The Rockies tied a major league record with five sacrifice flies in their 16-9 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.
"We were talking about it a little bit, and we had only 10 going in, and we put that play in the offensive handbook today," Colorado manager Clint Hurdle said, joking. "We decided that's a play we need to utilize more."
Colorado matched the mark for a nine-inning game set by the Seattle Mariners against Oakland on Aug. 7, 1988.
All the sacrifice flies came in the first five innings, with Ryan Spilborghs, Todd Helton, Garrett Atkins, Clint Barmes and Yorvit Torrealba doing it once.
Hurdle and reliever Ray King were ejected by plate umpire Tony Randazzo in the ninth inning. During the argument, Randazzo chest-bumped Hurdle.
