DENVER — Yuli Gurriel had 4 hits, Sandy Alcantara restricted Colorado to 2 runs in six innings and the Miami Marlins beat the Rockies 10-2 on Wednesday night time to snap a three-game shedding streak.
Alcantara (2-5) put collectively one among his finest outings in what has been a troublesome season, placing out three and permitting his second-fewest runs this season.
“This is a hard place to throw your best and to command the ball,” Alcantara mentioned. “I just tried to throw strikes.”
“The stuff’s there and he could end up finding it as the season moves forward,” Rockies supervisor Bud Black mentioned of Alcantara. “He’s a guy I don’t know and don’t see a lot, but the weapons are there. The arm’s there. The delivery’s there.”
Major league hitting chief Luis Arraez doubled in two runs in a three-run fifth inning that gave the Marlins a 5-1 lead.
Jonathan Davis was 3 for 4 with a solo homer a day after being referred to as up from Triple-A Jacksonville.
PHOTOS: Yuli Gurriel has 4 hits to assist Marlins rout Rockies 10-2
“It meant the world, man,” Davis mentioned. “I’ve gotten some opportunities in the past and just to be able to come up here and contribute and be able to do the job and get the win, it’s awesome.”
Jorge Soler hit his team-leading 14th dwelling run of the season, a solo shot to left subject.
Jacob Stallings had two doubles and an RBI. The Marlins catcher was batting simply .127 with three extra-base hits in his first 23 video games this season. In addition to his 4 hits, Gurriel had two runs and an RBI.
“We’re going to try to be creative as much as we can because that bat, for me, is real,” Marlins supervisor Skip Schumaker mentioned about Gurriel. “Our staff loves him in the lineup. It’s just a different look. He’s going to put it in play hard somewhere, whether it’s a hit or not. I love where he’s at.”
The victory was a uncommon blowout for the Marlins, whose earlier 9 video games had been determined by two runs or fewer.
In his second profession MLB begin, Rockies right-hander Karl Kauffmann (0-2) gave up 5 earned runs and 6 hits in 4 1/3 innings, with all 5 runs and 5 of the six hits coming in his remaining 1 1/3 innings.
“One of the most important things for me is the feeling that I belong here,” Kauffmann mentioned. “Those first few innings I’ve had the past couple of outings kind of reiterates that to me. Now, it’s just trying to find a way to make those adjustments and get those hitters out the third time through.”
Elias Diaz, who got here into the matchup second to Arraez in batting common, homered for the Rockies. With an RBI double within the first inning, Jurickson Profar prolonged his on-base streak to 32 video games, the longest lively streak within the majors.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Marlins: Arraez left the sport within the eighth inning with a left leg cramp, a transfer that was described as precautionary. “With a six- or seven-run lead at the time, I didn’t really feel like I needed to push him,” Schumaker mentioned.
UP NEXT
Rockies left-hander Kyle Freeland (4-5, 3.88 ERA) will face Marlins left-hander Braxton Garrett (1-2, 4.60 ERA) on Thursday.
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