DENVER (AP) — Jon Moscot was grazed in the right ear by a fastball while trying to lay down a bunt. On top of that, four of his pitches were hit out of the park.

It just wasn’t his night.

Nolan Arenado and Charlie Blackmon each hit two of Colorado’s team record-tying seven homers, powering the Rockies to a 17-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday.

“Every mistake I made got hit,” Moscot said. “I would say there were a couple of pitches, a couple of balls that were hit that I was a little bit surprised by the result.

“I’ve got to be better than that. Two innings is just not good. It’s frustrating.”

The seven homers allowed by Cincinnati’s pitching staff tied a single-game club record. The last time it happened was May 25, 1979, at the Los Angeles Dodgers.

“We don’t have a great deal of experience here,” Reds manager Bryan Price said. “That doesn’t make it OK to come out and give up 17 runs.”

It was the first time Colorado hit seven homers in the Mile High City. The team also had seven on April 5, 1997, in Montreal, when Larry Walker and the original Blake Street Bombers were going deep.

“We hit seven homers as a team tonight? That’s a lot of homers,” Blackmon said. “We should do that every time.

“Seven is a lot. The Bombers couldn’t do it, so why did we do it? Everybody got locked in tonight at the same time.”

Rockies right-hander Jon Gray (3-2) was certainly the beneficiary of all those homers. It made his night rather easy as he allowed three runs in six solid innings for his second straight win.

This was far from an easy night for Moscot (0-3), who got hit hard in his first day back from the disabled list. He surrendered seven runs and four homers in two innings. Moscot also took the pitch off his ear in the third while pulling back on a bunt attempt. In the process, he hit himself in the side of the head with his bat. Moscot stayed down for a moment before taking his base.

Moscot was replaced on the mound in the bottom of the inning. The right-hander was making his first start since April 27 after being sidelined by inflammation in his non-pitching shoulder.

Blackmon created a little bit of history as he became the first Rockies player hit leadoff homers in back-to-back games. He also added his first career grand slam in the seventh.

Carlos Gonzalez homered for a fourth straight game, while DJ LeMahieu and Gerardo Parra also went deep. Blackmon nearly broke the team homer record in the eighth, but his drive was caught near the warning track in left.

Still a lot of long balls, though.

“I’ve been in a lot of games where we score a lot of runs, but today was impressive, because everybody was hitting a home run,” Gonzalez said. “I’m happy that I was part of it.”

A day after the Reds hit five homers, it was the Rockies’ turn to play long ball. They had two homers in a five-run first, two more in the second, another in the third and sixth and finally Blackmon’s blast in the seventh.

After that, Cincinnati’s relievers kept Colorado inside the park. Still, the team had a franchise-best 14 extra-base hits.

The only late-inning drama was whether Parra or LeMahieu would hit for the cycle. Both finished a triple short. So did Gonzalez after his double in the eighth.

“It was a little too late,” Gonzalez said. “Fun game. A lot of smiles.”

Arenado had his first day off of the season Monday and came back rejuvenated with his third two-homer game this season. He now has 16 homers.

Joey Votto and Jay Bruce hit solo homers off Gray in the sixth to make it an 8-3 game. Colorado’s pitching staff has now surrendered 10 homers in the last four games.

Bruce finished a single away from the cycle.

TRAINER’S ROOM:

Reds: RHP Caleb Cotham went on the disabled list with a sore shoulder. … 2B Brandon Phillips was scratched because of a sore left foot.

UP NEXT:

Reds: Lefty John Lamb (0-3) searches for his second career win. He earned his first last September against St. Louis.

Rockies: Righty Tyler Chatwood (6-3) makes his sixth start of the season at Coors Field, where he has a 5.10 ERA.

TUESDAY’S GAME

Rockies 17, Reds 4

Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Cozart ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .298

Morris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —

Hamilton cf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .243

Votto 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .213

Duvall lf-3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .264

Bruce rf 4 1 3 2 0 0 .272

Suarez 3b-ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .219

Pacheco 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .157

Diaz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —

Holt lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .279

Barnhart c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .240

Moscot p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Wright p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

De Jesus 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .210

Totals 31 4 8 4 4 5

 

Colorado AB R H BI BB SO Avg.

Blackmon cf 6 2 2 5 0 1 .301

LeMahieu 2b 4 4 4 2 1 0 .318

Arenado 3b 4 3 2 4 1 0 .287

Gonzalez rf 5 1 3 2 0 0 .312

Garneau c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244

Story ss 4 0 0 0 1 1 .260

Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Parra lf 4 2 3 2 0 0 .280

Descalso 1b 4 2 1 1 1 0 .476

Wolters c-ss 5 1 3 1 0 2 .220

Gray p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .154

a-Adames ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .250

Qualls p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —

b-Raburn ph-rf 1 1 0 0 1 0 .274

Totals 39 17 19 17 5 5

 

Cincinnati 001 002 010 = 4 8 0

Colorado 521 003 60x = 17 19 0

 

a-doubled for Gray in the 6th. b-walked for Qualls in the 7th.

LOB—Cincinnati 5, Colorado 5. 2B—Bruce (10), LeMahieu 2 (12), Gonzalez (10), Parra (17), Wolters 2 (7), Adames (1). 3B—Bruce (4). HR—Votto (9), off Gray; Bruce (10), off Gray; Blackmon (5), off Moscot; Arenado (15), off Moscot; LeMahieu (3), off Moscot; Gonzalez (10), off Moscot; Parra (4), off Wright; Arenado (16), off Wright; Blackmon (6), off Diaz. RBIs—Hamilton (6), Votto (30), Bruce 2 (33), Blackmon 5 (25), LeMahieu 2 (17), Arenado 4 (43), Gonzalez 2 (22), Parra 2 (25), Descalso (7), Wolters (11). SF—Parra. S—Gray.

Runners left in scoring position—Cincinnati 4 (Bruce 2, Suarez, Pacheco); Colorado 4 (Blackmon, Descalso, Wolters, Gray). RISP—Cincinnati 1 for 7; Colorado 6 for 14.

Runners moved up—Suarez, Blackmon. GIDP—Cozart, Hamilton, Pacheco, De Jesus, Arenado, Parra.

DP—Cincinnati 2 (Suarez, Pacheco, Votto), (Cozart, De Jesus, Votto); Colorado 4 (Story, Descalso), (Arenado, LeMahieu, Descalso), (Story, Descalso), (Wolters, LeMahieu, Descalso).

Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Moscot L, 0-3 2 8 7 7 0 1 52 7.13

Wright 3 1-3 8 4 4 0 2 59 7.27

Diaz 2-3 2 5 5 4 0 35 15.75

Morris 2 1 1 1 1 2 27 9.64

Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA

Gray W, 3-2 6 5 3 3 3 4 99 5.76

Qualls 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 4.96

Miller 2 2 1 1 1 1 25 4.63

Diaz pitched to 5 batters in the 7th.

Inherited runners-scored—Diaz 1-0, Morris 1-1. HBP—Gray (Moscot). WP—Wright.

Umpires—Home, Mark Wegner; First, Ryan Blakney; Second, Marty Foster; Third, Mike Winters.

T—3:07. A—20,448 (50,398).