Cal Quantrill’s first start of the season was a success thanks to Trent Grisham, whose two-out, bases-loaded single in the bottom of the sixth inning lifted the San Diego Padres past the Colorado Rockies, 3-1, on Thursday afternoon at Petco Park.
The victory snapped a six-game losing streak by San Diego against Colorado, which was going for a second-consecutive three-game series sweep of the Padres. The Rockies didn’t get it because Quantrill, filling in for the struggling Zach Davies, allowed them only two hits over six innings, walking two and striking out five.
Nevertheless, Colorado jumped in front, 1-0, on Charlie Blackmon’s RBI single in the top of the third. Manny Machado tied the game with his first home run of the season in the bottom of the inning. The home run snapped a season-long drought for Machado that had reached 19 games and 69 official at-bats.
In the sixth, with two outs a Francisco Mejia single was sandwiched between a pair of walks by loser Kyle Freeland, setting the stage for Grisham, whose low liner into left fell in front of David Dahl and put the Padres on top. Emilio Pagan, who struck out five in two innings, combined with Kirby Yates, who picked up his fourth save, to make the lead stand up.
