DENVER -- The Nationals entered the series cognizant of limiting the Rockies offense at hitter-friendly Coors Field. Instead, Washington ran up the scoreboard to defeat Colorado, 11-5, on Friday night.

“Coming here as a visiting club is tough your first day playing,” manager Dave Martinez said. “The air is different here. Toward the end, they were all hot, sweaty and they were tired. But they did a great job. Let’s come back tomorrow and go 1-0.”

Here are notable numbers from the Nationals’ offensive breakout in the series opener that lifted them to 16-11 since May 24.

1: Home run away from the cycle for Lane Thomas

Thomas singled in the third inning, doubled in the fourth and tripled in the sixth. He had at-bats in the eighth and ninth innings, with the opportunity to homer. Ultimately, he grounded out and was called out on strikes, but he finished the night with a season-high four RBIs. He's also hit safely in 12 of his last 14 games.

“I didn’t really think about it until after the three hits,” Thomas said. “Sometimes I wish I wouldn’t think about it because then maybe the next two at-bats would have went a little better (laughs).”

2: Home runs hit by the Nationals

Luis García Jr. belted a three-run home run -- his sixth homer of the year and first since May 24 -- in the third inning off Rockies right-hander Dakota Hudson. Drew Millas followed the next inning with his first home run of the season -- a Statcast-projected 428 feet.

“Offensively, everybody contributed, everybody did really well,” said Martinez. “Millas drives a ball straightaway to center field, so it was awesome.”

2: Innings pitched by reliever Tanner Rainey

In his first full season back from Tommy John surgery, the right-hander threw two complete innings for the first time since July 10, 2022. He did not allow a hit, run or walk, and struck out two of the six batters he faced.

“The last couple outings, he’s been pounding the strike zone, throwing more strikes, his misses have been better,” Martinez said. “We wanted to get him out there when we had the lead like that and give him the opportunity, and he’s earned it. …I really believe he threw the ball better in the second inning.”

3: Home runs allowed by left-hander DJ Herz

The Nationals' No. 12 prospect gave up homers to Ezequiel Tovar in the third inning and Nolan Jones and Hunter Goodman one batter apart in the fourth inning. Entering his fourth career start, Herz had only surrendered one home run, in his debut against the Mets on June 4. Herz did not issue a walk for the second outing in a row.

“I think I attacked guys, and that was big,” said Herz. “They got theirs and I got mine, so it was good.”

10: Season-high extra-base hits

The Nationals set the tone for a fast-paced offense with their most extra-base hits since May 14, 2021, at the D-backs. In addition to the home runs by García and Millas, a pair of doubles from CJ Abrams and Jacob Young, a double and triple from Thomas and doubles by Eddie Rosario and Millas surpassed the Nats’ previous season-best of six (three times, most recently May 5 vs. the Blue Jays).

“We got the ball up in the zone, we stayed on the ball and we really, really made an emphasis of trying to stay in the middle of the field,” Martinez said. “When you do that, when they hang breaking balls, you’re able to hit them hard. When you’re ready for the fastballs, you saw the results.”

11: Runs

The Nationals were one run shy from tying their season-high mark of 12 runs, which they reached twice (most recently May 20 against the Twins). They did most of their damage across the third and fourth innings, when they tallied a total of nine runs.

19: Season-high hits

The Nationals connected on a season-high in hits, topping 15 hits against the Braves on May 27. Their 19 hits were the most since 20 vs. the Brewers on June 10, 2022. It was also their highest road total since April 29, 2022, when they hit 22 at Oracle Park.

“We’re a good fastball-hitting team,” García said. “I think they were attacking a lot with the fastball, and we were being selective and aggressive with those pitches. Things worked out today for us, we had a good night.”