Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Diego 4, Colorado 2
When: 10:10 PM ET, Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Where: Petco Park, San Diego, California
Temperature: 61°
Umpires: Home - Marcus Pattillo, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Scott Barry, 3B - Jeff Nelson
Attendance: 17428

Padres 4, Rockies 2: Andrew Cashner pitched 7 1/3 solid innings and Chris Denorfia drove in a pair of runs as host San Diego shut down Colorado.

Tommy Medica belted a solo homer while Alexi Amarista singled and scored twice for the Padres. Cashner (2-1), who one-hit Detroit on Friday, allowed two runs (one earned) and struck out five while scattering nine hits and Huston Street worked around a two-out double to pinch hitter Wilin Rosario in the ninth to earn his fifth save.

Justin Morneau homered among his three hits and added a sacrifice fly for Colorado, which fell to 2-4 on its seven-game road trip. Jorge De La Rosa (0-3) yielded three runs (two earned) and seven hits in six innings while falling to 7-3 lifetime against San Diego.

Morneau ripped the first pitch he saw out to right with one out in the second before Medica led off the bottom half by crushing a 2-2 pitch over the left-field wall. The Padres scored twice with two outs in the fifth when Amarista scored on a passed ball and Denorfia followed with a double to drive in Everth Cabrera.

The Rockies loaded the bases on consecutive one-out singles by Morneau, Nolan Arenado and Jeff Rutledge in the sixth before Jordan Pacheco hit into a 6-4-3 double play. The Padres added an insurance run in the seventh when Denorfia drove in Amarista with a two-out single ahead of Morneau's sacrifice fly in the eighth.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Padres 3B Chase Headley did not play because of a mild right biceps strain while Cabrera returned the lineup after missing Tuesday's game with a sore right knee. ... De La Rosa worked into the sixth inning for the first time this season after pitching 4 1/3 frames in each of his first three starts. ... Rosario, who is 5-for-12 with two home runs and four RBIs in his last three games and a .370 hitter at Petco Field, did not catch De La Rosa for the third consecutive outing after the two had communication issues on Opening Day.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Colorado   San Diego
Jorge De La Rosa Player Andrew Cashner
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 7.1
4 Strikeouts 5
7 Hits 9
3.00 ERA 1.23
Hitting
Colorado   San Diego
Justin Morneau Player Chris Denorfia
3 Hits 2
2 RBI 2
1 HR 0
7 TB 3
1.000 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Colorado 10 1 15 .286 15 8 2 1 0 0
San Diego 8 1 13 .276 8 6 3 2 0 1