D-backs rally from early deficit to top Rockies

PHOENIX – Pavin Smith started this season in Triple-a. Drey Jameson spent a stretch down in Reno, too.

The Arizona Diamondbacks’ rapid improvement into one of the better teams in the National League has created competition to stay on the team’s big league roster. Now that

Smith and Jameson are back in the majors, they’re playing like guys who intend to stay there.

Smith hit a go-ahead, three-run homer, Jameson threw 3 2/3 innings of impressive relief in his return to Arizona and the Diamondbacks rallied for a 7-5 win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday.

“It just shows you nothing’s guaranteed,”

Jameson said of his twoweek demotion to Triple-a. “You’ve got to make pitches, you’ve got to get outs and you’ve got to win ballgames to stay up here.