Chatwood leads Rockies over Padres
SAN DIEGO -- Colorado Rockies starter Tyler Chatwood almost single-handedly beat the San Diego Padres on Friday night at Petco Park.
Chatwood the pitcher held the Padres one run on five hits and three walks with five strikeouts over 6 2/3 innings.
Chatwood the hitter went 2-for-3 with a two-run triple and scored ahead of Charlie Blackmon on the center fielder's third-inning, two-run homer off Padres starter and loser (7-9) Luis Perdomo as the Rockies scored a 4-1 win.
Chatwood's performance snapped a personal three-game losing streak for the 26-year-old right-hander, who was making his second start since returning from the disabled list Sept. 3 due to a strained back.
It was the second trip to the disabled list this season for Chatwood (11-9), who missed all of the 2015 season following Tommy John surgery.
Adam Ottavino picked up his third save for the Rockies.
Alex Dickerson gave the Padres a 1-0 lead in the second when he lined a 417-foot home run to right center off Chatwood. The blast was the rookie's ninth of the season, but his first since Aug. 21.
The lead was short-lived, thanks in part to the Rockies starting pitcher.
Chatwood singled to open the third and scored when Blackmon reached the seats just inside the right-field foul pole. His 24th homer of the season travelled 360 feet and came on a full-count offering from Perdomo.
A baserunning mistake by Jon Jay in the sixth cost the Padres a chance to tie the game.
Jay singled to lead off the inning and running on the pitch easily reached second when Wil Myers hit a short grounder to Rockies shortstop Daniel Descalso. Jay decided to keep going, and was easily thrown out at third by first baseman Mark Reynolds.
Instead of having a runner on second and one out, the Padres had two out and no one on. Yangervis Solarte followed with a line-drive single to left ahead of a line out to left by Dickerson.
Chatwood broke the game open in the seventh when he doubled his season RBI total with a two-run triple off Perdomo.
Reynolds drew a one-out walk and moved to third on a single by Descalso. The Rockies allowed Chatwood to hit for himself with two out after Tony Wolters flew out to center.
With Padres center fielder Travis Jankowski playing shallow, Chatwood, who entered the game with a .136 batting average, hit a liner to right center that sailed over the head of the diving Jankowski.
Perdomo, who had retired 12 of 13 Rockies before issuing his only walk to Reynolds to trigger the seventh-inning rally, allowed four runs on eight hits and a walk with four strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.
NOTES: Padres C Derek Norris is available Friday night after leaving Thursday's game in the ninth inning after taking a foul tip off his right clavicle. X-rays came back negative. ... San Diego RHP Jarred Cosart, who suffered strains to his right groin and right hamstring while covering first base Wednesday night, might miss only one start. ... Rockies manager Walt Weiss said he plans to stick with a six-man rotation.