Colorado Rockies at San Diego Padres

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Colorado Rockies

41-71, 17-42 Away

Final
2 - 3

San Diego Padres

60-52, 29-29 Home

Bogaerts his go-ahead single and Pérez shines in his Padres debut, a 3-2 win over the Rockies

The Padres have won 10 of 13 since the All-Star break. They followed up a two-game home sweep of the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers by losing 5-2 to the Rockies on Friday night.

After being held to one run and one hit in six innings by rookie Tanner Gordon, the Padres broke through against reliever Peter Lambert (2-5) in the seventh.

Jake Cronenworth hit a leadoff single, Manny Machado doubled and Bogaerts singled to left to give the Padres a 2-1 lead. Rookie Jackson Merrill followed with a sacrifice fly.

“It started off the same. The guy was throwing good, a young guy, and got to the bullpen and got some guys on base,” Bogaerts said. “We started a nice rally once we got to the bullpen.”

Rockies pinch hitter Jacob Stallings homered with one out in the eighth off All-Star Tanner Scott, who was making his Padres debut after being obtained from Miami on Tuesday. That snapped Scott's scoreless streak of 17 2/3 innings since June 17.

Pérez held the Rockies to one run and three hits, struck out seven and walked none. His only big mistake was allowing Hunter Goodman's homer to left-center with one out in the third.

“It was awesome to go out there and do my job and we scored runs and we won the game,” Pérez said. “That's why I'm here. I'm here to help the team win.

“The support I have from my teammates is awesome,” he added. “It makes me feel comfortable and makes me feel like I was here before. That's really good and mentally I'm good. I think this is just the start. We've got to keep doing our things and we're going to have a good future for the last two months.”

It was the first time this season the Padres started a left-hander, in their 112th game.

“Loved his pace, his control,” manager Mike Shildt said. "Good rhythm what he was doing. Everything was for quality strikes.

“It took a second to get adjusted to seeing a left-hander start a game,” Shildt added. “He was fantastic and very efficient.”

The game took just 1 hour, 59 minutes.

“We were talking about the fifth or sixth, like we went back in time for a second,” Shildt said. “We had guys that were really working quick, hitting their spots.”

Jason Adam (5-2) pitched the seventh for the win and Robert Suarez pitched the ninth for his 24th save.

Gordon, a 26-year-old rookie making his fourth start, was perfect through four innings. The Padres finally got baserunners when Gordon walked Machado leading off the fifth and allowed a single to Bogaerts. Merrill had a sacrifice bunt and David Peralta's groundout brought in Machado to tie it at 1.

Gordon came in at 0-3 with an 8.80 ERA. He made his big league debut July 7 against Kansas City at Coors Field. He was recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque earlier in the day.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Rockies: DH Charlie Blackmon wasn't in the starting lineup a night after suffering a bruised left eye when an errant throw by Padres second baseman Xander Bogaerts hit his left wrist and face. He said he felt fine.

Rockies RHP Cal Quantrill (7-7, 4.50 ERA) and Padres RHP Matt Waldron (6-9, 3.89 ERA) are scheduled to start Sunday's series finale. Quantrill was drafted by the Padres in 2016 and made his big league debut in 2019 before being sent to Cleveland in 2020 in the Mike Clevinger deal.

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Matchup Prediction

Padres: 64.9%

Rockies: 35.1%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Toglia grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	McMahon struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Doyle grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Suarez relieved Scott
	8th Inning	Cronenworth grounded out to second.
	8th Inning	Profar struck out looking.

Statistics

COL		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	11
11	Strikeouts	5
2	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
5	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
32	At Bats	27
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
3	Runners Left On Base	6
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
13	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
114	Pitches	114
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	6
32	Plate Appearances	30
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
1.8	Runs Created	1.1
.156	Batting Average	.185
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.375	Slugging Percentage	.222
.219	Secondary Average	.074
.156	On Base Percentage	.207
.531	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.429
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
1.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.2
21.0	Batter Rating	19.0
16.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.56	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.80
.219	Isolated Power	.037
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.033
.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.111
4.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
70.5	MLB Rating	70.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0