ST. LOUIS -- Hunter Goodman has Kyle Farmer to thank for the two long homers the Colorado slugger hit on back-to-back days at St. Louis.

Goodman borrowed Farmer's bat for the 432-foot homer he hit on Wednesday to give the Rockies a 6-5 win over the Cardinals. The 25-year-old All-Star catcher also used Farmer's lumber a night earlier when he sent a ball 436 feet in Colorado's 3-0 victory.

Farmer said Goodman can keep it.

"It's a gift," Farmer said. "I turn 35 in five days so I just keep on giving, I guess. He's got some serious juice. He's a really good hitter, a smart hitter."

Goodman leads the Rockies with 24 homers. On Wednesday, he entered as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning and sent a 3-2 sinker from JoJo Romero into the grass beyond the center field fence.

"I was just loo

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