Jacob Stallings drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the sixth inning, leading the Colorado Rockies to a 3-2 win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday.
With this win, Colorado won the season series against the Padres 8-5 and broke San Diego’s streak of series victories. The Padres had won eight series in a row, matching a franchise record.
Manny Machado hit a home run for the Padres, who have a 20-6 record in the second half of the season. Four of those losses were against teams with the worst records in the National League: Colorado and Miami.
Angel Chivilli (1-1) earned the win in relief, and Victor Vodnik walked a batter in the ninth before securing his ninth save.
Padres right-hander Joe Musgrove made his second start since returning from the injured list last Monday. He reached his 1,000th career strikeout when he struck out Sam Hilliard in the fifth inning.
Musgrove then walked Jordan Beck and was replaced by Bryan Hoeing (2-3) after pitching 4 1/3 innings and 73 pitches.
“Joe was good,” manager Mike Shildt said. “He was sharp, he was crisp. We were pleased to get him to the fifth. Did more than his part, and his 1,000th career strikeout. Nice accomplishment for Joe.”
San Diego’s bullpen was unable to keep the game tied after Musgrove and Rockies starter Bradley Blalock each gave up a run.
Blalock was making his second start since being acquired from Milwaukee on July 27, and it was his first appearance at Coors Field.
“It definitely lived up to it, but not the longball,” Blalock said about pitching in Denver’s thin air.
Brenton Doyle led off the bottom of the sixth with a triple and scored on Stallings’ single. Right fielder David Peralta mishandled the ball, letting Michael Toglia reach third base and then score on Hilliard’s groundout, making it 3-1.
Toglia doubled with two outs in the eighth to extend his hitting streak to 11 games.
Machado, who had four hits the night before, hit his 19th home run to lead off the eighth inning. This was the only hit allowed by the Colorado bullpen in 3 1/3 innings.
