Walker homers twice in blowout

Christian Walker hit two homers and drove in a career-high five runs, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to an 8-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.

The Diamondbacks sent 11 batters to the plate in a six-run fifth inning, highlighted by Walker’s three-run shot off Rockies reliever Jesus Tinoco. Diamondbacks starter Zack Greinke got the win in his last start before heading to the All-Star Game.

Greinke (10-3) shut out the Rockies on four hits through seven innings, striking out nine.

Alex Avila added a two-run double to help the the Diamondbacks end a three-game losing streak. The Rockies lost their fourth in a row, and their club record eight-game winning streak against the Diamondbacks came to an end.

Greinke raised his career strikeout total to 2,543, and moved past Bartolo Colon (2,535) and Javier Vazquez (2,536) for 32nd on the career strikeout list. Greinke reached 10 wins before the All-Star break for the fourth consecutive season.

Walker hit a two-run homer to the opposite field off Rockies starter Antonio Senzatela (7-6) in the fourth inning for the game’s first runs.

Senzatela was charged with seven runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. The seven runs were the most allowed by a Rockies starter since Peter Lambert allowed eight on June 16 against San Diego.

Rockies outfielder Raimel Tapia struck out swinging against reliever Archie Bradley to end the game, and broke his bat into two pieces slamming it on the ground.

Scoring changes

The Rockies were affected by several scoring changes announced by Major League Baseball on Friday. From June 28’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chris Iannetta’s infield single was changed to an error by the pitcher.

Reliever Jake McGee got a run allowed changed to an unearned run from that game.