Trevor Story hits two home runs but Rockies lose to lowly Rangers

The Rockies proceed to confound.

After taking 2 of 3 games against the high-flying Dodgers successful Los Angeles implicit the weekend, they messed up successful Texas.

Despite 2 location runs from Irving, Texas, autochthonal Trevor Story, Colorado mislaid 4-3 to the lowly Rangers connected Monday nighttime astatine Globe Life Field. The Rangers ain a 46-85 record.

Right-hander A.J. Alexy, making his big-league debut, pitched 5 scoreless innings and constricted the Rockies to a azygous deed — a leadoff treble by C.J. Cron successful the second. Alexy had a clump of three-ball counts but the Rockies ne'er solved him. He struck retired 4 and walked three.

Meanwhile, Colorado right-hander German Marquez continued his August swoon. He gave up 4 runs connected 7 hits — including 3 location runs — implicit six innings.

Marquez’s troubles began successful the 4th inning erstwhile D.J. Peters launched a two-out solo homer to left. Marquez’s troubles deepened successful the 5th erstwhile No. 9 hitter Loedy Taveras — the proprietor of an .062 batting mean and nary location runs entering the nighttime — blasted a two-out solo homer to dormant center. Not an casual feat astatine Globe Life Field.

The Rangers ripped Marquez for 3 hits successful the sixth, including a two-run homer to close by Nick Solak.

Over his past 4 starts, Marquez is 1-3 with an 8.85 ERA that includes 7 homers. It’s rather an about-face for Marquez, who went 6-3 with a 2.86 ERA successful 11 starts successful June and July.

Story led disconnected the seventh with a second-deck blast to near tract disconnected Josh Sborz. Story’s bat flip was instant and flamboyant. Story chopped the Rangers’ pb to 4-3 successful the eighth with a two-run changeable to right-center disconnected Spencer Patton. Story drove successful Connor Joe, who led disconnected with a single.

Story, who had the 18th multi-homer crippled of his career, had been successful an 0-for-22 slump earlier helium laced a treble against the Dodgers connected Sunday. The free-agent-to-be present has 18 homers this season.