DENVER – Charlie Blackmon hit a two-run double in the eighth inning to lead the Colorado Rockies to a 4-2 victory against the Texas Rangers on Friday night.
The Rockies have won back-to-back for the first time this season. They were the only team that had yet to win consecutive games and the 37-game winning streak was the longest drought in franchise history.
Blackmon had just 12 hits in his previous 69 at-bats – a .174 average – when he faced Yerry Rodríguez with runners on first and second base and two outs and the game tied at 2. He hit a sharp line drive to center field that brought in Brenton Doyle and Jake Cave home to break a 2-2 tie.
Elías Díaz had two hits and an RBI for the Rockies, his 13th multihit game of the season and his 20th RBI, both team records. Doyle and Brendan Rodgers added two hits each for Colorado.
Jake Bird (1-1) picked up the win in relief for the Rockies, while Grant Anderson (0-1) picked up the loss for the Rangers.
Jalen Beeks retired the team in the ninth for his second save of the season.
The loss temporarily halted a recent winning streak for the defending World Series champion Rangers, who have won five of the last six and eight of 11.
Corey Seager hit his fourth home run of the season for Texas, a 403-foot shot to right field that came off his bat at 108.2 mph. Seager, who drove in both of the Rangers’ runs, entered the game having hit in just 10 of his previous 66 at-bats.
Rockies starter Austin Gomber was sharp, giving up one earned run and striking out five in 6⅔ innings. His 14-inning scoreless streak, broken by Seager’s home run, was the longest by a Colorado pitcher since 2021.
Texas starter Jon Gray, who played for the Rockies for six seasons and was drafted by the franchise with the third overall pick in 2013, gave up eight hits in six innings but held Colorado to just one run while recording six strikeouts.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Rangers: Anderson was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock before the game. … LHP Kolton Ingram was acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals on a waiver claim.
NEXT
Colorado RHP Ryan Feltner (1-3, 5.54 ERA) will face Texas LHP Andrew Heaney (0-4, 4.50) on Saturday in Denver in the second game of a three-game series.
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