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Tyler Anderson homers, pitches Colorado Rockies past Philadelphia Phillies

Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Tyler Anderson was doused by teammates Jason Motte, back left, and Brandon Barnes after he hit a home run and earned the win on the mound Saturday against the Philadelphia Phillies.

DENVER – Tyler Anderson homered and earned his first big league win as the Colorado Rockies beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3 Saturday night.

Anderson (1-3) allowed two runs in six innings and struck out six. He singled for his first big league hit and homered for his second.

Tony Wolters hit his first career triple, driving in three runs in Colorado’s six-run sixth that gave it an 8-2 lead.

Jordan Lyles allowed one run in three innings for his second career save.

The Rockies have won two of the first three in a four-game set against the Phillies prior to the All-Star break.

Jerad Eickhoff (6-10) was rolling before Anderson hit a two-run shot inside the right foul pole in the fifth to tie the score at 2-2. It was the first home run by a Rockies pitcher since Kyle Kendrick on September 7, 2015, at San Diego.

Carlos Gonzalez’s RBI grounder in the sixth put the the Rockies ahead. Mark Reynolds drove in a run with a bases-loaded walk, Wolters followed with his three-run triple and Brandon Barnes added an RBI double to give Colorado a six-run lead.

Tommy Joseph had his first four-hit game for Philadelphia. The 24-year-old first baseman picked up where he left off Friday and drove a 1-2 cutter off Anderson into the left field seats in the second. It was Joseph’s 11th home run of the year and came a night after his pinch-hit, three-run shot fueled a 5-3 win over Colorado.

Joseph followed it up with a double off the right-field wall in the fourth and scored on Carlos Ruiz’s single to make it 2-0. He later scored on Ruiz’s groundout in the eighth.

Eickhoff allowed eight runs in 5 1/3 innings. The Phillies lost for just the third time in 11 games.

CARGO TO START ALL-STAR GAME

Gonzalez and Miami’s Marcell Ozuna will replace the Mets’ Yoenis Cespedes and the Cubs’ Dexter Fowler in the NL starting lineup Tuesday.

It will be Gonzalez’s third time starting an All-Star game.



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