It was not the most dominant way to end a losing streak, but it was effective.
The San Diego Padres scored six runs in the second inning of the second game of their three-game series against the Colorado Rockies and went on to win the game 10-8 at Coors Field, Saturday.
The Padres took advantage of Rockies starting pitcher McCade Brown, scoring six runs on five hits and limiting him to just 1 2/3 innings. It was a significant change from the effort shown by Colorado starter Kyle Freeland, who held
San Diego scoreless and allowed just two hits, Saturday.
Brown hit Ryan O’Hearn to start the second. He then allowed a single to Ramón Laureano before hitting Jackson Merrill to load the bases. Jake Cronenworth reached on an infield single and gave the Padres a 1-0 lead.
Freddy Fermin, who recorded two hits and three RBI in the game, doubled to give the San Diego a 3-0 lead with runners at second and third. Mason McCoy struck out for the first out of the second inning and Fernando Tatis Jr. cleared the bases with a three-run home run to left-center to give the Padres a 6-0 advantage.
Brown remained in the game and allowed a single to Luis Arraez, got Manny Machado to fly out for the second out of the inning and issued a walk to O’Hearn before he was pulled from the game.
Randy Vasquez made the start on the mound for San Diego after his recent call-up from Triple-A El Paso, and gave back two runs in the bottom of the second inning to make the score, 6-2. One of the runs was unearned as the runner reached safely on a throwing error by McCoy.
Vasquez would go on to complete six innings and allowed three runs, two earned, on eight hits with three strikeouts and no walks allowed.
Fermin recorded his second hit of the game and recorded his third RBI with a single in the top of the fifth to make the score, 7-2. The Padres added another run on a McCoy RBI-single to go up, 8-2. A single by Tatis Jr. loaded the bases and Arraez singled to drive in two runs to put San Diego ahead of Colorado, 10-2.
Hunter Goodman homered off Vasquez in the bottom of the sixth to make the score 10-3. Jeremiah Estrada came on for the seventh inning and faced five batters, striking out two, but allowed a double, a walk and single that gave the Rockies another run to cut the deficit to 10-4. Estrada then allowed a three-run home run to Jordan Beck and a game that seemed to be in-hand was now 10-7.
Mason Miller came on for Estrada to end the seventh. Miller stayed on for the eighth and was able to get three outs against four hitters to preserve the Padres’ lead.
Robert Suarez came in for the save in the bottom of the ninth inning and allowed a solo home run to Mickey Moniak, which pulled the Rockies within two at 10-8. Suarez would also allow a single before the inning ended, but eventually locked down the save and the win for San Diego.
It was a good offensive night for the Padres. Machado was the only player not to get a a hit, finishing 0-for-5. Arraez and O’Hearn each had three hits in the game and Tatis Jr., Laureano and Fermin each had two hits.
The Padres play the Rockies, Sunday at 12:10 p.m.
