Rockies lose for 13th time in 14 games, fall 6-4 to Reds as Hays homers twice

DENVER (AP) — Noel Marte hit a two-run homer, Austin Hays added a pair of solo drives and the Cincinnati Reds beat Colorado 6-4 on Saturday to send the Rockies to their 13th loss in 14 games.

Colorado lost its fifth game in a row and is 4-22, the worst 26-game start in franchise history. The Rockies have been outscored by 62 runs.

Hunter Greene (3-2) struck out eight, allowing three runs and seven hits in six innings.

Emilio Pagán got his second save of the series and seventh in eight chances. He allowed a two-out RBI double in the ninth to Adael Amador on a ball that skipped past center fielder TJ Friedl, then struck out Brenton Doyle.

Friedl had three hits for the Reds, who have won three in a row after losing five of seven. Marte has 12 hits and 12 RBIs in 27 at-bats since April 20.

Michael Toglia and Amador homered for Colorado. It was the first big league homer for the 22-year-old Amador, who had three hits and two RBIs.

Antonio Senzatela (1-4) gave up four runs and eight hits in five five innings. Senzatela has given up a big league-high 50 hits this season.

Hays’ second home run of the day, a 429-foot solo shot in the sixth, broke a 3-3 tie.

Hays is hitting .386 since making his Reds debut on April 15.

Rockies RHP Ryan Feltner (0-1, 3.86 ERA) and Reds LHP Nick Lodolo (2-2, 2.79) start Sunday.

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Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz, left, celebrates with center fielder TJ Friedl, right, after defeating the Colorado Rockies in a baseball game Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz fouls off a pitch from Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Tyler Kinley in the ninth inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz gestures after hitting an RBI single off Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Tyler Kinley in the ninth inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Emilio Pagán works against the Colorado Rockies in the ninth inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Emilio Pagán reacts after striking out Colorado Rockies' Brenton Doyle to end a baseball game Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Cincinnati Reds' Austin Hays gestures as he circles the bases after hitting a solo home run off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Antonio Senzatela in the sixth inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Alexis Díaz works against the Colorado Rockies in the eighth inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black, left, takes the ball from starting pitcher Antonio Senzatela as he is pulled form the mound after giving up a single to Cincinnati Reds' Gavin Lux in the sixth inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Jake Bird reacts after getting out of a bases-loaded jam by getting Cincinnati Reds' Gavin Lux to line out to end the top of the seventh inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado Rockies' Michael Toglia reacts after striking out against Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Alexis Díaz to end the eighth inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black, left, takes the ball from relief pitcher Tyler Kinley as he is pulled form the mound after giving up an RBI single to Cincinnati Reds' Spencer Steer in the ninth inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian assets of German retailer Metro AG placed under temporary administration. The step comes against a background of tension between Germany and Russia over the war in Ukraine.

The order, posted Monday on the government website, did not state a reason. The step follows similar steps against the Russia businesses of global food company Nestle and French retailer Auchan under a 2023 decree aimed at businesses associated with “unfriendly countries.”

Temporary administration has led to local owners taking over the Russia businesses of French dairy concern Danone and Danish brewer Carlsberg at knockdown prices.

Metro said in a statement that although Metro Russia formally belonged to it, it had no further operational control over the business. The Kremlin order placed the assets under the administration of UK Torg Rus, described in the Metro news release as “a company of Metro Russia CEO Johannes Tholey.”

Metro said it had been reducing its connections to the Russia business since the 2022 Russian invasion. It said that “further consequences of the decree on Metro AG are currently being analyzed.” Metro has 9,000 employees in Russia.

Germany has concluded that Russia was responsible for an attempted drone attack at the Leipzig airport and closed a Russian consulate in Bonn and a Russian cultural center in Berlin. Russia in response closed the German consulate in St. Petersburg. Moscow denied the allegations.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met his German counterpart Johann Wadephul on Saturday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly but was dismissive afterward, saying that Wadephul "simply reiterated his official public position condemning Russia... you can judge for yourself whether that counts as dialogue or not.”

“The Russians are raising the pressure on Germany in their hybrid war,” said Stefan Meister, a Russia expert at the German Council on Foreign Relations. “It's being made clear that the Germans could lose even more companies and assets in Russia, in order to raise pressure on the German government from the German business community."

Meister said that Russia sees Germany “as a key adversary since it is Ukraine's most important single supporter.”

Some major Western businesses ceased operating in Russia and wrote off their businesses after 2022. Since then the Kremlin has imposed burdensome conditions for disposing of local affiliates, demanding they be sold at a steep discount and subject to exit taxes and government approval. Other companies have scaled back their operations, while others continue to do business as usual.

FILE - The logo of Metro Cash&Carry is photographed in Duesseldorf, Germany, Wednesday March 30, 2016. (Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa via AP, file)