Rockies Roll Reds

It was bound to happen.  Alfredo Simon had an off day which led to a 11-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies.

Charlie Blackmon and Corey Dickerson greeted Simon with home runs to open the game, then it got worse.

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Joey Votto homered on the first pitch he saw, opening the second inning. It was his sixth home run.  He hit number five to walk the Reds off with a win in his last at bat.

Make no mistake Colorado can flat hit.

Dickerson doubled to lead off the second.  He went to third when Troy Tulowitzki reached base for the 22nd consecutive game with an infield hit.  Carlos Gonzalez hit a rocket on one bounce to Brandon Phillips, who turned it into a double play with Dickerson scoring to make the score, 3-1.

The Rockies merely restarted the rally.  Nolan Arenado, who had his 28-game hitting streak squelched by Johnny Cueto on Friday, doubled.  Justin Morneau hit the third home run of the game off Simon.  It was the most home runs allowed in a game by Simon since he was the starting for Baltimore in 2011.

Arenado, who walked and scored the tying run in the ninth inning on Friday, has reached base in 30 straight games.

It signaled the most runs that Simon has allowed after allowing three or fewer runs in his first six starts of the season.  He lasted just three innings after pitching at least six in his other starts.

Nick Christiani and J.J. Hoover were hammered too.

Christiani surrendered two runs in his two innings with Blackmon and Dickerson hitting back-to-back doubles this time.

Hoover gave up a single to Blackmon, then back-to-back home runs to Dickerson, his fourth and Tulowitzki's 11th.

The Reds scored a second run off Colorado starter Jordan Lyles at the scene of Lyles' first major league win in 2011 as a member of the Houston Astros.

Brandon Phillips doubled and scored on a two-out single by Ryan Ludwick.