Blackmon makes history in Rockies’ rout of D-backs
PHOENIX: Charlie Blackmon became the first Colorado player to have at least three hits in five consecutive games as the Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-1 on Tuesday night.
Blackmon, who set a major league record with 15 hits in a four-game series against the San Diego Padres last weekend, went 3-for-5 with a double on Tuesday. He is the 12th player since 1900 — and the first since Houston’s Jose Altuve (July 4-9, 2017) — with three hits or more in five consecutive games, per the Elias Sports Bureau.
Blackmon led off the game with a double and scored on Nolan Arenado’s two-out homer off Merrill Kelly (7-7) for a 2-0 lead. Blackmon singled in the third and seventh innings.
Colorado banged out 12 hits to support starter Antonio Senzatela (6-5). He pitched 6 2/3 innings, allowing one run while scattering seven hits and four walks. He struck out five.
Max Kepler singled with the bases loaded in the 17th inning to give Minnesota their first walk-off win of the season, a 4-3 decision over Boston in Minneapolis.
Kepler finished 3-for-5 with three RBIs, including a game-tying homer in the 13th inning. He led off the bottom of the 13th with a home run after Mookie Betts led off the top of the 13th with a homer. Minnesota’s Eddie Rosario finished 4-for-8, hitting his third double of the night in the 17th to set up Kepler’s decisive hit.
Rafael Devers went 3-for-8 with a homer and two RBIs, and Andrew Benintendi and Brock Holt also had three hits for Boston, who had their seasonhigh six-game winning streak snapped.
Left-hander Logan Allen allowed three hits over seven scoreless innings in his major league debut as hosts San Diego defeated Milwaukee 4-1.
Allen (1-0) also got his first bigleague hit in the fifth inning and scored the game’s first run. Francisco Mejia, who last week was catching Allen at Triple-A El Paso, hit a two-run homer for the Padres.
Allen, 22, issued two walks and hit a batter while striking out five. He threw 90 pitches, 56 of them strikes. The Padres turned three double plays in the first six innings behind Allen, who ended his outing in style, striking out all three batters in the seventh.
In just his second major league appearance, Jordan Yamamoto extended his scoreless streak to 14 innings, leading Miami past hosts St Louis 6-0.
Yamamoto (2-0) allowed just two hits and two walks in seven innings, striking out seven and keeping his ERA at 0.00. Yamamoto also beat the Cardinals 9-0 on June 12.
Starlin Castro and Brian Anderson hit home runs to lead Miami’s offence. Castro’s solo shot was his fifth homer of the season.