Monday night's game between the Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Angels didn't get off to a good start for the visitors. By the time that the final pitch was thrown, though, the Rockies left the Angels Stadium field with a win.

Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland had a tough start to his pitching effort, allowing the Angels to stake themselves to a 6-3 lead. Mixed in there was a grand slam from the Angels' Jose Siri.

Yet, Colorado hit a new level later in the game. Hunter Goodman's three-run home run was a key hit and the Rockies went up 8-6 at that point. The Angels tied the game in the bottom of the eighth with two runs, making it 8-8 going into the ninth inning.

But the Rockies managed to take a one-run lead and that stood up for the team, who goes to 23-38 overall this season.

“They give 12 free passes, we kick the ball around a bunch tonight, throw it around sloppy, but somebody's got to win that game,” Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer said, according to MLB.com.

“I thought the boys showed incredible, incredible resilience, bouncing back multiple times, and just sticking with it," Schaeffer said. "And throwing up really, really good at-bats all night long, despite the horrendous defense.”

Schaeffer also noted in his postgame comments that he was pleased by his team's at-bats. Yes, there were moments when Colorado couldn't get a big hit and the team ended up leaving 10 runners on base against Los Angeles.

“The whole game, even though we did punch out 10 times, I thought that the at-bats were excellent tonight,” Schaeffer said. “But two-strike battling is something we talk about all the time. The at-bat's never over until it's over.”

TJ Rumfield's go-ahead pinch-hit sacrifice fly brought Kyle Karros home with the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth. Karros had a pretty good night himself, singling in the ninth and getting on base proved to be a pivotal moment.

“Gritty,” Karros said after the game. “I mean the whole game, it wasn't super clean. I mean we made four errors. I made an error. By no means was this a clean game played by us or myself. But at the end of the day, the only thing that matters is we finished with more runs than the other team.”

Freeland ended up working 5.2 innings, giving up six runs (five earned). He also gave up seven hits and walked one, but he also totaled four strikeouts. Siri's grand slam capped a five-run third inning for the Angels, which didn't sit well with Freeland. But he managed to settle things down after that one bad inning.

“This one felt like it was something I could build off of, minus that third inning,” Freeland said. “I mean, one pitch with the bases loaded, he put a really good swing on it.

"Nothing I can do about it besides turn the page and try to continue to get outs for my team and keep them in a spot where the offense can potentially make a comeback like they did,” Freeland said in the Rockies' clubhouse.

The Rockies and Angels pick things up on Tuesday night at Angels Stadium.