DENVER -- A day off led to a big night for Nolan Arenado. The rest of the Colorado Rockies followed his lead in a breakout victory.
Arenado returned to the lineup with a homer and drove in five runs, German Marquez tossed seven strong innings and had two hits, and the Rockies' slumbering offense awoke in a 12-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.
Charlie Blackmon and DJ LeMahieu also went deep as Colorado broke out of prolonged slump to give manager Bud Black his 700th career win. The Rockies banged out a season-high 17 hits and were 7 of 14 with runners in scoring position. They hit just .226 and .216 with runners in scoring position while losing 12 of their previous 15.
"I think we are more of that team that we saw tonight than what we've seen in the last couple weeks," Black said.
Arenado, Blackmon and Gerardo Parra, who was activated from the disabled list before the game, all had three hits.
Arenado took a rare day off Thursday and said he woke up Friday morning with more energy. He showed it with several hard hits, including a 450-foot homer to left that give the Rockies a 10-1 lead in the sixth.
It was just his second home run since June 3 and the first since he hit one to complete the cycle on Father's Day.
"It felt great. I feel like I hadn't done it in a long time," he said. "My second at-bat, I lined out and my third at-bat I thought I hit the ball hard and I was like, `Oh, man, what's going on?' It was nice to hit one out."
Marquez (6-4) cruised through six innings before allowing Tim Anderson's 451-foot two-run homer in the seventh. He allowed three runs and nine hits, struck out five and didn't walk a batter while tossing a season-high 102 pitches.
"He worked fast, he was throwing strikes," Black said. "That was a well-pitched game."
Chicago's Derek Holland (5-9) gave up seven runs and eight hits in just four innings in his first career start at Coors Field. The first seven Rockies reached base against him in a four-run first inning.
Colorado added two more runs in the second when Marquez led off with a double and scored on LeMahieu's fourth homer of the season. Blackmon hit his 19th, a solo shot in the fourth, to make it 7-1.
"Today was just flat-out embarrassing," Holland said. "I put my teammates in a hole, gave up four runs right out of the gate. Then they put up a run for me and of course I go back out there and give up another run. It's a frustrating thing on my part."
Marquez led off the sixth with a single and Arenado connected for his 16th off reliever Chris Beck to make it 10-1. Arenado added a two-run double off David Robertson in the eighth and the Rockies celebrated Black's milestone win.
He is the 12th active manager with at least 700 wins.
"Hopefully, there's more of these to come from a team standpoint," Black said.
TRAINER'S ROOM
White Sox: OF Avisail Garcia was out of the lineup with a jammed right middle finger suffered in the three-game series against the Oakland A's earlier this week. Manager Rick Renteria said Garcia, the team's lone All-Star, is day to day. "It's going to get better," Garcia said. "See how it is (Saturday) and play on Sunday."
Rockies: C Ryan Hanigan was a late scratch from the lineup with a tight muscle in his upper back. Black said Hanigan is fine and could start Saturday. ... RHP Chad Bettis will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Hartford on Thursday. He will throw two innings or 30 pitches in his road back from testicular cancer. He threw to live hitters Friday and is scheduled to a side session Sunday. ... Parra missed a month with a right quadriceps strain.
UP NEXT
White Sox: LHP Jose Quintana (4-8, 4.45 ERA) is 0-1 with an 8.74 ERA in two interleague starts this season. He won his only start at Coors Field on April 8, 2014.
Rockies: RHP Jeff Hoffman (5-1, 4.01 ERA) will make his interleague debut against Chicago on Saturday. Hoffman won his last start, against Cincinnati on Monday.
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Arenado returned to the lineup with a homer and drove in five runs, German Marquez tossed seven strong innings and had two hits, and the Rockies' slumbering offense awoke in a 12-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.
Charlie Blackmon and DJ LeMahieu also went deep as Colorado broke out of prolonged slump to give manager Bud Black his 700th career win. The Rockies banged out a season-high 17 hits and were 7 of 14 with runners in scoring position. They hit just .226 and .216 with runners in scoring position while losing 12 of their previous 15.
"I think we are more of that team that we saw tonight than what we've seen in the last couple weeks," Black said.
Arenado, Blackmon and Gerardo Parra, who was activated from the disabled list before the game, all had three hits.
Arenado took a rare day off Thursday and said he woke up Friday morning with more energy. He showed it with several hard hits, including a 450-foot homer to left that give the Rockies a 10-1 lead in the sixth.
It was just his second home run since June 3 and the first since he hit one to complete the cycle on Father's Day.
"It felt great. I feel like I hadn't done it in a long time," he said. "My second at-bat, I lined out and my third at-bat I thought I hit the ball hard and I was like, `Oh, man, what's going on?' It was nice to hit one out."
Marquez (6-4) cruised through six innings before allowing Tim Anderson's 451-foot two-run homer in the seventh. He allowed three runs and nine hits, struck out five and didn't walk a batter while tossing a season-high 102 pitches.
"He worked fast, he was throwing strikes," Black said. "That was a well-pitched game."
Chicago's Derek Holland (5-9) gave up seven runs and eight hits in just four innings in his first career start at Coors Field. The first seven Rockies reached base against him in a four-run first inning.
