//Dbacks bop Rockies 13-7; Blackmon hitless, drops under .500

Dbacks bop Rockies 13-7; Blackmon hitless, drops under .500

DENVER (AP) Starling Marte homered and drove in four runs as the Arizona Diamondbacks battered the Colorado Rockies 13-7 Wednesday in a Coors Field slugfest featuring 34 hits, but none by blistering Charlie Blackmon.

Blackmon began the game batting an astonishing .500 for the Rockies. He went 0 for 4, ending his hitting streak at 15 games, and his average dipped to .472.

Blackmon was on deck when Trevor Story, who doubled twice and singled, grounded into a game-ending double play.

Nolan Arenado homered twice and doubled for the Rockies.

Marte had three hits, including a go-ahead single in an eight-run seventh inning. It was 5-all going into the inning.

”It was about time,” said David Peralta, who helped break the game open in the seventh with a three-run double. ”We were finding some holes. We’ve been hitting the ball really well but couldn’t find the hole. This just happened. So when this