DENVER (Interstat) — Hunter Goodman homered twice and drove in five runs, and the Colorado Rockies erased an early four-run deficit with a six-run third inning to beat the Kansas City Royals 12-6 on Saturday night at Coors Field.

The Rockies won their second straight game in the series after taking Friday’s opener 3-1. Ryan Feltner (4-5) earned the win for Colorado, allowing eight hits and four earned runs over six innings while striking out three. Luinder Avila (5-4) took the loss for Kansas City. The Royals fell to 46-66, while the Rockies improved to 44-67.

Kansas City built its early lead against Feltner with a pair of home runs. Isaac Collins opened the second inning with a triple and scored on Michael Massey’s sacrifice fly to left field. In the third, Tyler Tolbert doubled and Jac Caglianone followed with a two-run homer to right field, giving the Royals a 3-0 lead. Salvador Perez then made it 4-0 with a solo home run to center field.

Colorado responded immediately. Willi Castro walked to start the bottom of the third, Tyler Freeman singled and Brenton Doyle walked to load the bases. After Jake McCarthy struck out, Kyle Karros doubled on a line drive to right field, scoring Castro and Freeman. TJ Rumfield then singled to center, scoring Doyle and sending Karros to third. Goodman followed with a three-run homer to left field, scoring Karros and Rumfield and turning the 4-0 deficit into a 6-4 lead. Castro singled later in the inning to put two runners on, but Tyler Freeman flied out to right to end the inning.

The six-run outburst proved decisive. Colorado extended the lead in the fourth when McCarthy doubled and scored on Rumfield’s single to right field. Castro added a solo home run to center field in the fifth, giving the Rockies an 8-4 edge. Goodman struck again in the seventh with a solo homer to left, and the Rockies added three more runs in the eighth. In that inning, McCarthy singled, Karros singled and Rumfield singled to drive in McCarthy. Goodman then singled to score Karros, and Mickey Moniak’s sacrifice fly brought home Rumfield, making it 12-4.

Kansas City scored twice in the ninth to close the gap. John Rave homered to right field, his second of the season. Carter Jensen then tripled and scored on Starling Marte’s groundout. Caglianone lined out to left to end the game.

Goodman, the Rockies’ catcher, finished 4 for 5 with two home runs and five RBIs. Rumfield went 3 for 5 with three RBIs and scored three times. Karros contributed two hits and two RBIs. Castro also homered for Colorado.

For Kansas City, Caglianone finished 1 for 5 with two RBIs. Perez hit his 16th home run of the season. Rave went 2 for 4 with a home run and an RBI. Jensen walked, tripled and scored a run.

Feltner’s outing was supported by Colorado’s bullpen. Victor Vodnik and Juan Mejia each pitched one inning, allowing one hit apiece with no earned runs and one strikeout each. For Kansas City, Alex Lange pitched two innings of relief, allowing two hits and one earned run while striking out three.

Colorado outhit Kansas City 16-12. The Rockies drew five walks on the night and took advantage of Kansas City pitching mistakes in the middle innings. The game was played before an announced attendance of 40,216 at Coors Field in Denver. The contest lasted 2 hours, 56 minutes.

The series continues Sunday afternoon at Coors Field, with Kansas City returning home later next week to face Minnesota. Colorado will host Tampa Bay for a three-game series beginning Monday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Kansas City 5, Colorado 3. Interstat’s ELO system gave Kansas City a 57.00 percent win probability. Kansas City closed as a minus-1.5 run-line favorite, and the combined total of 18 runs went under the 12.5 over/under.