Brenton Doyle crushed a walk-off, two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to cap one of the most remarkable comebacks in baseball, as the Colorado Rockies rallied from a nine-run, first-inning deficit to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 17–16 on Friday night at Coors Field.

The Pirates erupted for nine runs in the top of the first inning, highlighted by a grand slam from Oneil Cruz and a three-run homer from Andrew McCutchen. Despite the early onslaught, Colorado chipped away at the lead and completed the improbable comeback with five runs in the ninth.

The Rockies are the first team to overcome a nine-run, first-inning deficit since the Cleveland Guardians against the Kansas City Royals in 2006. They’re also the first team to win while allowing 15 or more runs in a game since the Boston Red Sox outslugging the Texas Rangers 19–17 in August 2008.

Colorado’s comeback was a gradual climb. The Rockies scored one run in the bottom of the first, three in the third, two in the fourth, and four in the fifth to trim Pittsburgh’s lead to 15–10. After falling behind 16–10, they scored twice in the eighth to stay within striking distance.

The dramatic ninth inning began with Dennis Santana striking out Ezequiel Tovar. But Hunter Goodman followed with a 425-foot solo homer to cut the deficit to 16–13. Jordan Beck drew a walk, and Warming Bernabel tripled him home. Thairo Estrada then tied the game with a single, setting the stage for Doyle’s game-winning 406-foot blast.

The Rockies became just the sixth team in MLB history to win after allowing nine runs in the first inning and only the third since 1969 to come back from a nine-run deficit.