How LoDo can Rockies go? Padres blast five homers in 21-0 win at Coors Field
Did the Rockies lose again Saturday night Is the Pope an American Catholic Literally lose is a misnomer The Rockies were crushed - by the Padres in the Rockies worst challenge in what is fast becoming the worst season in franchise history The Padres ripped off hits including five home runs Colorado s comatose offense countered with five hits Manager Bud Black characterized it as a tough loss but it s just one match The guys who had tough games wear it Black stated Starter Bradley Blaylock feels horrible Reliever Juan Mejia feels horrible Those guys feel it and it s on their shoulders so when it doesn t happen there is a great deal of frustration But for guys who have been in the encounter a long time you are conditioned for a contest like this They happen across baseball periodically They are hard and you move past them the next day A lively crowd of various of them Padres fans proved up to watch the carnage The fans did The Wave in the sixth inning It was impressive At least they had a good time And the fans had a great time cheering veteran catcher Jacob Stallings who was called on to pitch two crisis innings Stallings truly struck out former Rockies catcher Elias Diaz looking in the ninth The two catchers played together in Pittsburgh and Colorado and are close friends Stallings who gave up one run on two hits stated it was a little weird pitching to Diaz but he tried to have fun during his time on the mound in a blowout encounter You never want to be in that position as a unit unless you re winning reported the -year-old Stallings who pitched for the ninth time in his career I just personally try to have fun with it It makes it easier for the guys in the clubhouse Stallings throws mostly fastballs with a meager curves thrown into the mix Before Saturday s championship general manager Bill Schmidt addressed the state of the club I feel for the fans I feel for the people around here Schmidt stated I know we are better than we have played but we are not good right now We have to battle through it and get to the other side But right now it looks like the Rockies will have to climb Mount Everest to reach the other side In losing their eighth consecutive meeting Colorado fell to - keeping pace with the infamous Baltimore Orioles for the worst start after games in the Modern Era since The O s opened their season with consecutive losses Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Bradley Blalock works against the San Diego Padres in the first inning of a baseball meeting Saturday May in Denver AP Photo David Zalubowski There were no key moments in the Padres win they got rolling with a five-run first inning and kept going San Diego didn t stop scoring until the seventh inning when veteran right-hander Tyler Kinley absolutely shut the door Here is a synopsis of the Padres Home Run Derby Gavin Sheets hit a two-run homer off Colorado right-hander Bradley Blaylock in the first Jake Cronenworth led off the third with a solo homer off Blaylock Jason Heyward launched a three-run homer off Blaylock in the fourth to make it - Xander Bogaerts led off the fifth with a liner into the left-field seats off reliever Juan Mejia Fernando Tatis Jr drove a three-run homer to left also in the fifth to increase the Padres lead to - Blaylock making his third start of the season second since getting called up from Triple-A Albuquerque on May was charged with runs on hits over innings His ERA soared to Saturday marked the fifth consecutive meeting the Rockies gave up eight or more runs setting a dubious franchise record They have allowed at least runs in four straight another franchise record For the Record The Rockies and Padres put up particular crazy numbers in the Padres - win at Coors Field on Saturday night The Rockies lost their eighth straight challenge and have lost eight consecutive games three times this season and it s only May Colorado s runs allowed were its the greater part since giving up to the Angels on June The Rockies have allowed at least runs in four straight games tying the longest such streak in the majors in the Wild Card ERA since The Orioles did it in and the Astros did it in The Rockies became the sixth unit in the Modern Era to lose by or more runs in a shutout and the second since The last time it happened was April in the Cubs - win over the Pirates San Diego s runs were the second-most in franchise history They scored at Washington on July The Padres five home runs are their the bulk in a meeting since also hitting five at Coors Field on Aug Each of the Padres last three five-home run games has come at Coors Source Colorado Rockies media relations Related Articles Rockies GM Bill Schmidt backs Bud Black says squad capable of doing better Renck Disappointed humbled Rockies Zac Veen back on right track in Triple-A Grading The Week Dick Monfort s Rockies almost made Kyle Freeland cry Join the club Rockies offense comes alive but it s not enough in - loss to Padres Tigers sweep sloppy Rockies in doubleheader by combined - margin Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis
