Rockies rout Brewers
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Milwaukee, WI (SportsNetwork.com) - Corey Dickerson and Nolan Arenado homered to pace Colorado's 16-hit attack, while Kyle Kendrick tossed seven scoreless innings in the Rockies' 10-0 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers.
Dickerson and Arenado each had four RBI for the Rockies, who went 66-96 last year. Troy Tulowitzki went 3-for-5 with an RBI and three runs scored.
Kendrick (1-0) gave up seven hits and struck out six in his Rockies debut. He also went 2-for-3 with a double and scored a run. The right-hander, who made his first-ever Opening Day start, went 10-13 with a 4.61 ERA in 32 starts for the Phillies in 2014.
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"I wanted to build off what I did in Philly, just make my starts and give my team a chance to win," Kendrick said. "You don't think about the results."
Adam Lind had three of Milwaukee's eight hits. The Brewers, who went 82-80 in 2014, acquired the first baseman in an offseason trade with Toronto.
Ryan Braun exited the game in the sixth inning with an injury to his lower right side.
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"With these things, you always know more the next day," Braun said. "Hopefully, tomorrow morning I wake up and feel OK. We'll see how it feels tomorrow and go from there."
Kyle Lohse (0-1) was rocked for eight runs on 10 hits over 3 1/3 innings. He went 13-9 with a 3.54 ERA in 31 starts last season.
The Rockies scored four runs in the first inning thanks to three doubles and a homer. Carlos Gonzalez doubled and raced home on Tulowitzki's double down the left-field line. After Justin Morneau popped out to short, Arenado hit an RBI double to center. Dickerson then cleared the wall in right.
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Milwaukee left the bases loaded in the second when Jean Segura grounded into an inning-ending double play.
Colorado tacked on two more runs in the third. Tulowitzki led off with a double and crossed the plate on Arenado's homer to left-center field.
The Rockies added four more runs in the fourth. Kendrick led off with a double, moved to third on a wild pitch and crossed the plate on Gonzalez's single to right-center field.
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Michael Blazek took over for Lohse and immediately gave up a single to Tulowitzki. After Morneau flied out, Arenado hit an RBI single to right-center field and moved to second on a Carlos Gomez fielding error. Tulowitzki and Arenado scored on Dickerson's ground-rule double to left-center field.
Rafael Betancourt and Christian Friedrich each threw a scoreless inning in relief to preserve the shutout.
Game Notes
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Arenado scored three runs ... Kendrick spent his first eight major league seasons with the Phillies ... Lohse made his third career Opening Day start ... Milwaukee went 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position and stranded seven ... Former MLB commissioner Bud Selig threw out the ceremonial first pitch.