DENVER—Elias Díaz capped a six-run, eighth-inning rally with a tiebreaking RBI double as the Colorado Rockies came from behind to beat the San Diego Padres 10–9 on Thursday.
Elehuris Montero and Hunter Goodman homered for Colorado, which earned a split of the four-game series. Brenton Doyle and Brendan Rodgers each had three of the Rockies’ 14 hits.
“Everybody put everything together, took a good [at-bat], and the results came,” Díaz said.
Rodgers started Colorado’s uprising with a one-out double. Sean Bouchard walked before Goodman greeted Wandy Peralta (1–1) with a 448-foot drive to left-center for his first homer of the season.
The 24-year-old Goodman was recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday.
Peralta “works mostly away, so I was looking for something up in the zone,” Goodman said. “He hung a changeup, and I put a good swing on it.”
Jacob Stallings singled, Ezequiel Tovar walked, and Brenton Doyle singled to produce another run for Colorado. After Tovar scored on a passed ball, Díaz lifted the Rockies to a 10–9 lead when he doubled into the left-field corner against Stephen Kolek.
Peralta faced five batters in the eighth, and gave up three hits and a walk.
“The second a guy gives up a home run, I can’t just go take out a guy who has a microscopic ERA and has gotten righties out all year,” San Diego Manager Mike Shildt said. “I’ve got a veteran guy out there who knows how to get a ground ball, and is one pitch away from getting a ground ball. It didn’t work out.”
Colorado’s Tyler Kinley (1–0) got three outs for the win. Justin Lawrence pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his second save.
Ha-Seong Kim and Jurickson Profar homered for the Padres, who had won three of four. Xander Bogaerts had two hits and drove in a run.
Kim hit a three-run drive in the third against Dakota Hudson, and Profar added a two-run shot in the seventh against Nick Mears. Eguy Rosario’s RBI single in the top of the eighth gave the Padres a 9–4 lead.
Hitting second in the order for the second time this season, Doyle scored three times and swiped two bases while raising his batting average to .330. Díaz finished with three RBIs as the Rockies improved to 5–8 at home and 7–19 overall.
“You never know how a game is going to play out,” Colorado Manager Bud Black said. “No doubt we are off to a tough start, so every win we get, we feel good about. It gives us the direction. We know some numbers are going to turn around. We just have to hang in there.”
Colorado’s eight series without a series win to start the season is the longest such stretch to begin a season in franchise history.
South of the Border
Next up for Colorado is a two-game series against the Houston Astros this weekend at Mexico City’s Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium, which has an elevation of 7,349 feet. The games will be played at the highest altitude in major-league history.“It still comes down to baseball,” Mr. Black said. “Us against them.”
Trainer’s Room
Padres: Outfielder Jackson Merrill (groin) did not play.Up Next
Padres: Right-hander Joe Musgrove (3–2, 5.74 ERA) brings a two-game win streak into the opener of a three-game home series against Philadelphia. Right-hander Aaron Nola (3–1, 3.16) starts for the Philles on Friday night.Rockies: Right-hander Cal Quantrill (0–2, 4.33) faces Houston righty Ronel Blanco (2–0, 1.33 ERA) on Saturday.
