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Jul 5, 2009 - 5:59 AM By MIKE LIPKA STATS Writer

Arizona (32-49) at Colorado (42-38), 3:10 p.m. EDT

If early results are any indication, Mark Reynolds' on-camera rant may have been just what the Arizona Diamondbacks needed.

When Reynolds implored his teammates to play harder, however, it's safe to say he wasn't talking about Dan Haren.

The NL's ERA leader will be on the mound Sunday, when the Diamondbacks will look to build on a comeback victory over the Colorado Rockies and win the final game of their series in Denver.

Arizona's third baseman went on his rant after a 5-0 loss Friday, when the Diamondbacks had nearly as many errors (three) as hits (four). It was the last-place Diamondbacks' third straight defeat and they had scored two total runs during the skid.

"It's frustrating as (expletive) out there. It's to the point where stuff's got to change," Reynolds said after Arizona's 11th loss in 13 games. "You can give all the rah-rah speeches you want and have all the team meetings you want, yell at guys or whatever, but guys got to give a damn.

"I don't really see it."

The Diamondbacks (32-49) responded Saturday, rallying from an early 4-0 deficit to win 11-7. Reynolds homered in the fourth inning, but the club did most of its damage in a six-run eighth, sparked by pinch hitter Chris Young's tiebreaking three-run double.

Stephen Drew added a two-run home run and finished a single shy of the cycle to help put the Diamondbacks in position for what would be their second series victory since May 25.

"What I said (Friday) wasn't to call anybody out or (expletive) anybody off," Reynolds said. "We came out and responded. That's huge. If we can't build off this one, I don't know what it will take for us."

The Rockies (42-38) are still 22-6 since June 4, but they'll have to go through Haren to avoid losing their second straight series.

Haren (7-5, 2.19 ERA) has thrown at least seven innings and allowed two or fewer runs in each of his last seven starts, going 4-0 with a 1.73 ERA. Perhaps more impressively, he's struck out 50 and walked six in that stretch.

He gave up one run in seven innings of a 6-2 win over Cincinnati on Tuesday, chipping in with a home run and a double to raise his batting average to .286 (10 for 35).

"I don't want to speak for anyone else, but when I go out there, I get 110 pitches a game and put as much into it as I can on every pitch," Haren said Saturday, responding to Reynolds' comments. "After the game ... I can look into the mirror and tell myself that I've given that effort. I hope that everyone else can."

Despite a 1-1 record against the Rockies this year, Haren has allowed just one run in 14 innings, striking out 18. Since joining the Diamondbacks before last season, Haren is 4-1 with a 2.41 ERA in six meetings with Colorado.

He'll face Ubaldo Jimenez, who is 5-3 with a 2.79 ERA in his last 11 starts. Jimenez (6-7, 3.75) did not get a decision Monday after allowing two runs in seven innings of Colorado's 4-2 loss in 13 innings to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The right-hander has tossed 14 shutout innings in his last two starts against Arizona, including seven in a 3-0 victory on April 7.