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Final Score: Colorado 4 - Pittsburgh 6

Pittsburgh, PA (Sports Network) - Luis Rivas was a home run short of the cycle and drove in three runs, as Pittsburgh came from behind to top Colorado, 6-4, in the second of three games with the Rockies.

Rivas started at second base in place of Freddy Sanchez, who did not play for the second straight night because of back spasms. Rivas tied a season-high for hits in a game with three as the Pirates won their second in a row. Nate McLouth and Jason Bay each went 2-for-4, while Bay also drove in a run.

"We stayed patient, we stayed with our approach to the plate and wound up scoring some runs," said Pirates manager John Russell. "Our bullpen did a good job for us, holding them down, giving us an opportunity to score some runs."

Yoslan Herrera made his fourth start of the season for Pittsburgh, and allowed four runs on four walks and six hits in five-plus innings. Jason Davis (1-0) got the win after pitching a scoreless inning of relief, while Tyler Yates recorded his first save of the season.

Glendon Rusch gave up just three runs on six hits in a five-inning start for the Rockies, but Matt Herges (3-4) allowed two runs in the sixth inning and was tagged with the loss.

Brad Hawpe finished 3-for-3 with a double and RBI, while Ian Stewart went 2- for-3 with two RBI for Colorado, which lost for the second night in a row after building an early lead.

In Monday's series opener, the Rockies led 3-0 after four innings only to have the Pirates storm back with the next seven runs en route to an 8-4 win. On Tuesday, the Rockies again stormed ahead early with a three-run first inning.

With two runners on and one out, Hawpe singled in a run, and the remaining runners advanced into scoring position on a throwing error. Garrett Atkins plated another run on a ground out, while Stewart doubled in Hawpe for a 3-0 edge.

Hawpe also smacked a one-out double in the third, and two batters later Stewart singled to drive him home for a four-run lead.

But again, Pittsburgh rallied. In the home third, Rivas followed McLouth's two-out double with a single to get a run back for the Pirates. Herrera had settled down at that point, and allowed just three baserunners from the second through fifth innings.

That gave the Pirates an opportunity to close the gap, which they did in their half of the fifth. With one out, Herrera singled -- his first major league hit -- and McLouth later got on base with a two-out bunt single. Rivas came up and drove a fly ball to the gap in right field, and a sprinting Hawpe couldn't make the catch.

The ball rolled to the fence as the bases cleared to bring Pittsburgh within 4-3, and Rivas ended up on third.

In the sixth, Herges took the mound and immediately gave up a single to Bay. Doug Mientkiewicz hit a long drive to right field that bounced off the wall, scoring Bay to tie the game. Later in the frame, after Jose Bautista walked to put runners on the corners, pinch-hitter Chris Gomez brought home Mientkiewicz with a sacrifice fly to push Pittsburgh in front.

"We didn't execute in the top of the inning, they do execute in the bottom," said Rockies manager Clint Hurdle. "We've got to stay away from that pendulum swing."

Bay's RBI single in the seventh plated Rivas for a 6-4 lead, and Pittsburgh's bullpen held onto the lead. John Grabow threw a scoreless seventh, Denny Bautista and Sean Burnett combined to keep the Rockies off the board in the eighth, and Yates was perfect in the ninth.