DENVER (AP) — Brendan Rodgers and Charlie Blackmon homered, Cal Quantrill pitched effectively for five innings and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 7-3 on Friday night. Jordan Beck added three hits, including an RBI single, for the Rockies, who cooled off the surging Padres. Before Friday, the Padres had won 19 of their 23 games dating back to the All-Star break, including 10 of their last 11.
Ha-Seong Kim and Xander Bogaerts homered for the Padres. Jackson Merrill had a pair of hits, including a one-out triple in the sixth, but the Rockies stranded him by turning the third of their four double plays in the game. Quantrill (8-8) allowed three runs on six hits while striking out five and walking two.
Rockies relievers Angel Chivilli, Lucas Gilbreath, Tyler Kinley and Victor Vodnik combined to pitch four scoreless innings. For San Diego, Matt Waldron (7-10) allowed seven runs on nine hits in 5 2/3 innings. Waldron came in having won both of his previous starts against Colorado this season but found himself in trouble from the start.
He walked Charlie Blackmon to start the first and Ezequiel Tovar followed with a single. One out later, Ryan McMahon singled to drive in Colorado’s first run and Rodgers then drove a 77-mph knuckleball from Waldron deep into the left field bleachers for his 10th homer of the season to give the Rockies a 4-0 lead. Kim connected for his 11th homer, a two-run drive off Quantrill in the top of the second, before Blackmon answered with .