Ketel Marte and the Arizona Diamondbacks continued their offensive rampage against the Colorado Rockies in Denver, sprinting out to a 7-0 lead on Thursday night.
Marte’s double off the right field wall brought home two runs for the sizeable advantage, and the two RBIs saw him reach eight in his previous three games.
The extra-base hit also marked the end of the line for Rockies right-hander Bradley Blalock with two outs recorded in the fourth inning.
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Shortstop Geraldo Perdomo got the run parade started with a 10-pitch walk against Blalock, and left fielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. cleared the bases of Perdomo and Corbin Carroll (walk) with a three-run home run.
Backup catcher Jose Herrera managed just his second homer of the season on the first pitch he saw from Blalock in the second inning. The 92.6-mph hit barely cleared the right field wall and got center fielder Alek Thomas (single) home. Thomas singled a second time in the fourth after only going 1-for-9 in his two most recent games against Colorado at Chase Field.
Perdomo extended his hitting streak to 11 with a single in the fourth, one that nearly tagged Blalock on the mound. Entering Thursday’s game, Perdomo was hitting .410 and had six extra-base knocks during his streak.
As for Arizona’s starting pitcher, lefty Eduardo Rodriguez produced a lot of swing-and-miss in his outing, with five strikeouts via whiffs and a majority of those being offerings above the zone.
Though Rodriguez dropped his number of free passes (five) significantly from his last start against the same club with one through five frames, the southpaw was bitten by the long ball once again — his 20th allowed of the year — as Rockies first baseman Kyle Farmer hit a solo home run in the fifth to end Rodriguez’s bid at a scoreless outing.
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