![]() San Diego is an extreme longshot to make the postseason, coming into Monday night six games out of the final wild card berth, with four teams ahead of them. That’s why we’ve played our best baseball here the last five games or so. There’s a looseness to how we’re playing right now. “It’s one of those things where we haven’t been able to get to all year where it just feels good, feel like you’re going to score, feel like you can add on. “We’re just in a better place,” manager Bob Melvin said. The high-priced Padres, who have underwhelmed all season coming off a stirring run to the NL Championship Series, became the last team in the majors to win four straight games on Sunday when they swept the Oakland Athletics, who have baseball's worst record. Luis Campusano hit a go-ahead three-run home run and Garrett Cooper and Eugy Rosario also connected for the Padres, who beat the Colorado Rockies 11-9 on Monday night to extend their winning streak to a season-best five games. SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Padres' longest winning streak of the season is likely way too little, way too late to save a massively disappointing season. All rights reserved.Campusano's go-ahead 3-run homer helps the Padres beat the Rockies 11-9 Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Safety Information / Your California Privacy Rights are applicable to you. ^ Back to Top ^ © 2023 ESPN Internet Ventures. RHP Emmet Sheehan (3-1, 5.13 ERA) is slated to start Wednesday night for the Dodgers against Rockies’ RHP Noah Davis (0-3, 8.77). Joe Medwick (64 doubles) and Charlie Gehringer (60 doubles) in 1936 were the last players to achieve the feat. He did a good job today.”īobby Miller (10-4) was scheduled to start the second game for the Dodgers against Ryan Feltner (2-3) for the Rockies.įreddie Freeman, who had a single in four at bats in the first game, remained three doubles shy of becoming the first player in 87 years with at least 60 doubles in a season. He pitched well, kept us off balance, got out of innings. Helps out a lot as a starter.” Added the Dodgers' Mookie Betts, who had two of the Dodgers' five hits off Anderson: “He did everything well. “We got some timely hitting, Nolan hit the home run and we got some early runs. It feels good to get the series off on the right foot at home,” Anderson said. “The way he’s pitched overall, especially the last couple (outings), he’s thrown the ball well.” The early run support was a boost for Anderson. “Finally to get one, he deserved it for sure,” Rockies manager Bud Black said of Anderson. Tyler Kinley fanned Max Muncy with two on and two out to get the save, his fifth. He walked two and struck out four in his fifth start since being reinstated from the injured list Sept. Anderson (1-6), who was claimed off waivers from Tampa Bay on May 12, allowed five hits. Jones connected for his 19th home run of the season in the bottom of the seventh off Ryan Pepiot to restore a three-run lead for the Rockies. Kris Bryant had an RBI double, Elehuris Montero added an RBI single and Rodgers had an RBI groundout. The Rockies built a 3-0 lead off Caleb Ferguson (7-4), who went 2/3 innings as the Dodgers’ opening pitcher. The Dodgers had two runners tagged out at the plate. Jason Heyward had three hits for the Dodgers and scored a run in the sixth when Jason Outman reached on a strikeout and a passed ball by catcher Austin Wynns. Colorado earned its franchise record 99th loss of the season on Sunday at Chicago.īrendan Rodgers added three hits and an RBI for Colorado. The Dodgers came in having won eight of their first nine meetings this season against Colorado and a 30-15 record overall against fellow NL West teams. It was a rare loss for the postseason-bound Dodgers against the Rockies, who averted, for now, the first 100-loss season in their 30-year existence. ![]() MLB, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles DodgersĭENVER - Chase Anderson pitched five scoreless innings for his first win in 17 starts this season, Nolan Jones homered and the Colorado Rockies snapped a seven-game losing streak by beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1 on Tuesday in the opener of a doubleheader. Anderson's strong outing and Jones' bat lead Rockies past Dodgers 4-1 in DH opener
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