Padres 7-3 Rockies (Apr 9, 2026) Game Recap
SAN DIEGO — — Xander Bogaerts hit a walk-off grand slam within the backside of the twelfth inning and the San Diego Padres snapped the Colorado Rockies‘ four-game successful streak with a 7-3 victory on Thursday night time.
Bogaerts despatched a 1-0 pitch from Valente Bellozo (0-1) out to left area for his ninth profession grand slam and his second with the Padres.
Fernando Tatis Jr.. laid down a sacrifice bunt to start the twelfth, shifting automated runner Jake Cronenworth to 3rd. Bellozo deliberately walked Jackson Merrill and Manny Machado to load the bases earlier than Bogaerts’ shot.
David Morgan (1-0) retired all 5 batters he confronted to get the win after coming in with two on and one out within the eleventh.
Cronenworth threw out Willi Castro at dwelling on a grounder to second base to maintain the Rockies from scoring within the twelfth. Castro went 0 for five with 5 strikeouts.
Brett Sullivan had an RBI double within the eleventh to offer the Rockies a 3-2 lead, however Luis Campusano tied it with a two-out double.
Tyler Freeman‘s RBI single gave Colorado a 2-1 lead within the tenth earlier than Machado tied it with a sac fly.
Brenton Doyle hit a one out solo shot to heart area off Randy Vásquez for his first dwelling run of the season and a 1-0 Rockies’ lead within the third. Vásquez allowed one run on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings, hanging out eight.
Tatis tied it 1-1 with a sacrifice fly within the Padres’ third.
Hunter Goodman left with a laceration on his proper center finger after he was hit by a Vásquez pitch main off the sixth.
Parents nearer Mason Miller wanted 10 pitches to strike out the aspect within the ninth, operating his scoreless innings streak to 27 2/3 innings courting to final season. The right-hander has 58 strikeouts and solely 5 hits allowed throughout the run.
Chase Dollander surrendered one run on 4 hits in 4 1/3 innings for Colorado after Jimmy Herget opened with a 1-2-3 first.
Rockies RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (1-0, 1.69) begins Friday reverse Padres RHP Walker Buehler (0-1, 9.45).
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