Colorado added two more runs in the second when Marquez led off with a double and scored on LeMahieu's fourth homer of the season. Blackmon hit his 19th, a solo shot in the fourth, to make it 7-1.
"Today was just flat-out embarrassing," Holland said. "I put my teammates in a hole, gave up four runs right out of the gate. Then they put up a run for me and of course I go back out there and give up another run. It's a frustrating thing on my part."
Marquez led off the sixth with a single and Arenado connected for his 16th off reliever Chris Beck to make it 10-1. Arenado added a two-run double off David Robertson in the eighth and the Rockies celebrated Black's milestone win.
He is the 12th active manager with at least 700 wins.
"Hopefully, there's more of these to come from a team standpoint," Black said.
TRAINER'S ROOM
White Sox: OF Avisail Garcia was out of the lineup with a jammed right middle finger suffered in the three-game series against the Oakland A's earlier this week. Manager Rick Renteria said Garcia, the team's lone All-Star, is day to day. "It's going to get better," Garcia said. "See how it is (Saturday) and play on Sunday."
Rockies: C Ryan Hanigan was a late scratch from the lineup with a tight muscle in his upper back. Black said Hanigan is fine and could start Saturday. ... RHP Chad Bettis will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Hartford on Thursday. He will throw two innings or 30 pitches in his road back from testicular cancer. He threw to live hitters Friday and is scheduled to a side session Sunday. ... Parra missed a month with a right quadriceps strain.
UP NEXT
White Sox: LHP Jose Quintana (4-8, 4.45 ERA) is 0-1 with an 8.74 ERA in two interleague starts this season. He won his only start at Coors Field on April 8, 2014.
Rockies: RHP Jeff Hoffman (5-1, 4.01 ERA) will make his interleague debut against Chicago on Saturday. Hoffman won his last start, against Cincinnati on Monday.
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8:40PM,EDT,July 7,2017
Coors Field, Denver,Colorado
Coors Field, Denver,Colorado
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Chicago - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| German Marquez pitching for Colorado | CHW | COL |
| Hanson lined out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Cabrera struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Abreu doubled to deep right. | 0 | 0 |
| Abreu out at third on runner's fielder's choice. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Derek Holland pitching for Chicago | CHW | COL |
| Blackmon walked. | 0 | 0 |
| LeMahieu singled to left, Blackmon to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Arenado singled to center, Blackmon scored, LeMahieu to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Reynolds walked, LeMahieu to third, Arenado to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Parra reached on infield single to second, LeMahieu scored, Arenado to third, Reynolds to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Story singled to center, Arenado and Reynolds scored, Parra to second. | 0 | 4 |
| Tapia grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Parra out at third, Story to second. | 0 | 4 |
| Wolters grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Tapia out at second. | 0 | 4 |
| 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| German Marquez pitching for Colorado | CHW | COL |
| Frazier doubled to deep center. | 0 | 4 |
| Sánchez flied out to center, Frazier to third. | 0 | 4 |
| Narváez grounded out to second, Frazier scored. | 1 | 4 |
| Engel flied out to left. | 1 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Derek Holland pitching for Chicago | CHW | COL |
| Márquez doubled to left. | 1 | 4 |
| Blackmon flied out to center, Márquez to third. | 1 | 4 |
| LeMahieu homered to center (433 feet), Márquez scored. | 1 | 6 |
| Arenado lined out to left. | 1 | 6 |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 1 | 6 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| German Marquez pitching for Colorado | CHW | COL |
| Anderson grounded out to second. | 1 | 6 |
| Holland singled to left. | 1 | 6 |
| Hanson grounded into double play, first to shortstop, Holland out at second. | 1 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Derek Holland pitching for Chicago | CHW | COL |
| Parra popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 6 |
| Story struck out swinging. | 1 | 6 |
| Tapia doubled to deep right. | 1 | 6 |
| Wolters grounded out to second. | 1 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| German Marquez pitching for Colorado | CHW | COL |
| Cabrera reached on infield single to shortstop. | 1 | 6 |
| Abreu grounded into fielder's choice to third, Cabrera out at second. | 1 | 6 |
| Frazier struck out swinging. | 1 | 6 |
| Sánchez grounded out to third. | 1 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Derek Holland pitching for Chicago | CHW | COL |
| Márquez grounded out to second. | 1 | 6 |
| Blackmon homered to right (398 feet). | 1 | 7 |
| LeMahieu flied out to left. | 1 | 7 |
| Arenado lined out to right. | 1 | 7 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| German Marquez pitching for Colorado | CHW | COL |
| Narváez singled to shallow right. | 1 | 7 |
| Engel struck out swinging. | 1 | 7 |
| Anderson grounded into fielder's choice to third, Narváez out at second. | 1 | 7 |
| Davidson hit for Holland. | 1 | 7 |
| Davidson struck out swinging. | 1 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Juan Minaya pitching for Chicago | CHW | COL |
| Minaya relieved Holland. | 1 | 7 |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 1 | 7 |
| Parra doubled to deep left. | 1 | 7 |
