Rockies beat Twins 10-6 for very first home series victory of
DENVER (AP)– Ezequiel Tovar struck a three-run homer to break a fifth-inning tie and the Colorado Rockies won a home series for the first time because late last season with a 10-6 success over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night.Hunter Goodman had
three hits, the last a two-run homer in the eighth, and Ryan McMahon homered for the 2nd straight game. The Rockies also have won 2 straight home games for the very first time this season.Advertisement The Rockies had actually lost 17 straight home series, the final two last
season and the first
15 this season. At 24-74, they remain on rate to set a major league season record for losses.Antonio Senzatela(4-13)quit 3 runs in the second inning but dealt with only one batter over the minimum in the next five, going 7 innings for the first time this season.Senzatela, who leads the big leagues in losses, gave up five hits and started out 3 with one walk. He used an economical 78 pitches.Kody Clemens had a double and a triple for the Twins, who have lost 12 of their last 15 roadway games and their last 5 roadway series.Advertisement Clemens’two-out, two-run double made it 8-5 in the eighth, but Tyler Kinley started out Carlos Correa with runners on second and third to end the inning.Tovar had three hits and Mickey Moniak had three hits for the Rockies.Zebby Matthews (1-2 )quit five work on 8 hits in four-plus innings, leaving after the very first 2 batters reached in the 5th. He was triggered from the hurt list to make the start after missing six weeks with a strained shoulder.The start of the game was postponed 38 minutes by rain.Key moment Goodman struck a slow
roller that hugged the 3rd base line and remained reasonable in the 5th, leaving 3rd baseman Brooks Lee no option however to hope it would go nasty. It did not, Goodman got a single, and Tovar struck his tie-breaking homer three batters later.Advertisement Secret stat The Rockies are on rate for
39 wins. The Chicago White Sox were 41-121 when they set the big league record for regular-season losses a year ago.Up next Minnesota RHP Joe Ryan (9-4, 2.72 AGE)was set to oppose Colorado RHP German Marquez (3-10, 5.57 )on Sunday. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb