Colorado Rockies morning after: 3 things we learned from the Marlins sweep

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2. Cron contributing all-around offensive play

Cron is showing his value to the Rockies offense in a variety of ways. With his two tape-measure blasts (456 feet and 430 feet) in Friday night’s 14-2 Rockies romp, Cron notched his 12th career multi-homer game and his first since May 2019.

Two days later, he tacked on another multi-homer feat with homers covering 390 feet and 413 feet.

Cron now has 18 home runs this season, the sixth time in his Major League career that he has amassed at least 15 in a campaign.

For the Miami series, he went 6-for-10 at the plate (.600) with eight runs scored, four homers, and 13 RBIs. Cron also reached base three times against the Marlins via a walk and two hit by pitches.

3. Austin Gomber returns to form with four-pitch mix in dominating performance

The left-hander lowered his earned average to 3.79 for the season following his career-high nine-strikeout performance Saturday night.

Relying on his mix of four pitches (fastball, curveball, slider, changeup), Gomber tallied his 11th quality start of the year allowing just five hits in six shutout innings while issuing no walks. Opponents are now hitting just .172 against him at Coors Field this season.

His performance Saturday was a far cry from his previous start August 1 when he surrendered four hits and four earned runs in a 40-pitch, one-inning outing at San Diego.

Following a day off from action Monday, Colorado embarks on a six-game road swing with two contests in Houston and four games in San Francisco.

First up will be a matchup at 6:10 p.m. (Mountain time) Tuesday against the Astros. Jon Gray (7-7, 3.67) is slated to take the mound for the Rockies. The two-game set will conclude with a 12:10 p.m. (Mountain time) first pitch Wednesday.