DENVER -- Colorado Rockies starter Jorge De La Rosa was forced to leave Thursday's 6-4 win against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the sixth inning after apparently aggravating a cut on the middle finger of his pitching hand.
De La Rosa had sailed through five scoreless innings before walking the first two batters in the sixth. He stepped off the mound and began rubbing the finger, and trainers went out to the mound to check on him. De La Rosa has been bothered by the cut for his past few starts.
His grip affected by the injury, De La Rosa was lifted in favor of reliever Christian Bergman, who allowed an RBI single by Welington Castillo.
"The cut opened up pretty good,'' Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "We felt if we let him go any longer, maybe he's really going to tear that thing.''
The team said De La Rosa's status was day-to-day.
The Rockies had another scary moment when catcher Michael McKenry and third baseman Nolan Arenado collided in foul territory as they raced to catch Chris Owings' popup. McKenry hung on to make the catch while Arenado seemed to take the worst of the collision.
Arenado shook it off, though, and subsequently homered on the first pitch he saw from Rubby De La Rosa to even the score at 1-all in the bottom of the sixth.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
