CarGo’s hard work to escape slump pays off

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DENVER — Before Saturday’s 10-5 loss to the Giants, Rockies manager Walt Weiss said he thought right fielder Carlos Gonzalez was back to his normal self after a recent rough patch. It would just be unfair, he added, to expect three hits with a home run every night.

However, that’s exactly what Gonzalez did in a 3-for-5 performance Saturday.

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May had been a struggle for Gonzalez, who was hitting .183 over 19 games, including a 2-for-32 stretch. Now Gonzalez has a six-game hit streak during which he is batting .480 with two home runs, including one in the seventh inning Saturday that put the …

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