DENVER — Brendan Rodgers and Charlie Blackmon homered, Cal Quantrill pitched effectively for five innings and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 7-3 on Friday night.
Jordan Beck added three hits, including an RBI single, for the Rockies, who cooled off the surging Padres. Before Friday, the Padres had won 19 of their 23 games dating back to the All-Star break, including 10 of their last 11.
Ha-Seong Kim and Xander Bogaerts homered for the Padres. Jackson Merrill had a pair of hits, including a one-out triple in the sixth, but the Rockies stranded him by turning the third of their four double plays in the game. ''With an off day (Thursday), you know you wanted to come out swinging," Rodgers said. ''Everyone had a good rest. It was good to get up early on a team like that, that's hot. It felt good to get those four in the first and we chipped away for a few more and held on to that lead.''
Quantrill (8-8) allowed three runs on six hits while striking out five and walking two in his first start in 12 days. Rockies relievers Angel Chivilli, Lucas Gilbreath, Tyler Kinley and Victor Vodnik combined to pitch four scoreless innings.
''I made some bad pitches in the first and second but I think we settled in pretty good after that,'' said Quantrill, who skipped a start on the recommendation of team trainers due to an episode of forearm tightness.
''Kind of just mixed it up enough. I didn't rely too heavily on the splitter or the fastball, which was a nice change of pace. Probably won't be the best start ever but we've talked about the importance of winning at home. That's a team that's really hot right now. We beat them, so overall, I think it's a good day.''
For San Diego, Matt Waldron (7-10) allowed seven runs on nine hits in 5 2/3 innings.
Waldron came in having won both of his previous starts against Colorado this season but found himself in trouble from the start. He walked Charlie Blackmon to start the first and Ezequiel Tovar followed with a single. One out later, Ryan McMahon singled to drive in Colorado's first run and Rodgers then drove a 77-mph knuckleball deep into the left field bleachers for his 10th homer of the season to give the Rockies a 4-0 lead.