DENVER -- Rockies center fielder Charlie Blackmon was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Thursday with turf toe in his left foot. He sustained the injury diving back to second base in the eighth inning on Wednesday night and didn't take the field for the ninth.
Catcher Dustin Garneau was recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque. He gives the Rockies protection at the position, since catcher Nick Hundley was undergoing concussion protocol on Thursday. Hundley took a vicious hit from a foul tip that twisted his mask sideways in Wednesday's game.
The Rockies' primary leadoff hitter, Blackmon went on the DL with turf toe in his right foot on April 4, 2012.