Hunter Goodman, Mickey Moniak homer in ninth, lifting Rockies to rare road win

Pardon the alliteration but Rockies road rallies are really rare They bagged a big one Monday night though riding ninth-inning home runs by Hunter Goodman and Mickey Moniak to a - win over Washington at Nationals Park Goodman Colorado s leading All-Star candidate led off the ninth with a blast off closer Kyle Finnegan It was Goodman s second homer of the contest and team-high th of the season of them coming away from Coors Field His homer tied the meeting Moniak s two-run blast off Finnegan won it Moniak who had hit eight homers drove in Sam Hilliard who was pinch-running for Thairo Estrada after he reached on a one-out single The accomplishment locked down by right-hander Seth Halvorsen in another audition for the closer role marked just the third time that the Rockies have won back-to-back games during this trying season They beat the Braves - in Atlanta on Sunday However Colorado s losses in the first games of the season are tied with the Boston Red Sox for the preponderance in the modern era since The Nationals lost their ninth straight their longest losing skid since July Rockies rookie left-handed starter Carson Palmquist cruised early displaying the promise that makes him a likely cog in Colorado s future rotation But Palmquist hit a speed bump in the fourth inning and then suffered a blowout in the Nationals three-run two-homer fifth inning Palmquist issued back-to-back walks in the fourth to C J Abrams and Andres Chaparro and Amed Rosario s sacrifice fly scored Abrams Palmquist threw pitches in the fourth and that appeared to wear him out Related Articles Rockies offense sets NL record with strikeouts in two games but romps Braves for biggest win of season Spencer Strider Braves bullpen overpower Rockies hitters en way to strikeouts - win Rockies Journal Frustrated Foursome of veterans looking for light amid historic losing season Rockies bullpen implodes late in - loss to Braves as record slides to - Renck File Rockies owner Dick Monfort owes fans accountability for this mess In the fifth Daylen Lile led off with a homer to the second deck in right field Lile s first big-league homer A single by Alex Call followed by a two-run homer by James Wood put the Nationals up - Palmquist now - with a ERA pitched innings giving up four runs on four hits He struck out two and walked three Goodman put the Rockies on his back in the first inning slugging a two-run -foot blast to left-center off right-hander Jake Irving Colorado stretched its lead to - in the fifth combining Moniak s leadoff triple off the center-field wall with an RBI single by first baseman Michael Toglia Toglia was called up from Triple-A Albuquerque for Monday s event after an -game tune-up stint in the minors Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis