DENVER (AP) — Jacob Stallings drove in the tiebreaking run with a single in the sixth inning, and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 on Sunday.
Colorado took the season series from the Padres 8-5 and ended their streak of series victories. San Diego had won eight series in a row to tie the franchise record.
Manny Machado homered for the Padres, who are 20-6 in the second half. Four of those losses have come against the teams with the two worst records in the National League – Colorado and Miami.
Angel Chivilli (1-1) got the victory in relief and Victor Vodnik walked a batter in the ninth before nailing down his ninth save.
Padres right-hander Joe Musgrove made his second start since coming off the injured list last Monday. He got his 1,000th career strikeout when he punched out Sam Hilliard leading off the fifth. Musgrove followed that with a walk to Jordan Beck and was relieved by Bryan Hoeing (2-3) after 4 1/3 innings and 73 pitches.
San Diego’s bullpen couldn’t keep the game tied after Musgrove and Rockies starter Bradley Blalock each gave up a run.
Brenton Doyle led off the bottom of the sixth with a triple and scored on a single by Stallings. Right fielder David Peralta misplayed the hit, allowing Michael Toglia to reach third and then score on Hilliard’s groundout that made it 3-1.
Toglia doubled with two outs in the eighth to extend his hitting streak to 11 games.
Machado, who had four hits Saturday night, led off the eighth inning with his 19th home run, the only hit allowed by the Colorado bullpen in 3 1/3 innings.
Peralta had an RBI double in the fourth. Aaron Schunk doubled home a run for the Rockies in the third.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Padres: SS Ha-Seong Kim left in the third with a jammed right shoulder. Kim led off the inning with a single and was hurt diving back to the bag on a pickoff attempt. He immediately signaled to the San Diego dugout and exited the game.
Rockies: OF Nolan Jones was activated from the 10-day injured list, and utilityman Hunter Goodman was optioned to Triple-A. Jones had been on the IL since July 11 with a lower back strain.
UP NEXT
Padres: Had not announced a starter for the opener of a three-game home series against Minnesota on Monday night.
Rockies: LHP Austin Gomber (3-8, 4.82 ERA) will begin a six-game road trip at Washington on Tuesday night.
