Hunter Goodman went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in the third inning, and the Rockies beat the Mets 3-0 in game two of Sunday’s doubleheader to complete a sweep of the twinbill.
Goodman’s seventh home run of the year came off Mets starter Kodai Senga and put him tied for 10th in the National League in homers after the game. The blast also lifted his totals to 11 runs batted in and a.263/.340/.547 slash line over 26 games this season.
The timing mattered because the Rockies were finishing off both games of the doubleheader and needed offense to turn the day into a clean sweep. Goodman supplied it in the third inning, and the result left Colorado with a shutout and a statement win over New York.
What comes next is straightforward: Goodman’s bat stays in the middle of the Rockies’ early-season picture, and his home run total now gives him a place among the National League’s early leaders. For a team that just swept a twinbill, that kind of production is the sort of thing that travels well into the next series.
