Center fielder Brenton Doyle electrified Coors Field Tuesday night, first with his defense and then with his smile.
A 3-for-4 night at the plate helped, too, as the Rockies cruised past the Cardinals for an 8-4 victory.
Doyle’s spectacular catch saved a run in the third. St. Louis center fielder Victor Scott II drew a one-out walk and was sailing for home when Brendan Donovan crushed a ball to right-center. A double, or possibly a triple, looked to be in play, except that Doyle sprinted across the outfield, made a perfectly-timed diving catch, and then threw to first to easily double up Scott to end the inning.
It was the best catch of the season for Doyle, the two-time Gold Glove winner. He got off the turf flashing a 100-watt grin. Doyle’s catch gave rookie right-hander Bradley Blalock some breathing room.
Growth for a young pitcher is signified by his ability to keep the wheels from falling off. Blalock did that against the Cardinals. The rookie right-hander gave up two runs in the fourth, but it could have been a lot worse. The Cardinals rapped out three hits, but Blalock induced three groundball outs to escape major trouble.
Blalock didn’t record a single strikeout, and he gave up eight hits, but he only walked one over his 5 1/3 innings and never looked frazzled.
Colorado’s offense, dormant so often at Coors Field this season, produced runs in four of the first five innings. Sizzling-hot Mickey Moniak blasted a monstrous, 450-foot solo homer to right field in the first off right-hander Erick Fedde.
In the second inning, second baseman Adael Amador (2 for 3), drove in Ryan McMahon and Doyle with a two-run double to right.
McMahon’s three-run, opposite-field homer to left off Fedde gave Colorado a 6-0 lead in the third. McMahon, the subject of persistent trade rumors, has hit four home runs in his last eight games. His 16 home runs are the second-most on the club behind All-Star catcher Hunter Goodman’s 18.
The Rockies (25-76) will try to clinch their fourth series win of the season on Wednesday afternoon against St. Louis.
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