The Colorado Rockies finally found a spark on offense. Now, they hope that spark can develop into a series victory and the beginning of a hot streak. Colorado will try to secure its first series win since late May when it faces the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday afternoon in Minneapolis.
The Rockies are coming off a 5-4 win over the Twins on Tuesday night, which evened the three-game series at one win apiece to set up a rubber match in the finale. Ezequiel Tovar hit a three-run homer to break a scoreless tie in the sixth inning on Tuesday. It was the 11th homer of the season for Tovar, who has gone deep three times in his past four games.
Teammates praised Tovar for providing the big hit that helped spur the Rockies to victory. Tovar will look to stay hot on Wednesday before Colorado enjoys a day off on Thursday. "The last couple of games our offense has been struggling," Rockies veteran Ryan McMahon said after the Tuesday game.
"But 'Tovie' is our guy. He's our best player, and he came up with a big hit." Colorado manager Bud Black took his praise of Tovar a step further.
"We're watching a young talent emerge into one of the, I think, potential stars of the game," Black said of his 22-year-old shortstop. "It's a premium position and there's a lot of good ones. But I think in time, you'll see that he'll be right there with them all.
" Twins right-hander Pablo Lopez (5-6, 5.45 ERA) will try to subdue Tovar and the Rockies when he takes the mound in the series finale. Lopez has be.
