Hapless Rockies shut out for fourth straight time by Padres at Petco Park

The Rockies are zero for San Diego The Padres shut them out again Thursday night at Petco Park winning - and limiting the Rockies to four hits On April - the Padres blanked Colorado three times at Petco marking the first time in Rockies history that they were shut out in three consecutive games Add in Thursday night s contest and the Padres have outscored the Rockies - over four games at Petco in Compounding the Rockies offensive woes is the fact that they were shut out - by the Dodgers in Los Angeles on Wednesday night a event in which the Rockies struck out times What did the Rockies do for an encore They whiffed times Thursday night nine coming in the first six innings against Padres right-hander Randy V squez The Rockies - have now lost of their last games and all of that talk about progress and turning the corner during the second half of the worst season in franchise history rings hollow Too multiple strikeouts Colorado interim manager Warren Schaffer advised reporters in San Diego You have to give credit where credit is due Vasquez was good He kept us off-balance pitched well mixed well and brought his sinker back on late for punchouts He was good tonight but at the end of the day we have to put the ball in play more especially on the road First baseman Michael Toglia called up from Triple-A Albuquerque when Warming Bernable went on the injured list went for and fanned three times In three games since being recalled Toglia is for with eight Ks Shortstop Ezequiel Tovar and designated hitter Yanquiel Fernandez also struck out three times on Thursday night Thursday night s loss was perhaps more bitter than Wednesday s because the Rockies received solid pitching from rookie starter McCade Brown and relievers Jaden Hill Jimmy Herget and Victor Vodnik Schaeffer called Brown s presence on the mound really fantastic He had good fastball command and was able to land his curveball Schaeffer continued It was a big step forward for him and us Hill who lowered his ERA to with shutout innings that included three strikeouts impressed Schaeffer Jaden Hill was fantastic through a string of left-handed hitters Schaeffer noted In his last start Brown got the full Charlie Brown therapy On Sept at Coors Field the Padres knocked Brown s socks off scoring six runs on five hits in just innings Related Articles Dodgers Blake Snell dominates Rockies who sink to yet another new low in - loss Rockies center fielder Brenton Doyle staying golden through rest body maintenance Rockies Mailbag Will Dick Monfort make changes in wake of one of MLB s worst seasons Hunter Goodman hits th homer but Rockies dominated by Dodgers again Rockies say record number of losses is out of sight out of mind But Thursday night Brown was a much better pitcher He gave up two runs on five hits with four strikeouts and two walks over innings It was the best of his four big-league outings San Diego scratched out a run in the third Freddy Fermin hit a one-out single and took second on Brown s wild pitch Luis Arraez slapped a single to right field to give the Padres a - lead Jackson Merrill s two-out solo home run in the fourth made it - Merrill hit Brown s - sinker into the left-field seats for his th homer Vasquez baffled Colorado for six innings To complement his nine strikeouts he walked none and gave up just four hits Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis