Payton homers twice, drives home 7 runs as Bucs are hammered

Colorado pounded starter Jeff D'Amico for eight runs in five innings.
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Jay Payton wasn't about to leave the outcome in an umpire's hands two games in a row.
Payton hit a pair of three-run homers and drove in a career-best seven runs Sunday, sending the Colorado Rockies to a 16-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The day before, Payton was called out at first on a game-ending double play in a 1-0 loss. The call left the Rockies livid at umpire Tim Welke.
"You hope every day is going to be a big day," Payton said. "[Saturday's] loss is still tough -- the fact that we got it taken out of our hands -- but it's nice to be able to contribute to a win."
Payton is a native of Zanesville, about two hours west of Pittsburgh. His parents attended the game Sunday.
"They're probably going to think they should be coming more often," he said.
Two-dozen hits
Preston Wilson and Juan Uribe each had four hits for Colorado, which matched a club record with 24 hits.
The Rockies got four hits from pitchers, and their 11 extra-base hits also tied a team mark.
The Rockies snapped a four-game losing streak in which all four defeats were by one run.
"It was a game of conviction," manager Clint Hurdle said. "Guys were frustrated and angry. The only way to do something about that is with some action on the field."
All those hits benefited Darren Oliver (10-6), who allowed seven hits and three runs in five innings to win his third straight start.
Payton was one RBI short of the Colorado record shared by Larry Walker and Andres Galarraga. It was the second multi-homer game of Payton's career. As a member of the New York Mets, he hit two on May 30, 2002, at Houston.
Quick 5-0 lead
His first on Sunday was part of a five-run first inning against Pirates starter Jeff D'Amico (6-11), who allowed just five first-inning runs in his first 20 starts.
Todd Helton had an RBI single, and Payton lined a 1-2 pitch over the wall in right-center for his 14th home run. Garrett Atkins added an RBI double in his first major league at-bat.
D'Amico lasted five innings, giving up 12 hits and eight runs, including solo homers to Uribe in the second inning and Bobby Estalella in the fifth.
"Everything I threw up there ended up being a rocket somewhere," D'Amico said.
Payton, who finished 3-for-6, hit his second home run off Duaner Sanchez in the sixth inning, again with Helton and Wilson on base.
Almost another
Payton nearly hit a third home run, off reliever Mark Corey in the seventh, but settled for a run-scoring double that bounced off the warning track along the left-field line.
Payton came up against Corey with two outs in the eighth and runners on second and third but flied out to right.
"I had a pitch to drive, but I got under it a little bit," Payton said.
Pittsburgh set a season high for hits allowed and tied a season high in runs allowed.
"Actually, this is an easy one to put behind you, because it was just a day where everything went wrong," manager Lloyd McClendon said.
Jose Jimenez pitched four innings for his 20th save and first since June 28 against Pittsburgh.
The Pirates got on the board in the second inning when Tike Redman doubled home Jack Wilson. Colorado tacked on another run in the fourth when Wilson doubled in Ronnie Belliard for his NL-leading 107th RBI. Wilson added another RBI in the sixth and finished 4-for-6.
The Pirates cut the lead to 8-3 in the fifth on Brian Giles' RBI single and Reggie Sanders' RBI double. Before the start of the sixth, the game was halted by a rain delay that lasted 1 hour, 25 minutes.
Abraham Nunez hit a solo home run for the Pirates in the sixth, his second of the season.