The umpire is Kerwin Danley.
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So did the baserunning blunders, which contributed to the Rockies’ 4-2 loss to the San Diego Padres.
Two costly base running errors would also hinder the Rockies’ offensive output. Carlos Gonzalez also moves up to the second spot in the order for the first time since May 14. He was an easy out. Paulsen was caught in a rundown and finally tagged out by short stop Will Middlebrooks.
“I think DJ is trying to go first-to-third there and he thought the runner ahead of him was going to score”, manager Walt Weiss said. “Obviously we’re not where we want to be, but we battled and we’ve been in games most of the time”.
Said Weiss: “I thought he threw the ball real well”. “Historically, that’s always the way it has been”. How the Padres play in the 13 games leading up to it will determine whether or not general manager A.J. The 34-year-old Mexican is unbeaten in his last four outings, yielding a total of five runs over 24 frames, and has given up more than three runs just once in his last 10 turns. Shields allowed seven hits and walked four, but only Charlie Blackmon’s homer did any damage at all. It was Blackmon’s 12th and the 20th allowed by Shields.
Hedges homered to left with one out in the third, his second. His ninth homer of the season was only his third as a Padre at Petco Park.
After Upton reached first on catcher’s interference by Michael McKenry, Gyorko cleared the wall in center with a 417-foot drive, his second homer since being recalled from Triple-A El Paso on July 1.
Upton homered into the second deck in left off Rafael Betancourt with two outs in the eighth, his 15th. Shields allowed one run, seven hits and four walks with six strikeouts in five innings.
First baseman Yonder Alonso is the only lefty in the Padres lineup against the southpaw De La Rosa, with regular shortstop Alexi Amarista on the bench. “All the pitches they hit were mistakes. Right there is a big point in the game and to me that is unacceptable”. Matt Kemp and Jedd Gyorko both hit home runs in the first inning off Colorado starter Jorge De La Rosa. He gave up five earned runs through 5 1/3 innings against them on May 3rd at Petco Park.
The Rockies had cut the deficit to 3-2 in the seventh with an unearned run against Brandon Maurer. Brandon Barnes and Blackmon singled to give the Rockies runners on the corners. Maurer got Nolan Arenado to ground into a double play to end the threat. Rockies OF Corey Dickerson, who has been on the disabled list since June 17 with plantar fasciitis in his left foot, could start a rehab assignment next week if he responds favorably to physical tests the next couple days in San Diego….
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The Rockies closed to 5-4 on Troy Tulowitzki’s homer to deep left off Joaquin Benoit with one out in the eighth, his 11th. He is expected to be sidelined four to six weeks…. For Saturday’s game the Rockies start Chad Bettis who has allowed 73 hits and 38 earned runs while striking out 60 over 69.2 innings for a 5-4 record and a 4.91 ERA. San Diego went 4-6 on its road trip prior to the All-Star break, winning its final two contests after losing six in a row.
