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- Updated: May 3, 2016
SAN DIEGO — Padres starter James Shields held down a hot Rockies offense by forcing three key double-play grounders over six solid innings to make a two-run first inning stand in a 2-1 victory at Petco Park on Monday night.
Matt Kemp’s two-run double in the first was all the Padres could manage against Rockies rookie Jon Gray, who proceeded to strike out a career-high 11 in six innings. He gave up four hits and walked one, but Shields stayed a step ahead.
Shields used his changeup against left-handed batters on all three of the double-play grounders — from Carlos Gonzalez to end the first, Ben Paulsen to end the second and Gerardo Parra in the fourth. Shields struck out five and pitched around nine hits — with help from one key baserunning mistake.
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDElement of unpleasant surprise: In the fifth with runners at first and second, a 2-0 count and Gonzalez up against …
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