Rockies blast six home runs, including C.J. Cron’s grand slam, to finish sweep of Marlins

Talk astir blasts from the past.

Channeling Hall of Famer Larry Walker and the remainder of the Blake Street Bombers, C.J. Cron and the Rockies went connected a location tally binge reminiscent of 1996.

The Rockies smashed six location runs connected a blistery Sunday day astatine Coors Field to bushed Miami, 13-8, and decorativeness disconnected the three-game sweep.

Cron deed 2 homers — a three-run blast successful the archetypal and a expansive slam successful the 4th — and drove successful 7 runs, 1 shy of tying the franchise record. He drove successful 13 runs successful the series, tying Walker for the astir RBIs successful a three-game bid by a Rockie.

Cron has deed 3 expansive slams this season, becoming the archetypal subordinate successful Rockies past to execute that feat.

Colorado besides got a brace of two-run homers successful the 2nd inning from Connor Joe and Dom Nunez. Sam Hilliard deed a 441-foot solo blast to close successful the seventh. Then Joe added an encore, solo homer successful the eighth.

The Rockies won their 4th consecutive crippled and finished the homestand 5-1. Over the six games, they slugged 17 homers, including 11 successful the three-game acceptable with the Marlins.

Blessed with a 7-1 pb aft 2 innings, lefty Kyle Freeland cruised done his archetypal 4 innings until stumbling successful the 5th erstwhile the Marlins scored 3 runs connected 4 hits, including an RBI treble by Jesus Aguilar and a two-run treble by Lewis Brinson.

Colorado improved its grounds astatine Coors Field to 38-21. Since May 21, it is 25-9 successful LoDo, a .735 winning percent astatine location that is the champion successful the majors.

After a time disconnected connected Monday, the Rockies statesman a two-game acceptable astatine Houston connected Tuesday.