By arm and by bat: Chatwood leads Rox

SAN DIEGO — Like many in Major League Baseball, Tyler Chatwood hasn’t been a two-way player since high school. His production on both sides of the ball must have brought back some good memories Friday night, as he almost single-handedly powered the Rockies to a 4-1 win over the Padres.

Chatwood excelling on the road is familiar enough, he would lead the Majors in road ERA with a 1.77 mark if he had three more innings to qualify for the ERA title. It was, instead, his time at the plate that proved the pleasant surprise.

Chatwood singled in the third inning and scored a batter later thanks to Charlie Blackmon’s home run. In the seventh inning, manager Walt Weiss chose to extend Chatwood’s night on the mound and let him hit with two on and two out.

That decision more than paid off as Chatwood hit his first career triple into right-center for a pair of RBIs and a vindication of his insistence on swinging for hits instead of bunting.

“I haven’t been very good this year, so …

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