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Blackmon ties club record with 5-HR series
- Updated: August 15, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — At an age when many players reach their peak, Rockies center fielder Charlie Blackmon is producing for average and power like never before.
The 30-year-old’s two home runs in Sunday’s 7-6 loss to the Phillies gave him a club-record five homers over the three-game series, even though the Rockies were swept. It had been accomplished 10 previous times by nine players (Todd Helton did it twice).
Sunday brought Blackmon’s home run total to 20, one more than his 2014 total, which was his previous career best. In his previous two years as center fielder and leadoff man, …
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