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04/23 23:49 CDT Rodgers' grand slam sparks Rockies over Padres 7-4 for 2nd win
in 10 games
Rodgers' grand slam sparks Rockies over Padres 7-4 for 2nd win in 10 games
By DENNIS GEORGATOS
Associated Press
DENVER (AP) --- Brendan Rodgers hit a go-ahead grand slam in a five-run fourth
inning, and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 7-4 on Tuesday night
for just their second win in 10 games.
Colorado trailed 4-1 before Rodgers' first career slam, a drive into the
left-field bleachers on an up-and-in fastball from Michael King (2-2) with an
0-2 count. Rodgers had not homered since Sept. 29 --- he hit all four of his
homers last year in a 10-day span.
"Bases loaded, 0-2 count. We're going, ?Come on, B!'" Rockies manager Bud Black
said. "And he got the head on a fastball. Big exhale. The dugout was pumped.
That was big, and you hope that these types of moments can give us a jumpstart."
Rodgers said he was relieved to come through in that situation and give his
struggling team a lift.
"You know, (Ryan McMahon) came up to me and said, ?That's one of the biggest
swings of the year,''' Rodgers said. "And it kind of felt like it, being down
early and then getting guys on base in that inning. I got down in the count and
then I took a good short, two-strike swing. It definitely was a good feeling."
King allowed six runs --- four earned --- eight hits and three walks in 3 2/3
innings, leaving after a bases-loaded walk to Elehuris Montero.
"I got away from my sinker/sweeper and was throwing a lot of four-seamers,"
King said. "I was executing early in the count but I felt they were making the
mid-at bat adjustment. I should have gone to other pitches to either get them
off of it or go back to it and I got burned on it."
Ezequiel Tovar added an RBI single in the fifth for the Rockies, who stopped a
six-game losing streak to the Padres.
Nolan Jones had an RBI single in the second that stopped an 0-for-26 skid. He
left after six innings because of back stiffness.
Colorado, 4-7 at Coors Field but 2-11 on the road, ending a streak of six
consecutive home games in which it had been held to three or fewer runs. The
Rockies have trailed at some point in each of their first 24 games to start the
season --- a feat that since 1900 had been accomplished only by the 1910 St.
Louis Browns in their opening 28 games.
Jalen Beeks (2-1) pitched three three hitless innings in relief of Ryan
Feltner, who allowed four runs and 10 hits in four innings. Justin Lawrence got
three outs for his first save this season.
Jake Cronenworth had an RBI single in the first and Jurickson Profar a
sacrifice fly. Luis Campusano had a run-scoring double in the third and scored
on Jackson Merrill's single.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: INF/OF Kris Bryant, sidelined since April 14 with a lower back strain,
has not yet been able to resume baseball activities and won't come off the
10-day IL when he's eligible on Wednesday, manager Bud Black said. Bryant was
injured April 13 when he crashed into an outfield wall at Toronto. "He's still
in the training room and weight room trying to strengthen his back," Black said.
UP NEXT
RHP Matt Waldron (0-2, 4.74 ERA) is slated to start for San Diego on Wednesday
night.
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