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DENVER — The final out, recorded on a three-hop grounder between short and third, appropriately showcased the major reason the Rockies have — for the first time in franchise history — reached the Fall Classic: defense and hustle.

All kinds of numbers will be used to put into perspective the fact that the Rockies are going to their first World Series. For example, Monday night’s 6-4 thriller over the Diamondbacks completed a four-game sweep in the National League Championship Series and was the Rockies’ nearly unfathomable 21st victory in their last 22 games.

But those three bounces that led to the final out and sent 50,213 at Coors Field into hysterics — and had longtime leader Todd Helton still experiencing emotions he didn’t know he had some 90 minutes later — best tell how the Rockies went from tied for last in the NL West in 2006 to waiting to see if the Indians or the Red Sox will be hosting them when the Fall Classic starts on Wednesday, Oct. 24. The first two games of the best-of-seven series will be played in the American League city before the next three are played at Coors Field.

NLCS Most Valuable Player Matt Holliday’s three-run homer capped a fourth inning that saw the Rockies score all of their runs, but D-backs catcher Chris Snyder’s three-run homer off reliever Brian Fuentes in the eighth made it a tense contest. Finally, with two outs and a runner at second in the ninth, Arizona’s Eric Byrnes hit a checked-swing three-hopper to the left side.

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