DENVER (AP) Jonathan India hit his fourth career grand slam to cap a two-out, six-run rally in the ninth inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Colorado Rockies 12-7 on Wednesday to sweep the three-game series.

With the Reds trailing 7-6, Spencer Steer slugged a two-run homer off Jalen Beeks (2-3), who hit TJ Friedl with a pitch leading off the ninth.

ā€œFelt good,ā€ Steer said. ā€œI had a couple of at-bats earlier in the game where they were big RBI spots and I didnā€™t come through. I was pretty pumped up.ā€

Beeks was two strikes away from his seventh save when Steer took him deep.

ā€œA heater low and away, hit my spot, then we went heater top zone and he put a really good swing on it,ā€ Beeks said of pitching to Steer. ā€œIā€™m confident in my fastball, been throwing it a lot this year, so that was a tough one to swallow.ā€

After two singles and a walk loaded the bases, India blasted a pitch from Angel Chivilli for his second slam this season.

Friedl and Jeimer Candelario also went deep, Elly De La Cruz had three hits and Fernando Cruz (3-5) pitched an inning in relief for Cincinnati, which has won four straight.

The Reds scored 29 runs in the three-game series at Coors Field.

Elias DĆ­az hit a go-ahead homer in the fifth to put Colorado ahead 5-4. He added a run-scoring single and Brendan Rodgers had a sacrifice fly in the seventh. DĆ­az and Rodgers had three RBIs each for the Rockies.

Charlie Blackmon had three hits for Colorado, which has dropped five in a row.

The Rockies scored four times in the first against Reds starter Graham Ashcraft. DĆ­az drove in the first run with a bases-loaded groundout, Rodgers had a two-run single and Elehuris Montero made it 4-0 with a single.

Candelarioā€™s two-run homer off Rockies starter Dakota Hudson in the third made it 4-2, and Friedlā€™s home run tied it. Hudson left after De La Cruz and Candelario followed with singles.

Jacob Hurtubise had an RBI triple in the eighth and scored on Indiaā€™s sacrifice fly to make it 7-6.

ā€œThat just shows how much heart we have,ā€ India said. ā€œWe never stop fighting, weā€™re in every game.ā€

Colorado outfielder Sean Bouchard left in the eighth inning with a sprained right ankle suffered running out a sacrifice bunt.

TRAINERā€™S ROOM

Rockies: OF/INF Kris Bryant (back) was out of the lineup for the third straight game. Manager Bud Black said Bryant could land on the injured list if he doesnā€™t improve in the next ā€œday or two.ā€ ... OF Nolan Jones (knee) served as the DH for Triple-A Albuquerque on Tuesday night and was slated to play in the field Wednesday night.

UP NEXT

Guardians: RHP Hunter Greene (3-2, 3.44 ERA) will open a four-game home series against the Chicago Cubs on Thursday night.

Rockies: RHP Cal Quantrill (4-4, 3.84) starts the first of a four-game series at St. Louis on Thursday night.

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