 pitched 1 2/3 innings to get the victory.San Diego (68-81) has not won more than 76 games since 2010. The Padres are one defeat from matching the team mark for consecutive losing records, set from their expansion season of 1969 through 1977.Gonzalez, who got his first win in four years in his last outing, struggled with control and left after four innings. His two-run single in the second inning off Cal Quantrill (6-8) put the Rockies ahead for good.McMahon, Fuentes and Garrett Hampson had three hits each.Wil Myers, Luis Urias and Josh Naylor homered for San Diego, which has lost four straight. Myers finished 2019 hitting .423 against the Rockies, including going 2 for 3 with two walks Sunday.Myers' 18th home run, a two-run shot, came after McMahon hit one to left-center to put Colorado ahead 4-1. McMahon added an RBI single in the seventh and Fuentes later hit a three-run shot to left to break it open.McMahon hit a solo homer with one out in the eighth, his 22nd, to give him the fourth multihomer game of the season and his career. He last did Aug. 17th against Miami.TRAINER'S ROOMRockies: LHP Kyle Freeland (left groin strain) is scheduled to throw a simulated game Tuesday. He has been out since Aug. 23 but hopes to return before the end of the season.UP NEXTPadres: LHP Garrett Richards is expected to make his season debut at Milwaukee on Monday. Richards underwent Tommy John surgery in the offseason.Rockies: RHP Antonio Senzatela (9-10, 6.87 ERA) will face the New York Mets for the second time this season to open a three-game series. Senzatela earned his first win since July 14 when he beat St. Louis on Wednesday.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Seeking strong finish, Rockies eye sweep vs. PadresFLMThe Colorado Rockies have had a season to forget, but they have a chance to gain some much-needed momentum in their penultimate home series of the year.Colorado has gone from postseason contenders to near the bottom of the NL since late June, and its play at home is a big reason. The Rockies are 38-36 at Coors Field this season, a place where they've dominated over the years.They have seven games left in Denver to finish above .500 at home, including two series against a pair of teams fighting for the playoffs in the New York Mets and the Milwaukee Brewers. Colorado has a chance to impact the October schedule but first is wrapping up a weekend series against the NL West rival San Diego Padres on Sunday.The Rockies won Saturday night, 11-10, and have taken the first two games of the series. Colorado has won four of its last five home games after dropping six straight at Coors Field, including getting swept in four games by Pittsburgh two weeks ago.Chi Chi Gonzalez, coming off his first win since 2015, will take the mound for the Rockies, while the Padres will send struggling Cal Quantrill to the hill.Gonzalez (1-6, 6.56 ERA) turned in one of his best games of the year when he beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 on Tuesday night. Gonzalez held the red-hot Cardinals to one run on four hits over six innings to get his first victory since Sept. 22, 2015."There was a lot of emotion," González said of getting the win. "I'm just thankful to be out here, to be with this group of guys. It's a great clubhouse." Gonzalez has faced the Padres once in his career, last month in San Diego. He allowed five runs on eight hits over five innings but got a no-decision in an 8-5 Colorado loss on Aug. 10.Quantrill, a rookie, has made two starts against the Rockies this season and is 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA over 12 innings of work.Quantrill (6-7, 5.12) split time between starting and the bullpen before moving to the rotation full time in early July. He solidified his standing by allowing just eight earned runs in five starts, including seven shutout innings against Colorado on Aug. 9.He has struggled in his last three starts, however, giving up eight runs in each, the first San Diego pitcher to do that since Andy Benes in 1993. He is 0-2 with a 15.43 ERA in two September starts heading into Sunday's game against the Rockies.In his last start, Monday against the Chicago Cubs, Quantrill tied a career high with 10 hits allowed and left after 4 1/3 innings."It's not good enough," he told reporters after the game. "I guess I could go with some clichés, but honestly I'm just not pitching very well right now. I'm not giving my team a chance to win. There's no one more frustrated than me." --Field Level Media
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