BLACKMON'S CYCLE HIGHLIGHTS ROCKS BLOWOUT
Clubs Combine for 21 Runs in Coors Field Special
DENVER, May 22 (AP) - Charlie Blackmon became the first major league player to
hit for the cycle this season, pacing the Colorado Rockies 14-7 pounding of the
San Francisco Giants. Blackmon completed the cycle with a double in his
final at bat, coming in the 7th inning. He finished the game with four
runs scored, four driven in and four hits. Troy Tulowitzki, number two in
the National League in batting average, also banged out four hits. The
Rockies collected 19 safeties all-told, with every member of the starting lineup
other than right fielder Michael Cuddyer registering at least one. Even
starting pitcher Jorge De la Rosa had two hits.
The Giants scored first, when Hunter Pence homered off De la Rosa in the top of
the opening inning but the Rockies came back with three in the bottom half of
the frame. Blackmon started off his big day when he led off the inning
with a single and took second when Giants left fielder Tyler Colvin kicked the
ball for an error. Cuddyer drew a walk and Tulowitzki's grounder to first
moved the runners to second and third with one out. Justin Morneau
followed with a double to left, scoring both runners to give Colorado a 2-1
lead. Nolan Arenado grounded to short for the second out but Corey
Dickerson singled to right, scoring Morneau, though Dickerson was nabbed trying
to advance to second on the throw to the plate. The Rockies now led 3-1.
It only got worse for San Francisco starter Tim Hudson. In the second, De
la Rosa singled with two outs and scored when Blackmon belted his fourth home
run of the year to give the Rockies a 5-1 advantage.
Colorado made it 7-1 in the third. Tulowitzki led off with a double, took
third on Morneau's ground out and scored on Arenado's base hit. Dickerson
walked, putting runners on first and second and, after Willin Rosario flied out,
D.J. LeMahieu singled to give the Rockies a six-run lead.
A solo home run off the bat of Brandon Hicks drew the Giants to within 7-2 in
the top of the fourth but the Rockies came back with two in the bottom half of
the inning. Blackmon led off with a triple and that ended Hudson's
day. George Kontos replaced him on the mound and he fanned Cuddyer for the
first out. But Tulowitzki singled Blackmon home for an 8-2 Colorado lead
and, one out later, back-to-back singles by Arenado and Dickerson made it 9-2.
The Giants cut the deficit to 9-4 in the fifth when Pence singled with two outs
and trotted home on Buster Posey's long ball, but it was just delaying the
inevitable. The Rockies exploded for four more in the seventh, highlighted
by Blackon's cycle-completing two-run double and Tulowitki's two-run
homer.
Arenado's solo home run in the eighth made it 14-4 before the Giants scored
three meaningless tallies in the top of the ninth, with Pence's second home run
of the game, a two-run shot, capping the scoring.
5/22/2014, SF14-Col14, Coors Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2014 Giants 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 7 13 1 6 1 2014 Rockies 3 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 x 14 19 0 6 4 Giants AB R H BI AVG Rockies AB R H BI AVG Pagan cf 4 0 0 0 .269 Blackmon cf 5 4 4 4 .260 Gutierrez p 0 0 0 0 .000 Cuddyer rf 4 1 0 0 .301 Huff p 0 0 0 0 .000 Tulowitzki ss 5 3 4 3 .379 Arias ph 1 0 0 0 .206 Belisle p 0 0 0 0 .000 Pence rf 5 3 4 3 .286 Culberson 3b 0 0 0 0 .231 Posey c 4 1 3 2 .301 Morneau 1b 5 1 1 2 .318 Morse 1b 5 0 0 0 .286 Arenado 3b 5 2 3 2 .265 Sandoval 3b 4 0 1 0 .266 Brothers p 0 0 0 0 .000 Hicks,B 2b 4 1 1 1 .138 Dickerson,Co lf 4 0 2 2 .316 Crawford,B ss 3 1 2 0 .228 Rosario c 5 1 2 0 .257 Colvin lf 3 1 1 0 .379 LeMahieu 2b 4 1 1 1 .252 Hudson,T p 1 0 0 0 .150 De La Rosa,J p 3 1 2 0 .222 Kontos p 0 0 0 0 .000 Logan p 0 0 0 0 .000 Adrianza ph 1 0 0 0 .200 Rutledge ph 0 0 0 0 .200 Petit,Y p 0 0 0 0 .250 40 14 19 14 Blanco,G ph 1 0 1 0 .246 36 7 13 6 Giants INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Hudson,T L 6-2 3.0 9 8 8 2 2 61 40 3.40 Kontos 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 25 18 3.60 Petit,Y 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 35 25 2.27 Gutierrez 1.0 3 4 4 1 0 29 19 5.03 Huff 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 9 7 5.09 8.0 19 14 14 3 5 159 109 Rockies INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA De La Rosa,J W 3-4 6.0 9 4 4 1 3 83 53 4.58 Logan H 11 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 11 4 3.07 Belisle 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 13 6 6.43 Brothers 1.0 4 3 3 1 0 21 12 6.60 9.0 13 7 7 4 4 128 75 SF : Adrianza batted for Kontos in the 5th Blanco,G batted for Petit,Y in the 7th Blanco,G moved to cf in the 7th Arias batted for Huff in the 9th Col: Rutledge batted for Logan in the 7th Rutledge moved to ss in the 8th Culberson inserted at 3b in the 9th E-Colvin. 2B-Crawford,B 2(9), Blackmon(9), Tulowitzki(10), Morneau(15). 3B-Blackmon(1). HR-Pence 2(10), Posey(4), Hicks,B(5), Blackmon(4), Tulowitzki(12), Arenado(4). RBI-Pence 3(26), Posey 2(17), Hicks,B(15), Blackmon 4(16), Tulowitzki 3(37), Morneau 2(20), Arenado 2(32), Dickerson,Co 2(10), LeMahieu(15). K-Pagan, Hicks,B, Colvin, Hudson,T, Cuddyer 2, Arenado, Dickerson,Co, Rosario. BB-Posey, Crawford,B, Colvin, Blanco,G, Cuddyer, Dickerson,Co, LeMahieu. SH-Rutledge. WP-Brothers. GWRBI: Morneau Temperature: 66, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 3 MPH. Attendance: 31,283 Game Time: 2:53