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DENVER (Ticker) -- Matt Holliday hit his third home run in two
games as the Colorado Rockies remained scorching hot
offensively, running away with a 12-6 victory over the Florida
Marlins on Saturday night.
The Rockies won their fifth straight game and have pelted the
Marlins for 11 homers and 35 runs over three games at Coors
Field.
Colorado, which is only six games out of first place in the
National League West despite its 37-51 record, will close out
the four-game set with Florida on Sunday.
"We don't need to get caught up in what is going to happen in a
week or 10 days from now, because we're not any good when we do
that," Rockies manager Clint Hurdle said. "But we are swinging
the bats the way we thought we would. It was bound to happen."
One night after a jaw-dropping, 18-17 victory on Independence
Day, where the Rockies hit six homers to help rally from a
franchise record nine-run deficit, Holliday, Joe Koshansky,
Chris Iannetta and Brad Hawpe all went deep.
"Everybody's feeding off each other and having fun," Hawpe said.
"It's contagious.
"It's funny how hitting works. I think it's just the positive
energy. Everybody tries to go up there and match what the other
guy's done. It's a lot more fun getting hits and scoring runs
than when we're not."
Ryan Spilborghs also contributed with two doubles and three runs
scored.
After Koshansky hit his first career homer off fellow rookie
Ryan Tucker (2-3) in the second to give Colorado a 2-0 lead,
Iannetta drilled a two-run shot with no outs in the fourth for a
four-run advantage. Later in the frame, Holliday hit a
three-run homer to increase the lead to eight.
"When I feel good, I think I can drive most pitches," Holliday
said. "This is as good as I've felt about my swing this year.
This is as consistent as I've been."
The homers by Iannetta and Holliday were their ninth and 13th,
respectively. Koshansky's blast came after the Pacific Coast
League All-Star was called up from Class AAA to replace the
injured Todd Helton.
After his homer, Koshansky was met by silence in the Rockies
dugout, a little practical joke for the newcomer.
"Guys were sitting on the bench like nothing happened,"
Koshansky said. "Everyone just sat there for a second, then
came over and congratulated me. I got a laugh out of it."
Tucker surrendered eight runs, seven hits and three walks in
four innings.
Jorge De La Rosa (3-4) pitched five scoreless innings to earn
the win, but lost his touch in the sixth. He allowed a walk and
a base hit before surrendering an RBI double to Cody Ross to end
his night.
Run-scoring singles by Matt Treanor and Robert Andino in the
frame cut the Marlins' deficit to 8-3, but Hawpe launched a
three-run blast off reliever Joe Nelson in the bottom of the
sixth to give Colorado an 11-3 advantage.
"These last few games in a series like this, you feel like you
can come back no matter what," Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez
said. "But those guys in the other dugout are hotter than a
firecracker right now."
Ross, who finished a triple shy of the cycle, hit a three-run
homer in the seventh off Glendon Rusch for Florida, which has
dropped three straight.
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