The Diamondbacks, who will open the playoffs Wednesday against the Chicago Cubs, weren’t done.

Miguel Montero led off the ninth with a single, Quentin doubled and pinch-hitter Augie Ojeda had a sacrifice fly. Alberto Callaspo hit an RBI single with two outs and two strikes before Stephen Drew grounded back to Corpas, who made a brilliant barehanded play and fired to first.

Corpas got his 19th save in 20 chances since inheriting the closing role following Fuentes’ June swoon, when he blew four straight saves on a 1-9 road trip that forced the Rockies to play catch-up the rest of the season.

The Padres’ game in Milwaukee started an hour earlier than the one at Coors Field, and San Diego was already leading the Brewers 3-0 when the game in Denver began.

“What’s kind of tough about it is worrying about their game, but you’ve got to worry about your own, too,” Helton said.

By the time the Rockies came up in the bottom of the second, the Brewers had tied it and soon grabbed the lead. The Coors Field crowd went crazy every time they saw the manual scoreboard operator put up another number for the Brewers.

“I normally don’t look at the scoreboard,” Hurdle said. “I looked at the scoreboard 3,482 times today. Whenever the ball wasn’t in play I caught myself. It was sick.”

The Diamondbacks, who on Saturday clinched home-field advantage throughout the NL playoffs, sat most of their regulars and skipped left-hander Doug Davis’ scheduled start to save him for the playoffs. Rookie Yusmeiro Petit allowed five hits over five innings.

“They are going to use all of their guys and go as hard as they can. They had to win. There were several guys we weren’t going to use,” Melvin said. “It’s not that uncommon for that to happen at this time of the year.”

Colorado went 71-46 after May 22, when they were 8½ games back in the wild card race. Only the Yankees (74-45) were better in that span.

“We still haven’t finished it,” Helton said. “One hundred sixty-three games. It all comes down to tomorrow.”

Notes: Arizona’s 90 wins are the fewest by a league leader in a full season since 162-game schedules went into effect in 1961. ... The D-Backs’ .556 winning percentage is the lowest for a top seed in major league history. ... Peavy is 0-0 with a 1.29 ERA in two starts against the Rockies this year. He is 4-4 lifetime against the Rockies, 3-3 with a 3.96 ERA at Coors Field. ... Fogg is 1-1 with a 6.28 ERA in three starts against the Padres in ’07 and 3-2 with a 5.48 ERA lifetime. ... The Rockies could finish with the highest fielding percentage in major league history.

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