DENVER (AP) — Chris Young hit three home runs for Arizona, but Seth Smith homered twice and drove in a career-high five runs as the Colorado Rockies completed a three-game sweep with a 13-5 romp Sunday.
Ian Stewart and Carlos Gonzalez homered and Yorvit Torrealba doubled twice, helping Colorado extend its NL wild-card lead to two games over San Francisco.
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Smith tore up Arizona pitching over the weekend. He went 9 for 13 with three homers and nine RBIs in the series.
Young connected for a career-high three shots. He came up in the ninth inning with a chance to tie the major league record for homers in a game, and walked with two outs.
Mark Reynolds hit his 41st home run in the ninth for Arizona.
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