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By Liz AlperPhoto: Michael Wacha via @padres on Twitter
April 1, 2023 (San Diego) - The Padres started April down 0-2. Fun. They tried to win their first tonight against the Rockies. Jose Urena started for Colorado against Michael Wacha.
Tonight was different. Xander Bogaerts hit his first homer as a Padre, a two-bagger in the first and the Padres led 2-0 after one.
Matt Carpenter added on in the third with a double that scored two and the Padres led 4-0 after three.
Mike Moustakas scored in the fifth, but Luis Campusano hit a sac fly to center that scored Jake Cronenworth in the home half of the fifth and the Padres led 4-1 after five.
C.J. Cron and Charlie Blackmon struck again in the sixth, Blackmon with an RBI double and Cron with a two-run blast to right, his third of the series, but Manny Machado extended the lead in the sixth with a lined single to left to score Jose Azocar in the bottom of the sixth and the Padres led 6-4 after six.
Juan Soto added the finishing touches in the eighth with a grounder up the middle that scored Azocar and Rougned Odor and the Padres got their first win of 2023, 8-4.
UP NEXT
The rubber match is tomorrow at 1:10 p.m. Austin Gomber starts for Colorado against Seth Lugo.
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