ST. LOUIS -- It won’t appear in the box score, but Kyle Farmer certainly gets an assist for the Rockies’ dramatic 6-5 comeback victory over the Cardinals on Wednesday.

Called upon to pinch hit with a runner on and Colorado trailing, 5-4, in the ninth, Hunter Goodman used Farmer’s bat to face Cardinals closer JoJo Romero. Five pitches later, Goodman blasted a sinker over the center-field wall to complete the comeback.

“It's a long season, and his bat’s a little shorter than my bat, and I figured I might as well try something else right now,” Goodman said. “As the season goes on -- it's August, [the] Dog Days -- [you] get a little tired some days, so some adjustments like that can help.”

Goodman’s blast traveled a Statcast-projected 436 feet and landed in the center of the batter’s

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