Jake Cave’s first home run of the season gave the Colorado Rockies a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday night, salvaging a split of the four-game series.Jake Cave’s first home run of the season gave the Colorado Rockies a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday night, salvaging a split of the four-game series. Cave’s sixth-inning blast broke a 3-3 tie and helped the Rockies improve to 44-44 on the season. Charlie Blackmon had a two-run double for Colorado, while Cal Quantrill allowed two runs on five hits in five innings of work. For the Brewers, who fell to 49-39, Tobias Myers allowed four runs on eight hits in six innings. Andruw Monasterio and Jackson Chourio each had RBIs for Milwaukee. The Rockies grabbed an early 3-0 lead thanks to a Ryan McMahon double and Blackmon’s two-out double in the second inning. The Brewers rallied with two runs in the fourth off Quantrill, but Anthony Molina came on in relief and allowed only one run over the next two innings. Cave’s homer in the sixth gave the Rockies the lead for good. Jalen Beeks pitched the ninth inning for his seventh save of the season. In other news from the game: * Quantrill struck out Christian Yelich in the first inning for his 500th career strikeout. He is the 16th Canadian player to reach that milestone. * Rockies outfielder Brenton Doyle sat out the game with tightness in his left calf. * The Brewers acquired right-handed pitcher Aaron Civale from the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday and announced he will start Friday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. * The Rockies will face the Kansas City Royals in a three-game series starting Friday night. Kyle Freeland will start for Colorado, while Cole Ragans will take the mound for Kansas City.
DENVER — Jake Cave hit his first home run of the season to snap a sixth-inning tie, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 on Thursday night to gain a split of the four-game series.
Charlie Blackmon had two hits, including a two-run double for the Rockies.
Cave homered off Tobias Myers (5-3), driving a 1-0 offering over the fence in straightaway center. It was his first home run since the Rockies acquired him near the end of spring training in a trade with the Philadelphia Phillies.
The Brewers trailed 3-0 but pulled within a run on Andruw Monasterio’s two-run single in the fourth inning off Cal Quantrill, who had walked the bases loaded around a flyout and a groundout. Anthony Molina (1-0) came on in relief to start the sixth and walked Rhys Hoskins ahead of Jackson Chourio’s tying RBI double.
Jalen Beeks got the last four outs for his seventh save.
The Rockies put up the first three runs and Blackmon was at the center of the scoring. He singled off Myers to start the game, advanced to second on Ezequiel Tovar’s sacrifice and scored when Ryan McMahon doubled.
Blackmon added his two-out, two-run double in the second.
Quantrill allowed two runs on five hits in five innings and finished with two strikeouts and four walks.
He struck out Christian Yelich in the first inning for his 500th career strikeout, becoming the 16th Canadian player to do so. The group includes his father, Paul Quantrill, who pitched in the majors for 14 years.
Myers allowed four runs on eight hits in six innings. He struck out five and walked one but his streak of five straight winning decisions came to an end.
Rockies: CF Brenton Doyle was not in Thursday’s starting lineup, sitting out because of tightness in his left calf. Doyle fouled a pitch off his calf during Wednesday night’s game against the Brewers. … INF Elehuris Montero has cleared waivers after being designated for assignment and the Rockies have outrighted him to Triple-A Albuquerque.
Brewers: Head to Los Angeles to play a three-game series against the Dodgers. RHP Aaron Civale, who went 2-6 with a 5.07 ERA in 17 starts for Tampa Bay this season, was acquired by the Brewers in a trade Wednesday, and is slated to start Friday night’s opener against the Dodgers’ RHP Tyler Glasnow (8- 5, 3.23 ERA).
Rockies: LHP Kyle Freeland (0-3, 7.94 ERA) will be making his third start since returning from a left elbow strain that sidelined him for two months. He’ll face LHP Cole Ragans (5-6, 3.33 ERA) Friday night in the first of a three-game series against the Kansas City Royals.
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