Charlie Blackmon gave Padres pitchers a rude taste of Coors Field on Thursday night.
The outfielder homered twice on towering balls that carried out to center field and had four total RBIs, while his teammates did the rest to negate a second straight mediocre start by Jon Gray as the Rockies beat San Diego 9-6 in the series opener.
Thursday was the latest in a string of recent impressive offensive performances by Blackmon, who has reached base in all 23 of his home games this year. Since returning June 7 from a calf injury that landed on him on the 10-day injured list, Blackmon is batting .