DENVER -- From the November phone call informing him he was picked for the Rockies’ Major League roster, Brenton Doyle knew center field was his to earn.

Monday night, in his 17th game since the Rockies called him up from Triple-A Albuquerque, Doyle launched two home runs and a doubles, and made two catches that showed more of his tools, in Colorado's 9-8 victory over the Reds at Coors Field.

In a sense, Doyle has earned more than an opportunity. Even though he has flashed skills that make him a desirable part of the lineup, he entered Monday hitting .205. One has to be given an opportunity to raise his average to .250 the way he did Monday.

Doyle’s 10 total bases and three extra-base hits were records for a Rockies player batting ninth in the order, and he was the fourth No. 9 hitter in franchise history with two homers in a game. Some of that is a function of the National League’s designated hitter era, but it was a big night from any order spot.

“I know the coaching staff here and [manager] Bud [Black] have a lot of confidence in me, and it’s very reassuring to know that the manager has confidence in you even when you’re not going so good,” said Doyle, who raised his batting average 45 points with his big night. “That confidence he has in me helps me stay positive and leads to nights like this.”

He celebrated his 25th birthday with a home run on Sunday and after Monday said, “We’ll carry it on all week, hopefully.”

Doyle pulled Reds starter Hunter Greene’s 97.7 mph inside fastball for a double in the second inning -- an inning that led off with former Reds player Mike Moustakas’ homer off the facing of the second deck.

Then, in the fourth inning, Doyle drove Greene’s 98.6 mph heater the opposite way to right for a homer. Sunday’s homer, off Phillies veteran right-hander Aaron Nola, also went to right on a hanging curve. He blasted to center on his second homer Monday, his fourth of the season, on a hanging Buck Farmer slider in the eighth.

Harold Castro’s two-run double had given the Rockies an 8-6 lead in the seventh. But Doyle’s second homer proved necessary.

The park couldn’t hold the ball off his bat, and he patrolled the spacious center field defensively. In the seventh, Doyle slipped, but regained his feet and dove head first to snatch Spencer Steer’s sinking line drive. Pitcher Daniel Bard turned and saluted him from the mound.

“The field was a little soft tonight,” said Doyle, referring to one of the effects of an oddly wet and chilly week. “I took a first hard step in, kind of slipped and made a big ol’ skid mark, but I made a good recovery on it.”

Doyle, who earned a Minor League Gold Glove Award last year, also ranged to nab a Jake Fraley drive to deep right-center early in the ninth to help closer Pierce Johnson, who gave up a run on a walk and two hits but ended with his sixth save in as many chances.

After a horrid start, the Rockies have won 10 of their last 14 games. They’ve been at the bottom of the NL West since the early stages but the surge has put them just a half-game behind the fourth-place Giants.

But there is more to the story, and Doyle is part of that more.

The Rockies are in the early stage of turning over key roles to organization products. Ezequiel Tovar, a gem of the international program, has started all year at shortstop. The Rockies dangled center in front of Doyle, a fourth-round 2019 Draft pick out of Shepherd (W.Va.) University, and allowed him to grab it. The pitching staff has as many guys who have been fed increasing opportunity as it has veterans.

The tension the organization faces is when and whether to move away from veteran position players and incorporate more youth.

But all nights by neophyte players won’t be golden. There may be nights like Tovar’s Monday -- four strikeouts. But he has been trusted to play regularly.

Doyle’s regularity in the Rockies' lineup shows he is trusted, too.

“With Brenton, it’s good stuff,” Black said. “It’s early in the year, a quarter of the way through the season. There are going to be peaks and valleys and ups and downs, but a night like tonight shows you what a young player can do.”