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Thu Aug 24 201704:03CF Charlie Blackmon belted 30th home run in third
CF Charlie Blackmon belted his 30th home run in the third. He becomes the first National League leadoff hitter with 30 homers since Hanley Ramirez, who hit 32 in 2008 for the Marlins. He is nine shy of the single-season record of Alfonso Soriano, 39 in 2006 with Washington.
Sat Aug 19 201704:32CF Charlie Blackmon hit sixth leadoff home run and franchise-lea...
CF Charlie Blackmon hit his sixth leadoff home run and the franchise-leading 28th of his career. It was also his 29th homer this season, tying the single-season career high he set last year. Blackmon has homered in back-to-back games for the sixth time this season.
Fri Aug 18 201704:02CF Charlie Blackmon 3-5 with team-leading 28th homer and has sco...
CF Charlie Blackmon went 3-for-5 with his team-leading 28th homer and has scored 111 runs, tying his career high set last year. Blackmon is hitting .394 with 15 doubles, 13 triples, 18 homers and 41 RBIs at home this season. The last National League player to hit 14 or more triples at home was Hall of Famer Paul Waner for the 1928 Pittsburgh Pirates.
Tue Aug 15 201705:11CF Charlie Blackmon 1 for 4 and started game-winning rally in ei...
CF Charlie Blackmon went 1 for 4 and started the game-winning rally in the eighth with his 14th triple of the season. All but one of Blackmon's triples have come at home, and he has the most triples at home since Carl Crawford hit 13 triples for Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field in 2004.
Sun Aug 13 201703:35CF Charlie Blackmon 4-5 on Saturday against Marlins
CF Charlie Blackmon went 4-for-5 on Saturday against the Marlins. He leads the majors in runs (105), triples (13), multi-hit games (51) and total bases (291). He also leads the NL with 159 hits. He ranks second in the NL with 64 extra-base hits, trailing teammate Nolan Arenado by one. Teammates have only finished 1-2 in the majors in extra-base hits three times: Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in 1926 and 1927 and Tony Armas and Dwight Evans for the 1984 Boston Red Sox.
Thu Aug 10 201703:31OF Charlie Blackmon hit one home run in each of two games in Cle...
OF Charlie Blackmon hit one home run in each of the two games in Cleveland. He hit a home run leading off the first inning on Tuesday, and his 12th inning home run off RHP Zach McAllister on Wednesday gave the Rockies a 3-2 win. "I thought he was going to throw me a fastball, and I just tried to whack it," said Blackmon, who was 3-for-6 in the game, his major league-high 50th multi-hit game of the season. His 14 three-hit games are tied for the most in the National League.
Wed Aug 9 201706:01OF Charlie Blackmon's home run leading off game 27th leadoff hom...
OF Charlie Blackmon's home run leading off the game was the 27th leadoff home run of Blackmon's career, his fifth this year. It was also Blackmon's 100th career home run. He becomes the 12th player in Rockies history to hit 100 home runs.
Mon Aug 7 201702:09CF Charlie Blackmon 3-4 with three doubles for second time in ca...
CF Charlie Blackmon went 3-for-4 with three doubles for second time in his career. He also had three doubles on April 4, 2014, against Arizona. On the six-game homestand that just ended, Blackmon hit .391 (9-for-23) with four doubles, one homer, two RBIs and seven runs scored.
Wed Aug 2 201706:02CF Charlie Blackmon 2-3 with two runs scored on Tuesday night, g...
CF Charlie Blackmon went 2-for-3 with two runs scored on Tuesday night, giving him a major-league-leading 95 runs scored. In 16 games in the second half, Blackmon is batting .409 (27-for-66). In 49 games at Coors Field this season, Blackmon is hitting .403/.468/.827.
Mon Jul 31 201703:05OF Charlie Blackmon had four hits in opener of Sunday's doublehe...
OF Charlie Blackmon had four hits in the opener of Sunday's doubleheader, his 46th multi-hit game of the season and his 11th outing with at least three hits. Blackmon leads the National League with 141 hits and is batting .328 after going 5-for-9 in the doubleheader against Washington.
Mon Jul 24 201703:53CF Charlie Blackmon recorded 800th career hit with 24th homer of...
CF Charlie Blackmon recorded his 800th career hit with his 24th homer of the season in the fifth. It was the third hit in the game for Blackmon, who has had 10 games with three or more hits this season and his third on the six-game homestand that concluded Sunday. Blackmon is hitting .399 (75-for-188) at Coors Field this season with at least one hit in 41 of 48 home games.
Sun Jul 23 201704:15CF Charlie Blackmon 2-5 with double and triple, 13th of season, ...
