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- Updated: August 4, 2016
DENVER — Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado punched the air as he rounded first base, and floated until he could greet teammates at home plate with smiling, full-force high fives. Yet, his 27th homer of the season was less a release than a relief.
Arenado’s three-run, first-inning homer off Dodgers starter Brock Stewart began a 2-for-3 night and the Rockies’ five-homer barrage in their 12-2 victory over the Dodgers on Wednesday night.
Statistically, the homer ended a 40 at-bat homerless spell and the performance broke a 2-for-23 slump. But Arenado, a perfectionist whose homer was welcome because he wore the strain of the slump on his face for several days, isn’t ready to call himself cured.
“I’m battling,” Arenado said, still smiling. “It’s a grind. Every at-bat has been a grind. I’m still going out there and trying to do my thing.
“When you feel good, it feels like it comes easy. It’s not coming that easy right now. Yesterday I hit the ball hard. To be able to have good, quality at-bats today was …
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