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- Updated: June 5, 2016
SAN DIEGO — Rockies right-hander Chad Bettis left Petco Park shaking his head over two pitches. While it would be nice to lament a couple throws, but go to the hotel happy, Bettis had to take what he could get after absorbing a 4-3 loss to the Padres.
It was Bettis’ third straight losing start, and it raised his ERA to 5.58 — up from 3.77 at the end of April. But unlike May 25, when he yielded seven runs in 4 2/3 innings at Boston, or Monday, when the Reds bested him for six runs and eight hits in 3 2/3 innings at home, Bettis was at least competitive as he labored for five innings, allowing four runs on 10 hits and striking out three.
But Bettis (4-5) gave up Wil Myers’ solo shot in the first inning and Derek Norris’ two-run hmer in the second — after the Rockies had taken a lead on Charlie Blackmon’s two-run double.
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