Hunter Goodman Just Did Something No Rockies Player Has Ever Done. It Involves 3 Homers. Again.

Hunter Goodman is not a name most casual baseball fans know. But after Sunday afternoon, he’s got a piece of franchise history that even Larry Walker and Todd Helton can’t touch.

The Colorado Rockies catcher launched three home runs in a 9-6 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. And here’s the wild part — it’s the second time he’s done that this season. The first came back on June 27 against the Minnesota Twins. No other player in Rockies history has had two three-homer games in the same season. Nobody.

Goodman went deep twice off Reds starter Hunter Greene — a solo shot in the first inning and a two-run blast in the sixth. Then he added another two-run homer off reliever Sam Moll in the eighth. The three balls traveled a combined 1,302 feet. That’s almost a quarter mile of baseball leaving the yard.

The 26-year-old now has 30 home runs on the season. He got there in Colorado’s 101st game, which makes him the fourth-fastest in franchise history to hit that mark. Only Vinny Castilla (97 games in 1998), Andres Galarraga (99 games in 1994) and Walker (100 games in 1999) did it quicker.

Goodman hadn’t hit a homer since July 1 before this game. He was not selected for the Home Run Derby. He sat out Saturday’s game entirely and didn’t even take batting practice that day. So maybe the rest helped.

For context, Goodman now joins Walker, Helton and Carlos Gonzalez as the only Rockies with at least two career three-homer games. But those guys spread theirs across multiple seasons. Goodman did both of his in a span of about six weeks. That’s a different kind of consistency — explosive, inconsistent, but undeniably historic.

The Reds still won the game though. Cincinnati jumped out to an 8-1 lead thanks to Nathaniel Lowe’s three-run homer in the first, Tyler Stephenson’s two-run shot and Sal Stewart’s three-run blast in the second. Stephenson had himself a day too — two homers and a double, continuing his bizarre dominance over Colorado. He’s batting .357 with nine home runs in 23 career games against the Rockies.

Greene struck out seven over six innings, allowing three runs in his third start back from elbow surgery in March. Not bad for a guy shaking off rust.

Colorado tried to rally late. Goodman’s third homer came in the eighth. Willi Castro led off the ninth with his ninth homer of the year. But Emilio Pagan shut the door for Cincinnati, which took two of three in the series.

Goodman’s breakout season is real. Whether he can sustain it or not is another question. But for one afternoon in Cincinnati, he did something no one in a Rockies uniform has ever done before. Twice.