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Seiya Suzuki began the offensive onslaught in
the bottom of the first inning with his first home run of the
season, a two-run shot that drove in Nico Hoerner, who walked to
lead off the game.
Cooper tripled in the second inning and came home on Madrigal's
single to extend the Cubs lead to 3-0.
After Assad worked a clean third inning, Christopher Morel led
the bottom half of the inning with a home run to left. Dansby
Swanson and Ian Happ followed with back-to-back singles. Two
batters later, Madrigal drove in both runners with a double to
center, breaking the game open and giving Chicago a 6-0
advantage.
Assad got through another scoreless inning in the top of the
fourth before singles from Cody Bellinger and Swanson chased
Colorado starting pitcher Kyle Freeland (0-2). The left-hander
went 3 1/3 innings, allowing nine hits and seven runs with three
walks and two strikeouts.
Happ then greeted reliever Victor Vodnik with a run-scoring
single to put the Cubs up 7-0.
Vodnik pitched 1 2/3 innings, allowing just the one hit while
striking out three Cubs band walking one.
Neither team scored again until the bottom of the sixth inning
when Anthony Molina relieved Vodnik and gave up a three-run
homer to Cooper -- his first with the club following his signing
with the team in February.
Jose Cuas then relieved Assad before the seventh inning. Cuas
allowed the only Colorado runs of the day on the first home run
of the season for Rockies first baseman Michael Toglia.
Bellinger got the two runs back in the bottom of the seventh
inning, as his home run to right field off Molina scored Suzuki,
putting a stamp on the 12-run night for the Cubs offense.
The Rockies have lost three straight games and five of six to
begin the year.
--Field Level Media
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