Brenton Doyle hammered, doubled and tied his career high with five RBI, Zac Veen doubled for his first career RBI and Colorado Rockies beat Milwaukee Brewers 7-2 on Thursday in Denver.
Doyle hammered and led to the bottom of the first and ended with three hits for Colorado, which avoided a three-game-sweep against Milwaukee. Michael Toglia added an RBI double in Rockie’s five-run eighth round. Toglia finished with three hits and Scott Alexander (1-1) got the victory with an inning of relief.
Jackson Chourio singled to expand his striking line to 12 matches for Brewers. Brice Turang went 0-for-5 and failed to get a hit for the first time this season.
Ryan McMahon, who had two hits, started the eighth with a double of shipper Joel Payamps (0-1). Sean Bouchard went and Toglia doubled to do it 3-2. Mickey Moniak deliberately went out with one out, and after Kris Bryant went, Doyle hit a base-clearing double.
Veen, who made his Major League debut Tuesday night, covered the rally with an RBI double from the scoreboard in the right field.
Milwaukee Right Hander Quinn Priester, acquired from Boston on Monday, went five rounds in its first major league start of the season. He allowed a run of five hits and had traffic on the bases in each inning but his last.
The Rockies starter Ryan Feltner put down the first seven battles he met before encountering problems in the fourth. Christian Yelich and William Contreras started the inning with doubles to bind the game and Feltner walked the next two strokes in a distance where he threw 11 balls over 12 seats.
He sat down, induced Joey Ortiz in a lineout and knocked out Oliver Dunn and Eric Haase to limit the damage to a single run. Feltner gave up a drive and knocked out seven in six rounds.
The rockies went on in the seventh when Moniak led with a walk, went to others on a victim and scored on Doyle’s single. Milwaukee tied it in eighth when Isaac Collins founded into a double game that got Chourio.
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