Aug 18, 2024; Denver, Colorado, USA; Colorado Rockies third baseman Aaron Schunk (30) advances to third on a sacrifice fly out in the third inning against the San Diego Padres at Coors Field. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports
Jacob Stallings had two hits, including a tiebreaking RBI single in the sixth inning, and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 in Denver on Sunday.
Angel Chivilli (1-1) got the win in relief of Bradley Blalock. Victor Vodnik earned his ninth save for Colorado, which won the three-game series and finished 8-5 against the Padres this season.
Manny Machado homered for San Diego, which lost for just the sixth time since the All-Star break but also lost shortstop Ha-Seong Kim to a right shoulder injury. Kim suffered the injury diving back to first base in the third inning and was replaced by Tyler Wade.
Brenton Doyle led off the sixth with a triple off reliever Bryan Hoeing (2-3), who intentionally walked Michael Toglia with one out. Stallings came in with a single that David Peralta mishit, allowing Toglia to advance to third.
Toglia scored on Sam Hilliard’s groundout to make it 3-1.
Machado opened the eighth with his 19th home run.
San Diego starter Joe Musgrove was making just his second start since May 26. He was activated from the disabled list on Aug. 12 and pitched 4 1/3 scoreless innings against Pittsburgh.
In the third, Colorado’s Jordan Beck led off with a single and Aaron Shunk doubled to left field for his first major league RBI and a 1-0 lead.
Musgrove walked Doyle with two outs to put runners on the corners, but picked off Doyle to end the inning.
San Diego responded in the fourth when Xander Bogaerts singled, Jackson Merrill reached on a fielder’s choice and scored on Peralta’s double.
Musgrove got Hilliard to start the fifth inning with his 1,000th career strikeout, but left after walking Beck. He allowed one run on three hits, struck out six and walked two in 4 1/3 innings.
Blalock ran into trouble in the sixth inning after issuing a two-out walk to Wade, but Chivilli came in and got the final out. Blalock allowed one run and six hits in 5 2/3 innings, walking three and striking out two.
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