Philadelphia Phillies at Colorado Rockies

DENVER – Coors Field has been kind to the Rockies’ Mickey Moniak since he joined the team last season – like Sunday, when he homered twice in a 4-1 victory over the Phillies. But the place misbehaves every now and then. With two out in the top of the fifth, the Rockies held a two-run lead over the Phillies – with Moniak’s first-inning solo homer being part of the reason. But the sun blinded Moniak on Trea Turner’s fly ball, which resulted in a double that put runners on second and third. It was the second fly ball he lost during the season-opening three-game homestand. Kyle Schwarber drove a Tomoyuki Sugano pitch to deep center, but Jake McCarthy caught it against the wall. Sugano, who held the Phils to one run (Adolis Garcia’s homer) in six innings, laughed sheepishly as he left the mound. Moniak had a more visceral reaction. “Schwarbs put a good swing on that next pitch, and my heart sank for a split second,” Moniak said. Moniak lifted all Rockies’ hearts in the bottom of the inning by going deep for a second time against Taijuan Walker – this one off the facing of the seating deck above the Rockies bullpen. It was Moniak’s first multi-homer game since last Sept. 14, when he homered twice in a loss at San Diego.