Mickey Moniak singled, doubled, homered and scored three runs to help the Colorado Rockies earn a split against the Miami Marlins with a 14-4 win in the finale of their four-game series on Thursday afternoon in Denver.
Jake McCarthy also homered with four RBIs and three runs for Colorado, which has won two in a row.
Colorado’s Michael Lorenzen allowed four runs and four hits over 4 1/3 innings. He struck out one and walked six.
Marlins starter Ryan Gusto went three innings, allowing three runs and four hits while striking out two and walking two. Miami’s first reliever, John King (6-2), was later credited with the loss after yielding two runs over two frames.
McCarthy put the Rockies ahead for good with a two-out, two-run homer to right in the fourth. His bases-loaded single to left in the sixth plated two more for a 7-4 lead.
That hit also opened the floodgates for a seven-run sixth that put distance between the teams. Moniak and TJ Rumfield followed with run-scoring singles, and Troy Johnston chipped in a two-run single. Colorado tacked on two more in the eighth for a 14-4 lead.
The Marlins pressured Lorenzen to start the first, getting an infield single from Liam Hicks and a double to center by Otto Lopez.
Kyle Stowers walked to load the bases and Miami then scored twice without the benefit of a hit. Hicks came home on a groundout by Xavier Edwards, and Lopez scored on a flyout by Owen Caissie to make it 2-0.
Moniak came up in his half of the first and homered to right, his third against the Marlins this season, cutting it to 2-1. He’s also the first Colorado player in team history to homer in the first inning in three straight games.
Lopez tripled off the base of the wall on the first pitch of the third and came home on a sacrifice fly to left-center by Edwards for a 3-1 lead.
Jake McCarthy walked to start the bottom half of the third for the Rockies and Moniak lined a double down the right field line to put runners on second and third with no outs.
Willi Castro came up with one out and lined a hard single up the middle to plate two runs and tie it 3-3.
Miami took a 4-3 lead on a groundout in the fourth before Colorado’s explosion.
–Field Level Media