| Story struck out swinging. | 1 | 7 |
| Holmberg relieved Minaya. | 1 | 7 |
| Tapia singled to right, Parra scored. | 1 | 8 |
| Wolters grounded into fielder's choice to second, Tapia out at second. | 1 | 8 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| German Marquez pitching for Colorado | CHW | COL |
| Hanson grounded out to second. | 1 | 8 |
| Cabrera grounded out to third. | 1 | 8 |
| Abreu singled to right. | 1 | 8 |
| Frazier struck out swinging. | 1 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| David Holmberg pitching for Chicago | CHW | COL |
| Márquez singled to center. | 1 | 8 |
| Blackmon singled to center, Márquez to second. | 1 | 8 |
| Beck relieved Holmberg. | 1 | 8 |
| LeMahieu grounded into double play, first to shortstop to first, Blackmon out at second, Márquez to third. | 1 | 8 |
| Arenado homered to left (450 feet), Márquez scored. | 1 | 10 |
| Reynolds struck out looking. | 1 | 10 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| German Marquez pitching for Colorado | CHW | COL |
| Amarista at second base. | 1 | 10 |
| Sánchez grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 10 |
| Narváez flied out to left. | 1 | 10 |
| Engel reached on infield single to pitcher, Engel to second on throwing error by pitcher Márquez. | 1 | 10 |
| Anderson homered to center (451 feet), Engel scored. | 3 | 10 |
| W. García hit for Beck. | 3 | 10 |
| W. García singled to left. | 3 | 10 |
| Hanson grounded out to second. | 3 | 10 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Dan Jennings pitching for Chicago | CHW | COL |
| W. García in right field. | 3 | 10 |
| Jennings relieved Beck. | 3 | 10 |
| Parra singled to center. | 3 | 10 |
| Story grounded into double play, second to first, Parra out at second. | 3 | 10 |
| Tapia grounded out to third. | 3 | 10 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Adam Ottavino pitching for Colorado | CHW | COL |
| Ottavino relieved Márquez. | 3 | 10 |
| Cabrera flied out to left. | 3 | 10 |
| Abreu reached on infield single to third. | 3 | 10 |
| Frazier grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Abreu out at second. | 3 | 10 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Dan Jennings pitching for Chicago | CHW | COL |
| Wolters struck out swinging. | 3 | 10 |
| Valaika hit for Ottavino. | 3 | 10 |
| Valaika struck out looking. | 3 | 10 |
| Blackmon reached on infield single to shortstop. | 3 | 10 |
| Amarista singled to center, Blackmon to second. | 3 | 10 |
| Robertson relieved Jennings. | 3 | 10 |
| Arenado doubled to center, Blackmon and Amarista scored. | 3 | 12 |
| Arenado to third on wild pitch by Robertson. | 3 | 12 |
| Reynolds walked. | 3 | 12 |
| Parra grounded out to second. | 3 | 12 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Antonio Senzatela pitching for Colorado | CHW | COL |
| Senzatela relieved Ottavino. | 3 | 12 |
| Sánchez walked. | 3 | 12 |
| Narváez singled to right, Sánchez to second. | 3 | 12 |
| Engel walked, Sánchez to third, Narváez to second. | 3 | 12 |
| Anderson struck out swinging. | 3 | 12 |
| W. García grounded out to second, Sánchez scored, Narváez to third, Engel to second. | 4 | 12 |
| Smith hit for Robertson. | 4 | 12 |
| Smith grounded out to pitcher. | 4 | 12 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago White Sox | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Hanson RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .256 | .333 | .349 |
Jennings P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
c-Smith PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .289 | .311 | .375 |
| Cabrera LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .290 | .337 | .423 |
| Abreu 1B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .298 | .346 | .519 |
| Frazier 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .216 | .331 | .451 |
| Sánchez 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .264 | .330 | .393 |
| Narváez C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .261 | .344 | .284 |
| Engel CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | .278 | .366 | .403 |
| Anderson SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .239 | .263 | .361 |
| Holland P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
a-Davidson PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .246 | .285 | .517 |
Minaya P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Holmberg P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Beck P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
b-W. García PH-RF
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .259 | .319 | .407 |
| Totals | 35 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 137 | |||
| a-struck out swinging for D Holland in the 5th b-singled to left for C Beck in the 7th c-grounded to pitcher for D Robertson in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Abreu (23, Márquez); Frazier (14, Márquez) HR: Anderson (8, 7th inning off Márquez 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: Narváez (6), Anderson 2 (27), W. García (10) 2-out RBI: Anderson 2 GIDP: Hanson, Frazier White Sox RISP: 1-6 (Narváez 0-1, Sánchez 0-1, Smith 0-1, W. García 0-1, Anderson 1-2) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 3 (Sánchez-Anderson-Abreu, Abreu-Anderson-Abreu, Sánchez-Abreu). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Coors Field, Denver, CO |
| Attendance | 38,386 (76.2% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:08 |
| Weather | 82 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 4 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - D.J. Reyburn, First Base - Sam Holbrook, Second Base - Greg Gibson, Third Base - Jim Wolf |
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