DENVER -- Charlie Blackmon's roll is so torrid that Rockies manager Bud Black spouts out names of All-Stars and all-time greats when making comparisons.

Blackmon wet 4-for-5 in a 12-8 loss to the D-backs on Monday night to extend his hit streak to 14 games, and he carries a .484 batting average through 16 games.

“I know that in 2009, Darin Erstad had a tremendous year,” Black said. “I played with George Brett. George probably at some point went through a streak like this. I played with Barry Bonds in ’93, his first year with the Giants. He won the MVP. Barry had a great year. I’m sure there were times that Barry went through this type of streak. Those are the three guys that come to mind, off the top of my head.”

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Blackmon's four hits on Monday, which included an RBI single in the fourth, were indicative of his swing these days. All came off the bat hard. As his streak has progressed, Blackmon -- 31-for-56 (.554) over these 14 games -- has all but eliminated the dinky hit from his game. While all of Monday’s hits were singles, in his previous four games, he had two home runs, three doubles and six RBIs.

The uncanny part of Blackmon's streak is how he is dominating left-on-left matchups. On Monday, his first three hits came off D-backs left-handed starter Robbie Ray and his last was off southpaw reliever Andrew Chafin. And during the run against lefties, he is 18-for-26 (for a batting average of .692, for those who like video game cheat-code averages) with three doubles, a home run and eight RBIs.

And Blackmon is creeping into all-time category for consistency. He is the first player in Rockies history and the first Major Leaguer since the Dodgers’ Eric Karros in 1995 to have two multi-hit streaks of five or more games during his team’s first 20 games of the season. With two or more hits on Tuesday against the D-backs, he will match a career high with six straight multi-hit games. He’s done it twice -- the last from June 2-8, 2017.

And Blackmon will enter with positive history. He’s 4-for-6 with two doubles against D-backs righty starter Zac Gallen.