Colorado RockiesvsSan Diego Padres
COL 1/SD 3
Things to say
The Padres beat the Rockies 3-1 at Petco Park.
01
opener
Padres took it 3-1 at Petco. Classic low-scoring grind, not a lot of loud contact. Rockies just couldn't string anything together on the road.
02
key player
Whoever the Padres ran out there got into his stuff early. Holding Colorado to one run tells you the starter carried it deep and handed the pen a clean lead.
03
hot take
One run for the Rockies? That offense goes as far as Coors carries it, and out here in the marine layer it just dies at the track.
04
deep cut
Three runs was plenty because San Diego kept the bullpen out of trouble. No walk-off drama needed when the middle innings stay quiet.
05
exit
Padres are hovering right around .500 and still hanging in it. Curious how the next one shakes out.
The recap
Padres took care of business at Petco, grinding out a 3-1 win over the Rockies on a getaway afternoon. San Diego's arms did the heavy lifting, keeping Colorado's bats quiet and stranding whatever traffic the Rockies managed to scrape together.
Colorado's lone run was all they could muster, and against a bullpen locked in like that, one run doesn't get it done. Nice, tidy series-type win for the Padres as they claw back toward .500 at 55-53.