While the Rockies now fall back to .500 at 8-8, there were two positive takeaways from the game in the forms of Charlie Blackmon and Chris Rusin.
BLACKMON RETURNS WITH A BANG
After some tightness in his right quad led the All-Star Blackmon to be day-to-day entering the Nationals series, he was able to be reinserted into the lineup for the Saturday afternoon contest.
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Blackmon wasted no time at all in his return, launching the second pitch he saw in his first plate appearance of the day for a two-run homer to right field over the Nationals scoreboard.