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- Updated: June 4, 2016
SAN DIEGO — Melvin Upton Jr. stole home, and Drew Pomeranz stole the rest of the show Friday night at Petco Park, as the Padres blanked the Rockies, 4-0.
Pomeranz, coming off his first shaky start as a Padre, was back in fine form, allowing just two hits over seven shutout frames — one of which was a third-inning tapper that barely reached the mound. The Padres’ left-hander recorded eight strikeouts and lowered his ERA to 2.22, which is good enough for eighth in the Majors.
Matt Kemp provided all the offense the Padres needed with a three-run first-inning moonshot off the wall below the left-field scoreboard. Upton would score the game’s final run three innings later, using a remarkably crafty slide to swipe home against Rockies left-hander Chris Rusin.
Rusin was extremely efficient on the night, needing just 90 pitches to get through seven innings. But he allowed all four runs (three earned) — on four hits — and took the loss. Offensively for Colorado, Charlie Blackmon extended his on-base streak to 29 games with a third-inning walk.
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDMatt Kemp, destroyer of baseballs: Kemp’s first-inning dinger traveled halfway to San Diego Bay. At a projected 451 …
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