the first time since April 23. Jorge De La Rosa (11-8) settled down after giving up a three-run homer to Mark Trumbo in the third inning and Nolan Arenado, who had three RBIs, pulled Colorado within a run on a solo homer in the eighth. By the time the bottom half was over, the Diamondbacks bats had exploded and the Rockies had imploded. The Rockies had two errors, a wild pitch and a passed ball in the inning. They also walked in a run. The Diamondbacks fed off their mistakes and each other, lashing balls all over Chase Field. Arizona had 15 hits, including seven for extra bases. Trumbo finished with four RBIs. Alfredo Marte added a solo homer. Pennington had three hits and scored four runs. Peralta, who had a run-scoring double in the first inning, put a big punctuation mark on the inning, sending his first career grand slam over the pool in right-centre, leaving even the home fans a bit stunned. When Rockies manager Walt Weiss called a team meeting before the game, this probably wasnt the kind of response he was expecting. "I didnt say abracadabra or anything," said Weiss, whose team has lost eight of nine. "I didnt say any magic words. I just tried to give them some perspective on where we are at." After shaky start to the season, Cahill had pitched well lately, but Saturdays game got off to an ominous start. Colorado scored a run in the first inning when Marte misplayed Arenados double in the left corner and Cahill dropped a throw from Trumbo at first to allow another run to come across. Cahill was sharp after that, allowing three runs on four hits and struck out seven for his first win as a starter since last Sept. 21 at Colorado. "Anytime if Im pitching and the team wins, its a good day," Cahill said. "It felt good." The Rockies pulled within a run on Arenados homer in the eighth inning, but his throw to home on Trumbos chopper in the bottom half sailed high for an error, allowing two runs to score. Arizona poured it on from there, compounding Colorados mistakes by knocking the ball around the park. HOT PERALTA Peralta was called up on June 1 and immediately started hitting. He hasnt really stopped. The rookie has set a club record with 67 hits through his first 56 games and has had at least two hits 25 times. He also became the first Diamondbacks rookie with at least five RBIs in a game since Mark Reynolds on Aug. 30, 2007 at San Diego. DE LA ROSAS START De La Rosa had a couple of shaky moments early, giving up Peraltas run-scoring double in the first inning and Trumbos homer in the third. The left-hander settled in after that, giving up four runs on six hits in six innings. "He always goes out and puts us in positions to win games and that is what I thought he did tonight," Weiss said. BIG INNING The Diamondbacks had eight hits in an inning eight other times, most recently on May 28 in the first against San Diego. The nine runs tied for second-most in team history behind a 13-run inning against Pittsburgh in 2010. 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TSNs broadcast schedule for the Third Round of the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs is as follows: Chicago Blackhawks vs. Los Angeles Kings• Game 1: Los Angeles at Chicago – Sunday, May 18 at 3pm et/Noon pt• Game 2: Los Angeles at Chicago – Wednesday, May 21 at 8pm et/5pm pt• Game 4: Chicago at Los Angeles – Monday, May 26 at 9pm et/6pm pt Featured in the broadcast booth for TSN are play-by-play announcer Chris Cuthbert and game analyst Ray Ferraro, with Farhan Lalji contributing reports from rinkside.Malibu, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - The Pepperdine Waves play host to one of the highest ranked teams to ever appear at Firestone Fieldhouse, as they entertain No. 3 Gonzaga in a West Coast Conference clash on Thursday night. Gonzaga has pretty much had its way with the opposition in the first two months of the season, logging a 16-1 mark, which includes a perfect 5-0 league ledger. The Bulldogs have won nine in a row since suffering their lone setback at Arizona on Dec. 6. Their most recent triumph occurred at home last Saturday, as they routed Santa Clara in a 79-57 final. The Zags are 5-1 in true road games this season. Pepperdine is a solid 11-5 on the season, and that includes wins in four of its first five WCC matchups. The Waves have won three straight, and they are coming off their first weekend road sweep in conference play since 2002 after claiming victory at BYU (67-61) and San Diego (59-47) recently. The teams 4-1 start to WCC play is its best in 13 years. Gonzaga owns a 46-31 lead in the all-time series with Pepperdine, reaching that point by winning 41 of the last 46 meetings. The Waves last win in the series came at home in an 88-79 final on Jan. 18, 2002. Przemek Karnowski (18 points, nine rebounds) and Domantas Sabonis (11 points, nine rebounds) each nearly had a double-double, and three others scored in double figures as well in Gonzagas recent win over Santa Clara. The Bulldogs shot 53.4 percent from the field, draining 5-of-11 3-point tries and 12-of-15 free throws, while allowing the Broncos just 35.2 percent success on their total shots. The Zags wound up with a 41-26 advantage on the glass, and they committed only six turnovers. Kyle Wiltjer tallied 16 points, KKevin Pangos had 13, and Byron Wesley chipped in with 11 for the winning side.dddddddddddd. Wiltjer continues to pace the Bulldogs this season, netting 16.4 ppg, while Pangos (12.5 ppg), Wesley (11.6 ppg) and Karnowski (11.4 ppg, 6.4 rpg) average double digits as well. The team as a whole is shooting the lights out (.528 overall, .399 3-PT, .730 free-throw line) in putting up a robust 82.6 ppg. Defensively, Gonzaga has been on point as well, yielding just 61 ppg, with foes shooting a meager 38.4 percent from the floor overall. A massive +10.2 rebounding margin has certainly helped, as has the fact that the Zags goad the opposition into 13 turnovers per outing, while being guilty of only 10 tpg themselves. Pepperdines Stacey Davis hit for 18 points as the only player for either side to reach double in the recent bout with San Diego. The Waves made good on 44.4 percent of their field goal attempts, despite missing the mark on eight of their 10 3-point tries, but they claimed a 44-31 rebounding advantage, while holding the Toreros to 29.7 percent field goal efficiency. A 17-4 edge in points from the foul line also played an integral role in Pepperdine keeping the good times going, as did the fact that it committed a mere six turnovers while forcing USD into 15. Davis has been the Waves best player all season, as he averages 15.7 points and 7.7 rebounds per contest. Jett Raines is netting 10.6 ppg, and three others put up at least 8.1 ppg for a squad that musters 67.2 ppg while permitting only 61.0 ppg. 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