Sheets followed with his second double of the game and Cronenworth scored to give the Padres a 7-1 lead. After a pitching change, Jason Heyward singled to drive in Sheets to put the Padres up 8-1. Martin Maldonado delivered a critical blow with a two-run home run to left field to put San Diego ahead 10-1.

So, once again, the Rockies came up short, losing 13-9 to the Padres on Friday in front of 30,490 fans at Coors Field on a perfect spring night. Colorado lost its seventh consecutive game and fell to 6-32, matching the 1988 Baltimore Orioles for the worst 38-game start in Major League Baseball’s Modern ERA (since 1901).