Padres romp with five homers in 21-0 barrage against woeful Rockies

const iframe document getElementById newspack-iframe-dlJR qs W const timerId setInterval function iframe src iframe src iframe onload function clearInterval timerId Fernando Tatis Jr and Xander Bogaerts each hit home runs in the fifth inning as the Padres routed the scuffling Rockies - Saturday Jake Cronenworth Gavin Sheets and Jason Heyward also went deep for San Diego which set season highs in runs and hits for the second straight contest while sending Colorado to its eighth straight loss The Padres won - Friday with a -hit attack The Rockies who are - matched the Baltimore Orioles for the worst -game start in the majors in years Baltimore finished - that season Stephen Kolek - tossed a shutout in his second major league start He cruised through Colorado s lineup allowing five hits and striking 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 Padres outfielder Jason Heyward celebrates his fourth inning three-run home run with Gavin Sheets and Jackson Merrill against the Rockies at Coors Field on May in Denver Colorado Photo by Dustin Bradford Icon Sportswire Just grateful that the guys were able to go out and put up the offense that they did It was a lot of fun to watch Kolek declared during the Padres post-game show on the Fan Sheets homered off Bradley Blalock - in the five-run first inning Blalock took the brunt of the night s pain giving up runs in innings Heyward hit a three-run shot in the fourth when San Diego sent men to the plate and put up eight runs The Padres scored at least one run through the first six innings Jackson Merrill had four hits going -for- He has five straight multi-hit games tied with Philadelphia s Trea Turner for the longest evolving streak in the majors Merrill who missed a month with a right hamstring strain is batting since returning to the lineup Tuesday Elias D az and Luis Arraez finished with three hits apiece Eight batters recorded at least two hits for San Diego and everyone in the starting lineup but D az had an RBI in the laugher It got so bad for Colorado that catcher Jacob Stallings tossed the final two innings He gave up a run in the eighth and struck out D az looking to start the ninth Nick Pivetta - ERA starts the final championship of the series for the Padres while Germ n M rquez - will answer the call for the Rockies