Road show: Chatwood quiets Padres’ bats

SAN DIEGO — Evidently, Tyler Chatwood feels right at home when he’s pitching on the road.

The Colorado right-hander tossed eight scoreless frames against the Padres at Petco Park on Wednesday, running his road shutout streak to 24 2/3 innings. Jake McGee took care of the ninth for the Rockies, who won 2-0 after scoring twice on balls that were hit less than 90 feet: a Cristhian Adames RBI groundout in the fifth and a DJ LeMahieu safety squeeze in the ninth.

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Padres starter Cesar Vargas pitched six innings and wasn’t as crisp as he was in his first two big league starts. But he still put together a very solid outing, allowing a run on four hits and three walks. Vargas became just the second pitcher in Padres history to begin his career with three straight starts in which he allowed one run or fewer, joining Odrisamer Despaigne.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDSecond is as far as you get: The Padres didn’t make it as far as second against Chatwood until Brett Wallace’s two-out double in the seventh. Knowing a base was open, Chatwood …

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