Hunter Goodman homered and doubled twice, Mickey Moniak also had two doubles, and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 8-3 in Denver on Wednesday night.
TJ Rumfield, Jake McCarthy and Willi Castro had two hits each to back a strong outing by Colorado starter Tomoyuki Sugano (2-1), who allowed one run on five hits and struck out four in 5 2/3 innings.
The Rockies snapped a seven-game losing streak to San Diego.
Luis Campusano homered among his three hits and Xander Bogaerts had two hits for the Padres.
San Diego, coming off winning a rare 1-0 game in Denver on Tuesday night, scored in the first inning when Ramon Laureano led off with a walk, went to second on a groundout and scored on Jackson Merrill’s single to make it 1-0.
Padres starter Walker Buehler ran into trouble in the second inning after getting two outs. Troy Johnston, who had singled, moved to second on a groundout and scored on Castro’s line single to right. Castro came around to score on consecutive singles by McCarthy and Edouard Julien, Moniak doubled to bring home another run and Goodman walked to load the bases.
Tyler Freeman capped the rally with an infield single that gave the Rockies a 4-1 lead.
Buehler (1-2) left in the third after loading the bases with two walks but reliever Kyle Hart retired Moniak to end the threat. He allowed four runs on eight hits in 2 2/3 innings.
Colorado tacked on a run in the fourth when Goodman led off with his second double of the game and scored on Rumfield’s single, and Moniak and Rumfield had doubles in the sixth to give the Rockies a 6-1 lead.
Campusano hit a solo homer in the seventh, his second of the season, to make it 6-2. Colorado got the run back on McCarthy’s RBI single in the seventh and Goodman hit a solo homer in the eighth, his sixth of the season.
Campusano doubled and scored on a groundout in the ninth.
–Field Level Media
