Batting .185 and back from a minor-league reset, Colorado Rockies outfielder Jordan Beck has broken out in a big way in the past two days. The former Hazel Green High School star hit three home runs in a doubleheader against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday, then landed two more shots over the outfield fence on Friday against the Cincinnati Reds.

Beck became the second player in Major League history to have his first five home runs in a season come in the span of two days. The other was National Baseball Hall of Fame member Ty Cobb, who did it one week short of 100 years ago.

On May 5, 1925, Cobb hit three home runs in the Detroit Tigers’ 14-8 American League victory over the St. Louis Browns. The next day, Cobb hit two more home runs in an 11-4 victory over the Browns at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis.

Beck hit one home run in the Rockies’ 7-4 loss to the Royals in the opener of an interleague doubleheader on Thursday, then connected for two more four-baggers in a 6-2 loss in the nightcap.

On Friday night, Beck hit two home runs in Colorado’s 8-7 loss to the Reds in a National League game.

Beck’s home runs came off five different pitchers, and each of the round-trippers was a no-doubter to left field.

“It starts with the commitment to the fastball,” Rockies manager Bud Black said. “When you do that, you have a tendency to get the head of the bat out, and that’s what he’s doing. You’re seeing that the homers are coming to the pull side.”

At Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Beck hit a fastball from Royals starter Cole Ragans 419 feet in the second inning to tie the score at 2-2 in the opener of Thursday’s doubleheader.

Beck hit a fastball from starter Michael Lorenzen 399 feet to get Colorado on the scoreboard in the sixth inning of Thursday’s second game. In the eighth inning, Beck knocked a changeup from reliever Daniel Lynch IV 425 feet to cut Kansas City’s lead to 5-2.

On Friday, now batting leadoff, Beck connected with a changeup from starter Andrew Abbott for his first home run at Coors Field. The 404-foot solo shot cut Cincinnati’s lead to 4-2 in the third inning.

In the eighth inning, Beck blasted a slider from reliever Tony Santillan 437 feet as the Rockies reduced the Reds’ lead to one run.

“I had a time in the minors when I kind of felt like this, too,” Beck said. “It’s just about seeing how long you can do it and keeping the same routine every day. Then keep stacking days.”

Cincinnati held on for the victory with former Huntsville High School and UAB standout Graham Ashcraft getting the pitching win with one inning of scoreless relief in the sixth.

Beck had started his second MLB season by going 3-for-20 with eight strikeouts. That prompted Colorado to send Beck to the Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes for an eight-game tuneup before bringing him back last week.

Colorado drafted Beck from Tennessee with the 38th pick in 2022. He made his MLB debut on April 30, 2024.

Beck fractured his left hand on May 25, and he didn’t play for the Rockies again until Aug. 13. Around the injury, Beck batted .188 with 14 runs, 13 RBIs, three home runs and seven stolen bases in 55 games.

In the minors, Beck batted .284 with 142 runs, 145 RBIs, 36 home runs and 26 stolen bases in 194 games after leaving Tennessee.

At Hazel Green, Beck won the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s Class 6A Player of the Year and Class 6A Hitter of the Year awards for the 2019 season. A first-team All-State selection in 2017 and 2019 and a second-team choice in 2018, Beck helped the Trojans win the AHSAA Class 6A championship in 2018.

Beck also was a third-team All-State pick in basketball for the 2017-18 season, when Hazel Green reached the semifinals of the AHSAA Class 6A tournament.

Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.