DENVER -- Rockies manager Bud Black figured that with enough game action, Garrett Hampson’s swing against right-handed pitchers would turn out right.

Hampson tied a career high with four hits as the Rockies completed a three-game sweep of the Rangers, 11-6, Thursday afternoon at Coors Field. However, the right-handed-hitting Hampson’s first two hits -- doubles in the second and fourth innings -- were the types the Rockies would love to see more of on Hampson’s résumé as they contemplate his long-term functionality.

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The doubles came against Rangers right-handed starter Mike Foltynewicz -- big news considering that Hampson entered the day batting .188 (24-for-128) against righty pitchers. Hampson also came in batting .333, and ranking sixth in the National League, with a 1.139 OPS against left-handers. His last two hits were singles off Texas lefty Wes Benjamin.

Hampson is confident he’ll find balance. He’s just not going to find it by obsessing over his splits.

“I don't really pay attention too much -- I never really have, so it's just not something that I kind of dive into,” Hampson said. “At the end of the year, I’ll see. Maybe if it gets to a point where the coaches feel that they need to bring it up and they can obviously do that. But it's not something that I spent time really breaking down.”

Hampson, 26, is in many ways exactly what the Rockies envisioned of their third-round 2016 pick out of Long Beach State -- a speedy shortstop in college, but a new-school, multi-position player in the Majors. With Ryan McMahon taking the day off to let left groin tightness heal itself (the Rockies say it isn’t serious), Hampson started at second base. He usually starts in center field, and he has been used everywhere but first base and catcher.

This is Hampson’s most consistent look at playing time, as the Rockies try to figure out their puzzle pieces for the future. Is 2021 the launching point for Hampson as a regular, or is this the early entry in a catalog of information that suggests a platoon player if the Rockies reach their goal of contending in the future? Hampson is counting on those opportunities to allow him to work through his split offensive personality.

“At the end of the day, you just want to be in there,” Hampson said.

With little left-handed-hitting depth on the roster, platooning Hampson isn’t an option. But Hampson has already given Black reason for confidence that he can improve.

The prime example was his second double, which led off a three-run fourth in support of lefty starter Austin Gomber (six scoreless innings, three hits, six strikeouts). Hampson reached below the strike zone and pulled Foltynewicz’s 2-2 curveball into left field. This season, Hampson missed too many of those pitches from righties. All but eight of his 39 strikeouts have come against righties, who love to make him chase.

However, last year, lefties were the ones who handled Hampson well.

Hampson finished the abbreviated season hitting .234 overall, with playing time that became sporadic based on performance. And he batted just .212 against lefties.

Black noted that pitches from lefties that moved away from him -- changeups and two-seamers -- gave him trouble. Hampson has reconciled with those pitches, which is a reason he has dominated against lefties in 2021.

Last year, according to Statcast, Hampson swung at 52.9 percent of pitches that broke away from him. This year, he has trimmed that number to 45 percent. So, simply, if you don’t hit a pitch well, don’t swing at it.

This year, righties have lived on two-strike pitches away from him, often off the plate. The fourth-inning double off Foltynewicz was borderline at best, and probably a ball. But the swing was controlled enough to dump the ball into left. To continue the improvement, Hampson will have to offer at pitches he can handle, and refuse the ones he can’t. It’s a process that produced a positive result Thursday.

“The ball down and away from him is the one that he’s chased the last couple years, and missed,” said Black, whose team benefited from three hits (including a homer) from Charlie Blackmon, and three hits from Raimel Tapia. “Now we’re starting to see him get a little more contact on the ball down and away from him, whether it’s a left-handed change, whether it’s a left-handed breaking ball, whether it’s a down-and-away fastball.”

Hampson’s answer to it all is to understand that no matter which hand the pitcher throws with, the pitch is coming to the same place.

“I don't really pay attention to the righty or lefty,” he said. “I try to stay in the middle of the field, which is a good idea for any pitcher.”