Most baseball fans expect to see their team boost its offensive numbers when playing the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. That was the expectation of many San Diego Padres fans as well when the Padres opened their three-game set on the road against the Rockies on Tuesday night. That was not the case as Randy Vasquez, and for the majority of the time, Chase Dollander engaged in a pitcher’s duel. Vasquez struggle in his last outing allowing four runs over four innings, but the right-hander returned
to form in Colorado. Vasquez pitched seven shutout innings, allowing just three hits and did not allow a walk while recording five strikeouts en route to a 1-0 win. It would make sense that with a pitching performance like that, San Diego would have rolled to an easy win, but that was not the case. The Padres were held to just six hits and their only run was scored when Manny Machado drew a bases loaded walk in the top of the sixth inning. The bullpen arms of Jason Adam and Adrian Morejon pitched two scoreless innings and Morejon earned the save to preserve the win for San Diego.
Padres News:
- Michael King has not found his rhythm to the season, but he has been effective and has looked like the ace pitcher the Padres thought he could be when he joined San Diego in the trade with the New York Yankees. The good thing is King looks to be getting better with each outing.
- Ryan Wideman powered Lake Elsinore to a win over Visalia.
- There has been a lot of discussion about Fernando Tatis Jr. and his offensive performance this season. He has not been bad at the plate, but he has yet to hit a home run this season. The numbers show it is not for a lack of hitting the ball hard and with time, his home run stroke should return.
- Dennis Lin and Mike Vorkunov of The Athletic say the potential ownership stake for Jose E. Feliciano and his wife, Kwanza Jones, could be as much as 40 percent with other investors making up the remaining ownership group.
Baseball News:
- Munetaka Murakami homered in his fourth straight game to help the Chicago White Sox offense get going in win.
- The New York Mets saw their losing streak extend to 12 games with a loss to the Minnesota Twins.
- Shohei Ohtani has the longest on-base streak in Los Angeles Dodgers history, reaching for the 53rd game in a row, but it was not enough to lift the Dodgers over Landon Roupp and the San Francisco Giants.
