Moniak, Goodman, Karros Each Go Deep as Colorado Rolls Miami

Mickey Moniak went 3-for-4 with a home run, a triple, 3 RBI, and 2 runs scored to anchor a Colorado offense that hit three home runs in a 6-3 win over Miami. The story of the night was a fifth-inning eruption that turned a deficit into a commanding lead — and never looked back.

Colorado fell behind first, then seized control in a hurry. Moniak opened the scoring with a 434-foot blast to center in the first inning, but Miami answered in the fourth when Javier Sanoja tripled to center, scoring Hicks and Hernández to put the Marlins up 2-1. That lead lasted exactly one inning. In the fifth, Moniak tripled to right, scoring Karros and Tovar to flip it 3-2 Colorado — a swing that pushed the home win probability from 37% to 63%, a 26-point jump that effectively decided the game's momentum. Hunter Goodman immediately piled on, launching a 403-foot homer to left center that scored Moniak and pushed the lead to 5-2.

Miami made a brief push in the seventh when Joe Mack hit a 424-foot shot to center to cut it to 5-3, but Colorado answered right back in the same inning. Kyle Karros homered 440 feet to center — the longest ball of the night — to restore the three-run cushion at 6-3 and close out the scoring for good. Three Colorado hitters went deep, and the offense looks like it found a rhythm at exactly the right time.

On the mound, Max Meyer was sharp for Miami despite the loss — 6.0 innings, 6 hits, just 1 earned run, no walks, and 5 strikeouts. That's a quality start that deserved better run support. Kyle Freeland worked 5.0 innings for Colorado, allowing 2 earned runs on 6 hits with 7 strikeouts, and Juan Mejia followed with 2.0 innings of 1-hit ball, striking out three. The Colorado bullpen appears to have done exactly what it needed to do to protect the lead. Miami's John King tossed a clean seventh-inning frame — 1.0 IP, no hits, no runs — but by then the damage was done. Colorado wins 6-3.