Apr 11, 2025; San Diego, California, USA; San Diego Padres proper fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. (23) hits a solo dwelling run within the sixth inning in opposition to the Colorado Rockies at Petco Park. Obligatory Credit score: Chadd Cady-Imagn Photos Jake Cronenworth joined Jackson Merrill on the injured listing earlier than the San Diego Padres hosted the Colorado Rockies Friday evening.
And San Diego stored rolling anyway, posting an 8-0 shutout for its eighth win this yr at Petco Park. The Padres will attempt to make it 13 consecutive dwelling wins, courting again to final season, within the center recreation of the three-game collection on Saturday.
“We’re enjoying good baseball,” mentioned second baseman Jose Iglesias, who slapped two RBI singles in a six-run fifth inning on Friday. “We’re operating the bases rather well. Our pitchers are executing pitches very nicely.”
The fifth inning noticed the Padres ship 12 males to the plate. The one extra-base hit was Manny Machado’s RBI ground-rule double however they added 5 singles and two walks whereas capitalizing on two errors from catcher Hunter Goodman.
It was a illustration of what supervisor Mike Shildt vowed his crew would do after Cronenworth (cracked rib) went on the shelf.
“Winners spot options and that is what we attempt to do each day,” Shildt mentioned. “We have a great membership. We have quite a lot of good elements. We’ve a deep crew.”
A type of good elements, proper fielder Fernando Tatis Jr., returned to the lineup after lacking Wednesday’s recreation with a shoulder difficulty. He collected two hits, together with a solo homer, and swiped his sixth base to tie Machado for the crew lead.
Lefthander Kyle Hart (1-0, 11.12) will get the beginning and can attempt to bounce again from a tough outing Sunday, when he didn’t make it out of the primary inning in opposition to the Chicago Cubs, permitting 5 runs as he walked 4. San Diego rallied for an 8-7 win.
Whereas the Padres attempt to keep unbeaten at dwelling, Colorado makes an attempt to bounce again from one other blowout loss. The Rockies are simply 3-10 and have been outscored 76-40 on the season.
Nonetheless, the Rockies have hope for the long run in hard-throwing right-hander Chase Dollander. The previous faculty pitcher at Tennessee gained his MLB debut Sunday with a 12-5 determination over the Athletics, permitting 4 runs in 5 innings and putting out six.
“I used to be pumped up. I used to be attempting my finest to low-key it a bit of bit,” Dollander mentioned. “However at occasions you type of should let it eat. And as soon as I acquired settled, it was actually enjoyable.”
Dollander can let it “eat” like few others. His fastball acquired to 99.3 mph and his cutter hit 90.9. Bringing him up from Triple-A Albuquerque was a pure step for a crew that should emphasize the long run as a result of the current seems bleak in a division that might have three playoff groups in October.
The Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants and Padres are off to a mixed 32-10 to start out the season, whereas the Arizona Diamondbacks are enjoying .500 ball at 7-7
The one shiny spot offensively Friday evening for Colorado was second baseman Kyle Farmer, who had all three of its hits, together with two doubles.
–Discipline Stage Media
