Sheets’ Walk-Off Homer Lifts Padres Over Rockies in Ninth Inning

SAN DIEGO (Interstat) — Gavin Sheets hit a three-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday night, lifting the San Diego Padres to a 5-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies at PETCO Park.

The game was tied 2-2 entering the ninth after Colorado scored twice in the eighth on RBI singles by Hunter Goodman and Jordan Beck. San Diego had taken a 2-0 lead in the fifth.

Padres starter Walker Buehler pitched six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and striking out four. Rockies starter Tomoyuki Sugano allowed two runs over six innings.

Mason Miller earned the win in relief for San Diego before a crowd of 42,454. Juan Mejia took the loss for Colorado. The Padres improved to 8-6, while the Rockies fell to 6-8.