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Blackmon sets Rockies’ mark for leadoff RBIs
- Updated: September 21, 2016
DENVER — With a home run in the fifth inning of the Rockies’ 10-5 loss to the Cardinals on Tuesday night, center fielder Charlie Blackmon set the franchise record for RBIs by a Colorado leadoff hitter.
With 75, Blackmon passed Eric Young’s mark of 74 RBIs in 1996. As Blackmon rounded third on the homer, he high-fived Young, who was filling in as the third-base coach.
“EY, he’s my boy,” Blackmon said. “I’m upset that his record got broken, but I’m glad it was me. I don’t know if he’d say that, but I will.”
Young joined team two years ago as a first-base coach after spending parts of five seasons with the organization as player, hitting leadoff. Blackmon has been the team’s leadoff hitter as long as Young has been coaching, so the two have worked together a good deal.
“I talked to him my first year about things that I had experienced and things that I tried to do as a leadoff hitter, but Charlie has a good …
