Denver ? Preston Wilson drove in three runs, and Dustan Mohr ended a 2-for-26 slump with a two-run homer, helping the Colorado Rockies end a five-game losing streak with a 12-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night.

Brad Hawpe added three hits and two RBIs, and Byung-Hyun Kim (2-6) won for just the second time since October to help the Rockies spoil the return of former manager Buddy Bell.

Colorado was coming off a miserable nine-game road trip, where it won once, scored just 22 runs and hit .167 with runners in scoring position.

The thin air, spacious outfield of Coors Field and Royals pitching were just what the Rockies needed.

Colorado had 13 hits, scored eight runs by the fourth inning – one more than the previous three games combined – and batted around twice to win for just the third time in 16 games.

Several Rockies had breakout games to do it.

Wilson, 4-for-19 the previous five games, had a run-scoring single in the third inning and capped another three-run inning in the fourth with a two-run single that put the Rockies up 8-2. Mohr ended a week’s worth of frustration with his fifth homer in the second inning, and Desi Relaford snapped a 4-for-34 slump with an RBI double in Colorado’s four-run seventh.

Bell lost more games than he won (161-185) as Colorado’s manager from 2000-02 and the Royals didn’t do much to help him shake that losing feeling at Coors Field.

Kansas City's Mark Teahen, bottom, collides with Colorado shortstop Desi Relaford after Relaford forced him out at second base on the front end of a double play hit into by John Buck in the third inning. The Rockies won, 12-4, Friday in Denver.

Starter D.J. Carrasco (2-3) had his worst outing of the season, his teammates made two costly errors behind him and the Royals stranded eight runners to lose their fourth straight.

Kim gave them plenty of chances. He hit two batters and crossed signals with catcher Danny Ardoin for a passed ball that scored a run in the first inning, but limited the damage the rest of the way.

The right-hander allowed a run in the third inning on Mark Teahen’s RBI single and was lifted with two outs in the sixth inning after Justin Huber’s first major league hit – an RBI double off the wall in right – cut Colorado’s lead to 8-3.

Kim gave up three runs – two earned – and seven hits, and has allowed eight earned runs in 23 2-3 innings as a starter at Coors Field.

Carrasco walked a career-high five in his last start against Houston on Saturday, but limited the Astros to two earned runs in seven innings. He couldn’t pitch out of trouble Friday.

The right-hander gave up two runs in the second on Mohr’s homer and three each in the third and fourth innings. Carrasco lasted just 3 1-3 innings after giving up more than two earned runs for just the second time in eight starts. He allowed eight runs – seven earned – and seven hits.

Notes: Kansas City’s Emil Brown extended his career-high hitting streak to 11 games with a single in the third inning. … Colorado’s Todd Helton had an RBI single in the seventh inning to tie Larry Walker’s Coors Field record of 814 hits.