Rockies blast seven homers, tying franchise record, in win over Nationals

The Blake Street Bombers were reincarnated Tuesday night in our Nation s Capital The Rockies blasted seven home runs tying a franchise record en way to a - preeminence over Washington at Nationals Park For just the second time this season the Rockies won three games in a row Going into this season I felt like with the lineup that we had a bunch of sluggers that could really drive the ball out of the park first baseman Michael Toglia stated Rockies TV after hitting two homers It was nice to see it come to fruition tonight Colorado s failure to launch had been one of its biggest shortcomings in a season when it owns a - record and is on pace to win just games The Rockies entered the championship with homers the sixth-fewest in the majors but they teed off against a Nationals club that lost its th straight and has dropped of games in June Anything can happen on any given night in this championship interim manager Warren Schaeffer explained reporters We are not necessarily a home run-hitting organization I know we are the Colorado Rockies but the numbers will show that we are not really a home run-hitting gang But tonight was a good approach good plan We executed it well Tuesday marked the third time in franchise history the Rockies hit seven homers in a challenge the second time on the road The last time they did it away from the Mile-High City April in Montreal by the aforementioned Bombers Tuesday s tale of the tape Thairo Estrada hit his first homer as a Rockie mashing a solo shot in the second inning He left the battle later after getting hit in the right wrist by a pitch The Rockies called the injury a contusion and revealed the second baseman is day to day Toglia launched his first two homers since rejoining the association after an -game stint at Triple-A He hit a two-run homer in the second and a solo shot in Colorado s six-run seventh an inning in which the Rockies hit four over the wall Hunter Goodman crushed a three-run shot in the seventh after striking out in his first three at-bats Ryan McMahon followed up Goodman s homer with a solo blast Sam Hilliard s solo homer was the final one of the night and also the longest His -foot shot reached the second deck in right field All described the Rockies homers measured feet Combined with their three homers in their - accomplishment over the Nationals on Monday night the Rockies totaled home runs in back-to-back games for the first time in franchise history Colorado also hit seven home runs in a encounter at Coors on May vs Cincinnati but the Home Run Derby in Montreal more than years ago was the stuff of legend Hall of Famer Larry Walker hit three in that match and Dante Bichette Andres Galarraga Vinny Castilla and Ellis Burks all hit solo homers But the cast was not too shabby Charlie Blackmon and Nolan Arenado each hit two and DJ LeMahieu Gerardo Para and Carlos Gonzalez each hit one Goodman now leads the current Rockies with homers and RBIs and is looking more and more like an All-Star But perhaps the largest part encouraging advancement is Toglia s at-bats in his two games since coming back from the minors It s great to see the way he s playing and see immediate production Schaeffer disclosed I m happy for him and happy for the gang Goodman is totally sizzling He hit two home runs Monday night and has now launched of his homers on the road tying Wilin Rosario for the preponderance homers by a Rockies catcher on the road in a single season Rosario hit in Goodman leads all major league catchers in hits and triples three while leading all National League catchers in home runs doubles RBIs extra-base hits and total bases That was a big three-run homer tonight for Goody Schaeffer explained I m so happy for him He s stacking good games on top of each other and taking the front-line catcher job by storm Eclipsed by the home run barrage was a quality start by Antonio Senzatela The right-hander has perpetually been a pitch-to-contact pitcher That formula has killed him this season because he s left too multiple meatballs on the plate He entered Tuesday s match having given a big-league preponderance hits and with a average against him But Senzatela was much sharper against the Nationals inducing nine groundball outs over his five innings Related Articles Hunter Goodman Mickey Moniak homer in ninth lifting Rockies to rare road win 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 - The veteran right-hander gave up one unearned run and just three hits He did walk three but was able to deal with the traffic Washington s only run off Senzatela came in the first inning when center fielder Brenton Doyle dropped Luis Garcia Jr s fly to center allowing Garcia to sprint to third Garcia scored on Senzatella s wild pitch The only blemish on the Rockies conquest was the five runs Washington scored in the last two innings to make the competition closer than it should have been Seldom-used right-hander Anthony Molina was tagged for all five runs on six hits including two home runs in innings Wednesday s pitching matchup Rockies RHP German Marquez - ERA at Nationals LHP Mitchell Parker - p m Wednesday Nationals Park TV Rockies TV streaming Comcast Xfinity channel DirecTV Spectrum or depending on region Radio AM FM Trending Center fielder Brenton Doyle entered Tuesday night s competition just three extra-base hits shy of career extra-base hits However Doyle has been struggling at the plate He entered the battle hitting and slashing -for- over his last games since May His last home run was on May vs the Cubs at Wrigley Field Pitching probables Thursday Rockies RHP Chase Dollander - at Nationals RHP Trevor Williams - a m Friday Diamondbacks RHP Zac Gallen - at Rockies LHP Austin Gomber - p m Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis