August 4, 2024; San Diego, California, USA; San Diego Padres catcher Kyle Higashioka (20) hits a one-run home run in the fifth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Petco Park. Mandatory Credit: David Frerker-USA TODAY Sports Kyle Higashioka, Jurickson Profar and David Peralta each hit home runs for Matt Wald on Sunday Matt Waldron provided support with two hits in 5 2/3 innings, and the San Diego Padres defeated the visiting Colorado Rockies 10-2.
Waldron (7-9) allowed just one run, walked two and struck out seven during his tenure, beating Colorado for the second time this year. The result marked San Diego’s fifth straight series win since the All-Star break and tied Atlanta with Atlanta for the National League’s first wild-card spot.
Carl Quantrill (7-8) absorbed the loss, allowing three runs on five hits and three walk-offs in 4 1/3 innings with two strikeouts. The Rockies managed just five hits from four Padres pitchers to end their 10-game road trip at 3-7.
Higashioka tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the fifth inning, driving his 13th homer into the left-field seats, just past Sam Hilliard’s flyout. Two batters later, Profar hit his 19th home run over the right field wall.
Peralta broke the game open in the sixth inning with a three-run homer to right-center off Xander Bogaerts (hitter) and Jackson Merrill (base hitter). . This was Peralta’s third game of the season.
Merrill hit the ball to the wall in the right center on a 3-2 run in the second quarter, scoring two goals and giving San Diego a 1-0 lead. Bogaerts ran up and down the field and finally successfully passed the ball back to home plate.
Colorado tied the game in the fourth inning on Waldron’s only error, Brenton Doyle’s 19th home run when he lofted a swinging cleanup ball into the left-field seats. beat. The Rockies were down to just four baserunners against Waldron.
Colorado’s other win was a solo home run by Jacob Stallings, his seventh of the year and second in as many games, the seventh being a Derian Mohon.
The Padres took the lead in the seventh inning when Manny Machado drove in a ground-rule double to score Profar, then added three more runs in the eighth. Jake Cronenworth’s double scored and Machado had an RBI single.
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