Otto Lopez homered and doubled, Griffin Conine hit a pinch-hit three-run homer, and the Miami Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 10-7 in Denver on Monday night.
Javier Sanoja had three hits and Owen Caissie contributed two hits for Miami, which has won all four games against Colorado this season.
Sandy Alcantara (9-4) allowed five runs on seven hits over 5 2/3 innings for the Marlins, who improved to 19-6 in June.
Hunter Goodman homered among his two hits and Kyle Karros and Jake McCarthy also had two hits for the Rockies.
Miami took the lead in the second inning when Heriberto Hernandez led off with a double, Kyle Stowers was hit by a pitch and both scored on a double by Leo Jimenez.
Colorado answered in the bottom of the inning. They loaded the bases with one out on singles by TJ Rumfield, Cole Carrigg and Karros, Ezequiel Tovar hit a sacrifice fly and McCarthy drove in two with a double to left.
The Rockies added to their lead in the third. After Goodman was thrown out at home on a delayed steal attempt, Troy Johnston walked and Karros doubled to bring home Carrigg and Johnston to make it 5-2.
The Marlins rallied in the fifth against starter Sean Sullivan. Lopez led off with his seventh home run, Xavier Edwards singled and, one out later, Stowers walked. Victor Vodnik (2-3) replaced Sullivan and Conine homered off the facing of the third deck in right field.
Sullivan allowed five runs on six hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Miami broke it open in the seventh inning after loading the bases on a single, double and a walk. One out later, Sanoja tripled down the right-field line to bring home three, and he scored on Joe Mack’s single.
Goodman got a run back in the seventh with his fifth homer in the last three games and 26th of the season. It is the most home runs before the All-Star break in franchise history.
Colorado added a run in the ninth on Mickey Moniak’s groundout.
–Field Level Media
