In what had been a scoreless pitchers' duel for six innings between Chad Bettis and Hisashi Iwakuma, Garneau gave Colorado the jolt it needed with one out in the seventh. He jumped on the first pitch he saw from Iwakuma -- the same front-door cutter that got Garneau to pop out to the catcher two innings earlier -- and smashed it to left for a three-run homer. Statcast™ estimated the blast traveled 381 feet.
"He's a pretty mentally tough kid. I don't think any situation's going to be too big for him," said Rockies manager Walt Weiss.