Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado had himself quite a game during the team’s Wednesday matinee, and that’s possibly underestimating the situation.
Nolan Arenado had a 3-homer, 5-hit day to power Colorado past San Diego
Arenado beat San Diego all by himself.
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After starting things off slow with a pair of RBI singles in the first and second innings, Arenado promptly went on a tear with home runs in each of the fourth, fifth, and sixth frames, including a three-run homer for the last of those.
The fourth inning was a great success for the Rockies, with six total runs and three homers for the team.
They didn’t look back after that, as they thumped the Padres by 14 runs in an 18-4 victory. Seven of those runs belonged to Arenado, which means he beat San Diego all by himself and didn’t even need those first two RBI to do it.
Arenado’s bashes traveled a combined 1,266 feet, with his final homer an absolute bomb to left field.
It’s both the first five-hit game for Arenado and the first three-home run game of his career, and when you add those seven RBI to his impressive day, it makes him the first Colorado player to ever put up that stat line in a single game. He’s only the sixth player in the entire league to manage that in the last 10 years.
Teammate Trevor Story reacted to Arenado’s day by saying “Yep. That’s Nolan.” and explaining the entire thing felt pretty ordinary.
Not bad for a day’s work, but he flew out in his final at-bat. What a slacker.
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