DENVER (AP) -- Nolan Arenado hit a two-run homer and Christian Bergman pitched into the seventh to earn his first major league win, helping the Colorado Rockies beat the Miami Marlins 7-4 on Sunday.Bergman (1-2) was reinstated from the disabled list earlier in the day after missing 51 games with a broken left hand. He gave up nine hits and four runs in his first start since June 20.Arenado kept up his torrid month by going 2 for 4, raising his average to .388 in August. 
He also was hit on the right elbow in the fifth but stayed in the game.Miami's Brad Hand (2-6) settled down after giving up two early homers. But he lasted just 4 1-3 innings and was charged with four runs and nine hits.The Rockies have won five of their last seven games in their best stretch since mid-June.LaTroy Hawkins pitched a perfect ninth for his 20th save in 21 chances.Charlie Blackmon took advantage of a lackadaisical play by Giancarlo Stanton in right to turn a routine single into a double in the sixth. Stanton nonchalantly fielded a roller through the infield and casually threw it into the infield. Blackmon immediately rounded first and easily slid into second.Blackmon then scored on a double from Drew Stubbs to give the Rockies a 5-2 lead.That insurance run would come in handy as the Marlins scored twice in the seventh on an RBI double by Jeff Baker and a run-scoring single for Stanton. Juan Nicasio kept the Rockies in front by recording the final two outs of the inning.DJ LeMahieu then gave Colorado some breathing room with a two-run double in the seventh.Adeiny Hechavarria tied a team record with two triples, each after Blackmon struggled to pick up the ball in the glare of the sun as he retreated toward the fence in right.Arenado hit his 14th homer in the first. Two batters later, Michael McKenry hit a solo shot off Hand.
He also was hit on the right elbow in the fifth but stayed in the game.Miami's Brad Hand (2-6) settled down after giving up two early homers. But he lasted just 4 1-3 innings and was charged with four runs and nine hits.The Rockies have won five of their last seven games in their best stretch since mid-June.LaTroy Hawkins pitched a perfect ninth for his 20th save in 21 chances.Charlie Blackmon took advantage of a lackadaisical play by Giancarlo Stanton in right to turn a routine single into a double in the sixth. Stanton nonchalantly fielded a roller through the infield and casually threw it into the infield. Blackmon immediately rounded first and easily slid into second.Blackmon then scored on a double from Drew Stubbs to give the Rockies a 5-2 lead.That insurance run would come in handy as the Marlins scored twice in the seventh on an RBI double by Jeff Baker and a run-scoring single for Stanton. Juan Nicasio kept the Rockies in front by recording the final two outs of the inning.DJ LeMahieu then gave Colorado some breathing room with a two-run double in the seventh.Adeiny Hechavarria tied a team record with two triples, each after Blackmon struggled to pick up the ball in the glare of the sun as he retreated toward the fence in right.Arenado hit his 14th homer in the first. Two batters later, Michael McKenry hit a solo shot off Hand.
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