Michael Toglia became the first Colorado switch-hitter to homer three times in a game, leading the Rockies to an 8-5 victory over the New York Mets on Sunday. Ezequiel Tovar homered twice and red-hot Brennan Doyle homered again as the Rockies hit a season-high six home runs to finish the three-game series with 10.
Colorado Rockies ’ Michael Toglia hits a home run against the New York Mets during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, July 14, 2024, in New York. Colorado Rockies ’ German Marquez pitches against the New York Mets ’ during the first inning of a baseball game, Sunday, July 14, 2024, in New York.
Toglia connected for three solo home runs, two off New York starter Jose Quintana , to become the first Rockies player with a three-homer game since Brendan Rodgers in a 13-12 victory over Miami in the second game of a doubleheader on June 1, 2022. All-Star Pete Alonso also homered and Jose Iglesias reached base five times and scored two runs for New York, which had its five-game winning streak snapped. The Mets fell for just the second time in nine games and go into the All-Star break 49-46, just missing reaching 50 wins before the break for just the ninth time in franchise history.
Márquez threw 70 pitches over four innings and his strikeout of Alonso leading off the second was the 986th of his career, passing Jorge De La Rosa to become Colorado’s career leader.Scoreless in their previous 15 innings, the Rockies quickly jumped on the board in the first on Tovar’s two-run homer into the second deck. Charlie Blackmon led the game off with a single, his 11th in his first 20 at-bats against Quintana.
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