DENVER (AP) — Here’s quite a changeup: German Marquez shook off throwing his 98-mph fastball at times in favor of his offspeed pitches.
It just made him that much tougher to figure out.
The hard-throwing rookie tied a career high with nine strikeouts, Charlie Blackmon hit his fourth leadoff homer of the season off the facing of the third deck and the scuffling Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 9-6 on Monday night.
Trevor Story added a two-run double as part of a five-run third to help the Rockies win back-to-back games for the first time in nearly a month.