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Late in the Blue Jays’ 20-1 blowout of the Rockies on Wednesday afternoon at Coors Field, history started creeping in.
Kevin Gausman (Grandview High School, class of 2010) pitched seven strong innings to outlast Kyle Freeland (Thomas Jefferson High, 2011), and the Rockies’ bullpen limped to a 20-1 loss to the Blue Jays on Wednesday, capping off a historically lopsided sweep at Coors Field.
The Blue Jays cruised 15-1 behind 25 hits, but it hasn't always been easy for them against the league's worst teams.
The biggest beneficiary of this incredible stand was Vladimir Guerrero Jr, who finished the series 8-for-17, with two homers and four RBIs. Bo Bichette also had a mammoth series, going 7-for-17 with 10 RBIs, and Nathan Lukes was 6-for-13 with six RBIs.
The Toronto Blue Jays set an MLB record for the most hits over the course of a three game series against the Colorado Rockies.
The first-pitch temperature at Coors was 96 degrees, and the Rockies got out of the gate hot. Ezequiel Tovar slashed a double to left off Jose Berrios and trotted home on Hunter Goodman’s homer to left, Goodman’s 22nd homer.
BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Rockies host the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday to start a three-game series. Colorado has a 16-39 record at home and a 30-81 record overall. The Rockies are seventh in the NL with 117 total home runs, averaging 1.1 per game.