Solarte has told the Padres he would like to return before the season ends and bring his daughters to the San Diego Padres. The 29-year-old IL native, who was drafted 25th overall by Colorado in 2008 and pitched three seasons with the Rockies, was 0-8 in his previous 12 appearances. Little did he know he’d also etched his name into the Colorado Rockies’ record book. “I think you could have had six home runs tonight and it would’ve been overshadowed”. “There was never a point in time when (pitching coach) Darren Balsley came to me and said, ‘Hey you need to be anxious about Drew Pomeranz.’ Never did my trainers say anything about being concerned about Drew Pomeranz”. The San Diego Padres have an ERA of 4.44 and have lost 10 of their last 11 games when allowing more than three runs.
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In all, Gray set Rockies records for most strikeouts, most consecutive strikeouts, highest game score, and extended his record for most strikeouts for a rookie in a season. After staging a ninth-inning rally to win the series opener, Colorado received a franchise record-setting performance from Gray, who registered 16 strikeouts and allowed four hits while going the distance in an 8-0 victory on Saturday.Tom Murphy homered twice and drove in five runs, while Nolan Arenado belted a two-run shot to raise his major league-leading RBI total to 123.
The Padres received a homer and two RBIs apiece from Wil Myers and Luis Sardinas, who is 12-for-28 during his seven-game hitting streak. Bruce Ruffin did it July 25, 1996, in the ninth inning against the Chicago Cubs.
He entered the ninth inning with 14 strikeouts, tied with the late Darryl Kile for the club record. “His leg’s fine, so we feel good about starting him and we’re going to proceed with the rotation as we’ve layed out after that”.
Rockies outfielder David Dahl returned to the lineup Saturday night for the first time in five games and was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored. It was Murphy’s fourth homer of the season and the first multihomer game of his career.
After Saturday’s 8-0 loss, Padres manager Andy Green announced that Padres third baseman Yangervis Solarte’s wife passed away earlier in the day, before game time, due to complications from cancer. “We’ve seen that from the get-go”.
RHP Jarred Cosart (right hamstring injury and groin strain) will start on Sunday for the Padres after he was pulled from his last start in the fourth inning. San Diego C Derek Norris suffered a sprained left middle finger on Saturday and is day-to-day after X-rays came back negative.3.
The final meeting of the year between the NL West foes will match Cosart and RHP Chad Bettis.
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The Rockies trailed 7-5 entering the ninth against closer Brandon Maurer (0-5) after hail and rain in the top of the inning forced a 38-minute delay. Bettis (12-7, 4.78), meanwhile, is 8-2 with a 3.99 ERA since June 15.
