Padres hit 5 homers, finish with 24 hits in 21-0 rout of Rockies

By: Michael Kelly, The Associated Press Posted: 9:59 PM CDT Saturday, May. 10, 2025

DENVER (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. and Xander Bogaerts hit home runs in the fifth inning, part of a five-homer game for San Diego, and the Padres routed the scuffling Colorado Rockies 21-0 on Saturday night.

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Jake Cronenworth, Gavin Sheets and Jason Heyward also went deep for San Diego. The Padres set season highs in runs and hits (24) for the second straight game while sending Colorado to its eighth straight loss.

The Rockies, who are 6-33, matched the 1988 Baltimore Orioles for the worst 39-game start in the majors in 130 years. Baltimore finished 54-107 that season.

San Diego Padres' Gavin Sheets, right, congratulates Jake Cronenworth who returns to the dugout after hitting a solo home urn off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Bradley Blalock in the third inning of a baseball game Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Stephen Kolek (2-0) tossed a shutout in his second major league start. He cruised through Colorado’s lineup, allowing five hits and struck out seven.

The only time he faced trouble was in the sixth when the Rockies had runners on the corners with one out but he induced Hunter Goodman into an inning-ending double play.

Sheets homered off Bradley Blalock (0-2) in the five-run first inning and Heyward hit a three-run shot in the fourth when San Diego sent 12 men to the plate. The Padres scored at least one run through the first six innings.

Jackson Merrill had four hits and Elias Díaz and Luis Arraez finished with three hits apiece. Eight batters recorded at least two hits for San Diego.

Key moment

Colorado catcher Jacob Stallings tossed the final two innings. He gave up a run in the eighth and struck out Díaz looking to start the ninth.

Key stats

Merrill, who went 4-for-6, has five straight multihit games, tied with Philadelphia’s Trea Turner for the longest active streak in the majors. Merrill, who missed a month with a right hamstring strain, is batting .538 since returning to the lineup Tuesday.

Up next

RHP Nick Pivetta (5-1, 2.01 ERA) starts the final game of the series for the Padres while Germán Márquez (0-9, 9.90) starts for the Rockies.

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