Emotion boils over for Arenado in loss

SAN DIEGO — Nolan Arenado’s first-inning dugout tirade will be the enduring image from a 4-0 loss to the Padres on Friday night, but it’s the bad baseball that preceded and followed it — not the emotion — that the Rockies know they must address.

Arenado said he was frustrated, and his outburst — which came after Matt Kemp’s three-run homer off a first-pitch fastball from Chris Rusin gave the Padres a 3-0 lead through one inning — was not directed at anyone.

Although internet lip-readers made out “fastball” among the words that spewed from Arenado’s lips, he insisted he wasn’t yelling at Rusin or catcher Nick Hundley, who stepped in front of Arenado and became his audience.

Arenado offered no specifics, noting, “I can’t really repeat a lot of that.”

Despite the exhortation, the Rockies lost for the 12th time in the last 16 games and managed just two hits. Padres lefty Drew Pomeranz, once a highly regarded young Rockies pitcher, held his former club to the two hits and fanned eight in seven innings. Melvin Upton Jr. also stole home in the …

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