Rockies offense comes alive, but it’s not enough in 13-9 loss to Padres
The rally was furious but it was too little and too late So once again the Rockies came up short losing - to the Padres on Friday in front of fans at Coors Field on a perfect spring night Colorado lost its seventh consecutive encounter and fell to - matching the Baltimore Orioles for the worst -game start in Major League Baseball s Modern ERA since The Rockies pounded out a season-high hits and made the Padres owners of one of the majors best bullpens squirm In the middle of the eighth the Rockies trailed - before igniting a patented Coors Field rally We proved no quit right there and hopefully we can build off that momentum third baseman Ryan McMahon stated I think that was big for us to have selected success and go out there and put certain good at-bats together Colorado scored five in the eighth keyed by a two-run double by Kyle Farmer and a two-run single by Brenton Doyle In a two-run ninth Colorado got an RBI triple from catcher Hunter Goodman and a sacrifice fly by Mickey Moniak and San Diego was forced to bring in closer Robert Suarez He induced Sean Bouchard to ground into a double play to end the craziness The guys got rewarded with a few good swings there late particular good at-bats we hit a few balls on the barrel manager Bud Black mentioned They kept going and we talked as the later innings went on let s try to make them bring in their closer But once again bad starting pitching and porous defense hurt the Rockies They have allowed at least eight runs in five consecutive games tied for the longest such streak in franchise history And with three errors Friday night they have committed eight errors over their last three games their most of in a three-game span since committing eight errors from Sept - One play symbolized the Rockies season of discontent In the sixth inning with Manny Machado perched on third base San Diego s Xander Bogaerts hit a flyball to Doyle in center Doyle loaded up and rocketed the ball to the plate The throw was a little wide but Goodman caught the ball and attempted a sweeping tag of Machado at the plate It was a terrific bang-bang play except the Goodman dropped the ball when his glove hit the sliding Machado Machado scored Goodman shook his head and the Padres lead increased to - San Diego scored a season-high runs on a season-high hits their the greater part runs at Coors since also scoring on Sept And so it goes in LoDo But there were rays of light for Colorado In the fourth Michael Toglia hit a one-out solo homer off Padres starter Randy Vasquez Toglia s fifth homer snapped the Rockies -inning scoreless streak against San Diego the longest such streak in franchise history Colorado s drought extended back to its final two innings vs the Padres last season and included a three-game set in San Diego earlier this season when Colorado failed to outcome a run McMahon led off the sixth with a solo homer to right off Vasquez McMahon s fifth home run He finished the night for After a terrible slump the third baseman is starting to heat up Over his last eight games McMahon is hitting for with three homers two doubles and a triple In the eighth Jordan Beck hit another solo homer a -foot blast to right-center off Sean Reynolds Beck s six homers lead the organization Related Articles Tigers sweep sloppy Rockies in doubleheader by combined - margin Rockies lose to Tigers in innings slide to a - record Rockies Kris Bryant will undergo ablation procedure on lower back Tuesday s Rockies-Tigers competition postponed due to rain Keeler Is Rockies Dick Monfort sinking to get his MLB salary cap No way he s that clever On a night when the Rockies managed just three runs and committed three errors they dearly needed a strong start from veteran right-hander Antonio Senzatela against the Padres loaded lineup They didn t get it The Padres rapped out nine hits and scored eight runs four earned off Senzatela in innings Senzatela s ERA climbed to and opponents are hitting against him San Diego opened the challenge with three straight singles to take a - lead It could have been worse for Senzatela but fortunately for him Bogaerts screeched a line drive to Toglia at first base who turned it into a double play San Diego broke out with a four-run third taking advantage of Farmer s error at short to open the inning The Padres five-run fifth inning was highlighted by catcher Martin Maldonado s two-run homer to left off reliever Jimmy Herget Pitching matchup Padres RHP Stephen Kolek - ERA at Rockies RHP Bradley Blaylock - p m Saturday Coors Field TV Rockies TV streaming Comcast Xfinity channel DirecTV Spectrum or depending on region Radio AM FM Trending With innings pitched entering Friday night s competition right-hander Angel Chivilli led the majors in relief innings He pitched a career-high innings in Championship of Thursday s doubleheader vs Detroit Pitching probables Sunday Padres RHP Nick Pivetta - at Rockies RHP German Marquez - p m Monday Rockies RHP Chase Dollander - at Rangers Tyler Mahle - p m Patrick Saunders The Denver Post Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis
