Odubel Herrera homered, doubled, drove in three runs and scored twice to lift the host Philadelphia Phillies past the Colorado Rockies 10-3 on Tuesday.
Bryce Harper added two hits and Didi Gregorius had two hits and scored three times for the Phillies, who won their second blowout in a row over the Rockies.
Phillies starter Zach Eflin (1-1) allowed two hits and one run in six innings. Eflin struck out three and walked one.
Charlie Blackmon ripped two solo homers and C.J. Cron had two hits for the Rockies, who have lost two straight to the Phillies by a combined 18-5 score. Jose Iglesias also recorded two hits and an RBI and Ryan McMahon walked three times.
Kris Bryant was a late scratch because of back soreness.
Rockies starter German Marquez (0-1) lasted only 3 2/3 innings and allowed seven hits and seven runs, four earned, to go along with one strikeout and one walk.
The Phillies went ahead 1-0 when Gregorius hit an RBI infield single to third base in the second inning. Marquez soon unleashed a wild pitch and catcher Dom Nunez followed with a throwing error during the same sequence, which allowed Alec Bohm and Gregorius to score for a 3-0 advantage.
In the fourth, Bohm and Jean Segura each provided RBI singles and Herrera and Rhys Hoskins added an RBI double apiece for a 7-0 lead.
The Rockies struggled through the first five innings. They had just one hit — a single by Cron — and errors in the field by Nunez and McMahon.
Blackmon launched a solo home run to right with two outs in the sixth to close within 7-1.
Herrera responded in the bottom of the inning by smashing a two-run home run to right-center, and Nick Castellanos blooped an RBI single to short left for a 10-1 lead.
Nunez struck out swinging with the bases loaded to end a Colorado threat in the seventh.
Blackmon’s second solo home run came in the eighth, giving him 14 homers in 59 career games against Philadelphia.
The Rockies closed within 10-3 when Iglesias produced an RBI double in the ninth off Damon Jones.
–Field Level Media
