DENVER -- This past weekend in Milwaukee, Garrett Hampson had just sweated through a lengthy workout designed to increase his value to the Rockies. And he politely turned down any attempt to box him into a limited role.

This season, the right-handed-hitting Hampson has hit left-handed pitching much better than right-handed. But the idea that a platoon role was fine was simply not fine with him.

“There are a lot of good [righty batters] in this game that are good against righties [pitchers] and good lefties that are good against lefties; I think everybody knows that,” Hampson said. “But I’m not really separating the two. I want to take a good at-bat and execute my plan, regardless if it’s a righty or a lefty. Earlier in my career, I always hit righties way better than lefties.”

Hampson showed Wednesday afternoon that he needn’t be typecast. He matched a career high with four hits, one of which was an RBI double off Bucs righty starter Chad Kuhl, as the Rockies completed a three-game sweep of the Pirates, 6-2.

The emergence of Yonathan Daza as the No. 2 hitter in the order and the regular in center field has cost Hampson starts. Hampson, who came up as a middle infielder, recently increased the number of grounders he takes at third base during pregame preparation. The extra work at the hot corner was the reason for the hard work in Milwaukee.

But Hampson enhanced his numbers against righties in two starts against the Pirates. On Tuesday, he started at second base and went 2-for-4, with a double and a single off righty starter Chase De Jong. Hampson's latest run has raised his average against righties to .223. That’s far below his work against lefties, which sits at .333.

Manager Bud Black saw Hampson’s batting practice come to life through his second and third hits -- a hard grounder that ate up second baseman Adam Frazier in the third, and a line-drive double to right-center in the fifth, respectively.

“We've seen him lift the ball to right field for some extra-base hits,” Black said. “He’s working on the pitch away from him; hitting the ball on a line or sharply on the ground to the right side, and we saw that today.

“So that tells me a young player is working on something and it's showing up in the game. So that's a really good sign for him. I’m proud of him for the work that he's doing each and every day with the hitting guys. And I think that's the player he needs to be.”

The Rockies (34-47, but 28-16 at home) are in fourth place in the National League West and facing the equally invigorating and frightening prospect of change at the Trade Deadline. Star shortstop Trevor Story is more likely than not to have a new home sometime after the All-Star break, but that has been known since before Spring Training.

What isn’t new is how emerging players, such as Hampson, receiving the first extensive playing time of his career, fit. Will they be starting pieces or complementary ones? Will they stay or be flipped to teams that offer better fits for their talents? Hampson, who brings speed on the bases and uses it defensively -- especially in center -- said the idea is to make improvements that help the Rockies win.

“We've got some established veterans, obviously, and then the rest of us -- everybody wants to play and play like they know they're capable of every single day and be a starter,” Hampson said. “So it's awesome to see people working on different things and having success in the games. We all root for each other.”