Time to recycle Vin Scully’s classic quote about the beast that is Coors Field.
“You don’t need an official scorer at Coors Field. You need a certified public accountant,” the late, great Dodgers broadcaster famously said.
Quite apropos for the goings on in LoDo on Saturday night in front of an announced crowd of 43,461.
The Padres blasted Rockies pitching for 16 hits on their way to a 10-8 win. Rockies starter McCade Brown was gone before the second inning was over, and manager Warren Schaeffer was forced to use six pitchers.
But the Rockies, as is their wont, made the Padres squirm, belting 14 hits, including a solo home run by Mickey Moniak in the ninth off Robert Suarez. Colorado also got a three-run homer by Jordan Beck in its four-run seventh. Beck’s homer, his first since Aug. 3, came on the heels of catcher Hunter Goodman’s solo blast in the sixth.
The Padres, trying to keep pace with the Dodgers in the National League West race, snapped a five-game losing streak. The Rockies lost their 102nd game and fell for the 12th time in 15 games.
Friday night, the Rockies shut out San Diego, 3-0, behind a brilliant start by Kyle Freeland. However, Saturday night’s game highlighted the fragility of the Rockies’ pitching. They have a team ERA of 6.01, which matches the 1999 club for the highest in franchise history. Rockies starters have a 6.63 ERA, which obliterates the 1999 rotation’s 6.19 ERA. In fact, Colorado starters are nipping at the heels of the 1996 Tigers (6.64) for the highest starters’ ERA of the modern era (since 1901).
San Diego’s four-run fifth inning against recently signed Rockies reliever Roansy Contreras was the difference maker. Contreras gave up four runs on three hits and a walk in two-thirds of an inning. Luis Arraez’s two-out, two-run single was the key hit of the inning.
Goodman’s 419-foot homer to left off Padres starter Randy Vasquez was Goodman’s 29th home run of the season, setting a franchise record for homers by a primary catcher. He passed Wilin Rosario, who launched 28 in 2012.
The Rockies also received a highlight reel night from center fielder Brenton Doyle. He ripped an RBI double off Vasquez in the second and made two outstanding catches in the Padres’ fourth. He sprinted to the deepest part of the outfield in left-center field to rob Fernando Tatis of extra bases. Two batters later, he ran to right-center to steal a hit from Manny Machado.
The Padres teed off on Brown like Bryson DeChambeau, scoring six runs on five hits in the second.
The inning began with Brown plunking Ryan O’Hearn. Ramon Laureano followed with a single, and Brown hit Jackson Merrill to load the bases. Jake Cronenworth drilled a comebacker off Brown’s leg for an RBI single.
San Diego’s onslaught continued with Freddy Fermin’s two-run double down the left-field line and continued with Fernando Tatis Jr.’s 441-foot, three-run bomb to left center.
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