Charlie Blackmon blasted his first career walk-off home run Wednesday night at Coors Field, besting the reigning world champion Houston Astros 3-2 in a late-July game that had all the feel of October.
Colorado tied the game on Nolan Arenado’s unconventional popout RBI with the bases loaded in the seventh, in which Houston’s J.D. Davis made a web-gem grab leaning over — and almost falling into — the Astros’ dugout. Speedster Raimel Tapia tagged from third base on play, scoring on a bad throw by Davis to make it 2-2.
Carlos Gonzalez got the Rockies rolling in the first — and the purple-clad fans drowning out another strong showing by a large contingent of orange — with his 12th home run of the season, 417 feet to right for a 1-0 home-team lead.