The Rockies beat the Phillies 5-2 in this afternoon’s game at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia courtesy of a Colorado-style home run derby and some solid pitching. Ryan Howard doubled in the bottom of the first to drive in Chase Utley, who had reached on an infield single with two outs, to put the Phillies up by a run early. Their lead, however, would be short indeed as Nolan Arenado drove a 2-2 pitch to left center for his eleventh home run of the year. Paulsen would pop up to third for the second out of the inning, but Michael McKenry similarly deposited a 2-2 pitch over the wall for his second home run of the season
The scoring would pause for the next few innings, but resumed in the top of seventh when Ben Paulsen hit his third home run of the year to start the inning.