DENVER — — Ryan McMahon hit a 495-foot homer for the longest drive by a Colorado player at Coors Field, Randal Grichuk went 5 for 5 and the Rockies routed St. Louis 16-5 Tuesday night, ending the Cardinals’ seven-game winning streak.
C.J. Cron homered and doubled to drive in five runs and Grichuk also connected as Colorado piled up 22 hits.
The Rockies staked Ryan Feltner (2-3) to a 12-0 lead before St. Louis got on the board with a two-run homer by Paul DeJong in the fifth.
LHP José Quintana (3-5, 2.39 ERA) is set to make his second start Wednesday night for St. Louis, 6:45 with the pregame and the first pitch at 7:40 on KIRX.
Milwaukee beat Tampa Bay 5-3 to shrink the Cardinal’s lead to one game.