ECM PADRES REPORT: REVENGE OF THE ROCKIES IN GAME TWO TOO MUCH FOR PADRES

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Story by Liz Alper

Photo:  Local athletes, coaches and staff who participated at the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria.  Via @Padres on Twitter

May 3, 2017 (San Diego) - Big offense helped the Padres take game one against the Rockies last night and they looked to do it again tonight with a rookie, Antonio Senzatela, on the mound for Colorado against Jered Weaver.

The Rockies struck back with a vengeance against the waning Weaver.  D.J. LeMahieu singled to center in the first to score Charlie Blackmon and Colorado was up 1-0.  Nolan Arenado doubled to left to score him and make it 2-0.  Ian Desmond capped it off with a two-run homer--his first as a Rockie--and Colorado doubled their early lead to 4-0.

The Padres got a tiny bit of reprieve in their half of the first with Yangervis Solarte’s sac fly that scored Cory Spangenberg and the score is 4-1.

The Rockies pulled further away in the fourth thanks to two errors in one play by the Padres.  Wil Myers couldn’t make the catch at first and the ball rolled through to shallow right.  That was the first run.  The throw to Hunter Renfroe at third was way off.  That caused another run to come home and increase the Rockies’ lead to 6-1.  Blackmon scored on a sac fly from Arenado and it was 7-1.

Desmond led off the fifth with his second home run of the game, this time a solo to give Colorado an 8-1 lead.  A pitching change didn’t help; Craig Stammen came in and Dustin Garneau lined to left for a single and a run in Gerardo Parra to make the score 9-1.

LeMahieu singled to score Alexi Amarista and the Rockies reached double digits, 10-1.

Erick Aybar did his part in the Padres’ half of the fifth with a solo homer that made it 10-2.  Myers redeemed himself with an RBI double that scored Jabari Blash to make the deficit seven at 10-3.

The Rockies pulled back to an eight-run lead in the seventh with Blackmon’s RBI double that scored Garneau and the Rockies surged back for an 11-3 win in game two.

Day baseball tomorrow for the finale; game three is at 12:40 p.m.  Kyle Freeland takes the mound for Denver against Luis Perdomo.

 


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