Mickey Moniak’s two-run home run capped a three-run ninth inning and the visiting Colorado Rockies rallied past Washington 6-4 Monday night, sending the reeling Nationals to their ninth straight loss.
Hunter Goodman led off the ninth with the Rockies trailing 4-3 and smacked his second homer of the night, a shot to center against closer Kyle Finnegan (0-2), to tie it.
Thairo Estrada singled with one out. Brenton Doyle popped out, but pinch runner Sam Hilliard stole second and Moniak homered to right, just beyond the reach of a leaping Daylen Lile.
Moniak added a triple for the Rockies, who have won two straight.
Victor Vodnik (2-2) pitched the eighth and Seth Halvorsen pitched around a leadoff walk in the ninth for his fourth save.
James Wood had a two-run home run, a double and a walk for Washington, which is 0-4 on its seven-game homestand. Third baseman Brady House, Washington’s first-round draft pick in 2021, went 0-for-3 with a walk in his MLB debut.
Nationals starter Jake Irvin allowed three runs on five hits over six innings. He struck out five and walked one.
Carson Palmquist, starting in place of the injured Kyle Freeland, gave up four runs on four hits — two of them home runs — over 4 2/3 innings.
The Rockies took a 2-0 lead in the first inning when Tyler Freeman singled with one out and Goodman followed with a home run to center.
Washington, which was swept over the weekend by the last-place Miami Marlins, got on the board in the fourth. CJ Abrams walked, stole second and third, and scored on Amed Rosario’s sacrifice fly.
Moniak tripled leading off the fifth and scored the Rockies’ third run when Michael Toglia, recalled earlier in the day from Triple-A Albuquerque on Monday, lined a single to center.
The Nationals took the lead in the fifth. Lile, just recalled from Triple-A Rochester, led off with his first Major League home run to make it 3-2. Alex Call singled with one out and Wood smacked his 18th home run of the season, an opposite shot to left, to give Washington a 4-3 lead.
–Field Level Media