CF Charlie Blackmon went 2-for-5 with a double and a triple, his 13th of the season, on Saturday. Twelve of Blackmon's triples have come at Coors Field, the most in a season in franchise history. Dexter Fowler hit 11 triples there in 2010. Blackmon is hitting .399 (72-for-183) at Coors Field this season with at least one hit in 40 of 47 home games.
Sat Jul 22 201704:40CF Charlie Blackmon 0-3, ending season- and career high-tying 14...
CF Charlie Blackmon went 0-for-3, ending his season- and career high-tying 14-game hitting streak. Blackmon hit safely in 14 consecutive games from April 14-29 this season and from July 5-22, 2016. During his latest 14-game hitting streak, Blackmon hit .431 (25-for-58). He had recorded an extra-base hit in seven consecutive games, which tied his career-long streak from Sept. 15-21, 2013.
Thu Jul 20 201703:45CF Charlie Blackmon extended hitting streak to season- and caree...
CF Charlie Blackmon extended his hitting streak to a season- and career high-tying 14 games. He also hit safely in 14 consecutive games this season from April 14-29. During his current streak, Blackmon is hitting .431. He has homered in three of his past four games and has had an extra-base hit in seven straight games, tying his career-long streak first done Sept. 15-21, 2013. The last player to have an extra-base hit in seven straight games was Nolan Arenado, who did it twice in 2015.
Tue Jul 18 201703:41CF Charlie Blackmon 3-4 with 22nd homer of season and extended h...
CF Charlie Blackmon went 3-for-4 with his 22nd homer of the season and extended his hitting streak to 12 games. The homer was Blackmon's fourth leadoff homer of the season and the 26th of his career, extending his franchise record. During his 12-game hitting streak, Blackmon is batting .455 (21-for-51).
Mon Jul 17 201702:04CF Charlie Blackmon extended hitting streak to 11 games Sunday a...
CF Charlie Blackmon extended his hitting streak to 11 games Sunday afternoon, when he went 2-for-6 with a two-run homer as the Rockies cruised past the Mets 13-4. Blackmon struck out in the first, doubled and scored in the second, popped out in the third and grounded out in the fifth before he legged out a two-run inside-the-park homer in the seventh. It was the second inside-the-park homer of the season for Blackmon, though replays indicated the ball cleared the orange line in left-center field. Blackmon ended his day by striking out in the eighth. This is the third hitting streak of at least 10 games this season for Blackmon, who tied a career-high with a 14-game hitting streak from April 14-29 and had a 10-game streak from June 2-12. Overall this year, Blackmon is batting .320 with 21 homers, 64 RBIs and a major league-leading 11 triples in 92 games.
Sun Jul 16 201703:44CF Charlie Blackmon extended hitting streak to 10 games Saturday...
CF Charlie Blackmon extended his hitting streak to 10 games Saturday, when he went 1-for-4 with an RBI triple as the Rockies fell to the Mets 8-3. Blackmon flew out in the first, popped out in the third and grounded out in the sixth before tripling in the seventh, He is batting .390 during the streak to lift his overall batting average from .311 to .320. It is the third hitting streak of at least 10 games this season for Blackmon, who tied a career-high with a 14-game hitting streak from April 14-29 and had a 10-game streak from June 2-12. Overall this season, Blackmon has 20 home runs, 62 RBIs and a major league-leading 11 triples.
Mon Jul 10 201701:48CF Charlie Blackmon 1-4 and hit 20th home run to extend hitting ...
CF Charlie Blackmon went 1-for-4 and hit his 20th home run to extend his hitting streak to eight games. He's hitting .394 (13-for-33) during the streak. This is the second season Blackmon has hit at least 20 home runs. He hit a career-high 29 last year. This is also the first time Blackmon has hit 20 home runs prior to the All-Star break. He hit 12 homers before the break last year and 17 during the second half.
Sun Jul 9 201704:10CF Charlie Blackmon 2-5 to extend hitting streak to seven games ...
CF Charlie Blackmon went 2-for-5 to extend his hitting streak to seven games and is batting .394 at Coors Field this season. He was ejected in the ninth by home plate umpire Sam Holbrook for arguing a called third strike. It was Blackmon's first ejection since May 17, 2015 at the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Fri Jul 7 201703:48CF Charlie Blackmon made second career start batting third
CF Charlie Blackmon, who typically hits leadoff, made his second career start batting third. The other was Aug. 25, 2015, at Atlanta. Blackmon went 2-for-4. He was hitting .330 on June 16 but has since gone 17-for-69 (.246), dropping his average to .315.
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