Brought in with an 8-4 lead, Gregory Soto allowed two runs — one earned — in the ninth before finishing off the Rockies on Sunday.

Soto retired just one of the first four batters he faced to make things interesting, but he then got Willi Castro to ground into a game-ending double play. Dennis Santana gave up a three-run homer in the eighth today, so he certainly didn’t gain any ground on Soto today. Still, Soto has surrendered five earned runs this month to take his ERA from 1.95 to 3.34.