DENVER – Matt Holliday raced home on Jamey Carroll’s shallow fly ball, capping a stunning, three-run rally in the 13th inning against Trevor Hoffman and leading the Colorado Rockies over the San Diego Padres 9-8 Monday night for the NL wild card.

After Scott Hairston’s two-run homer put the Padres ahead in the top of the 13th, Colorado came back against baseball’s career saves leader.

The Rockies won the longest one-game tiebreaker in major league history, and advanced to play Philadelphia in the first round.

Of the seven one-game playoffs in major league history, this was the first to go extra innings.

The Rockies and Padres were tied 6-all in the 163rd game of the season for each team, the first play-in game since the New York Mets beat Cincinnati 5-0 for the 1999 NL wild card.

The winner of this game – the longest at Coors Field this season – gets a trip to Philadelphia for the first round of the playoffs.

San Diego threatened in the 10th off Matt Herges, who walked Terrmel Sledge. Mike Cameron, his injured right thumb heavily bandaged, pinch ran and took second on Michael Barrett’s two-out single to left. But Brian Giles grounded out to end the threat.

In the bottom half, Doug Brocail sent the Rockies down in order.

In the 11th, third baseman Jamey Carroll booted Scott Hairston’s grounder but made up for it with a spectacular double play to end the inning.

Todd Helton drew a two-out walk in the bottom half and Carroll followed with a single to right. The Padres brought in rookie lefty Joe Thatcher, who struck out Brad Hawpe to end the threat.

Colorado took an early 3-0 lead only to watch Adrian Gonzalez erase it with his first career grand slam in the third inning, which Peavy ignited a five-run rally with a single.

The Rockies came back to tie on Helton’s 17th homer in the bottom half and batting champ Holliday’s RBI single in the fifth off Peavy.