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04/24 23:15 CDT Xander Bogaerts has season-high 3 hits, Padres beat Rockies 5-2
Xander Bogaerts has season-high 3 hits, Padres beat Rockies 5-2
By CRAIG MEYER
Associated Press
DENVER (AP) --- Xander Bogaerts had a season-high three hits, Matt Waldron gave
up one run in six innings and the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies
5-2 on Wednesday night.
"Getting ahead was the name of my game today," Waldron said. "(Catcher Kyle
Higashioka) and I executed well and the offense did what they do. It's awesome.
It was a fun win. Hopefully, we can keep it rolling."
Ha-Seong Kim and Jackson Merrill had two RBIs to help the Padres beat the
Rockies for the 11th time in their past 14 meetings. Kim had two hits,
including a bloop double to right field that drove in the game's first two runs
and spurred a four-run first inning.
"When (Colorado starter) Ty (Blach) is on, he's hitting his spots," Rockies
manager Bud Black said. "The first inning, he didn't. Then the baseball got him
with the blooper. Really good pitch to Kim and then it's just the little dorker
right down the right field line. That's baseball."
Waldron (1-2) rebounded from his worst outing of the season, a loss against
Toronto in which he allowed five runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings. With
four runs on the board before he took the mound for the first time, Waldron got
some much-needed run support after San Diego scored just seven runs in his
previous four starts.
"Credit goes to Waldron," Padres manager Mike Shildt said. "He was very, very
good. All pitches working. He mixed it in masterfully and had command of it. It
was really filthy."
Robert Suarez picked up his ninth save of the season, retiring the Rockies in
order on seven pitches.
The multi-hit outing was the second in the past four games for Bogaerts, who
entered Wednesday night batting just .198.
The game was the 25th consecutive to start this season in which the Rockies
have trailed at some point. They're only the second team to reach that mark
since 1900, joining the 1910 St. Louis Browns.
In his first start of the season, Blach (3-4) took the loss for the Rockies,
giving up four runs and five hits in five innings.
"I think I had a pretty good feel in the first inning," Blach said. "I made a
lot of really good pitches with two strikes. They battled and fouled them off.
It's just kind of one of those things where I wouldn't really change anything."
Ryan McMahon and Elias Daz each hit solo home runs to center field for
Colorado, which left six runners on base, including three in the fourth inning
when it had the bases loaded with just one out before a pop-up and groundout
ended the threat.
The Rockies have been outscored 35-7 in the first inning this season, the most
runs allowed by any team in the first inning. It finished with two runs or
fewer for the eighth time in the past 10 games, despite five of those contests
taking place at hitter-friendly Coors Field.
UP NEXT
Colorado RHP Dakota Hudson (0-4, 5.06 ERA) was set to face RHP Randy Vsquez
(0-1, 1.80) in the fourth and final game of the series.
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