DENVER (Interstat) — Gavin Sheets hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the ninth inning and Miguel Andujar drove in three runs as the San Diego Padres rallied past the Colorado Rockies 10-8 on Thursday afternoon at Coors Field.

The Padres trailed 8-5 entering the ninth before scoring five runs off Rockies reliever Victor Vodnik. Xander Bogaerts and Andujar delivered back-to-back RBI singles to cut the deficit to a run, and Sheets followed with a 379-foot homer to right field for his third home run of the season. The blast came on Sheets’ 30th birthday.

San Diego improved to 17-8 with the victory, while Colorado fell to 10-16.

The Rockies grabbed an early lead in the first inning when Mickey Moniak led off the bottom of the frame with a solo homer to right field, his seventh of the season. Colorado added four more runs in the second, chasing San Diego starter Matt Waldron early. After Edouard Julien singled home Jake McCarthy, TJ Rumfield doubled to drive in Julien and Moniak. Troy Johnston capped the inning with an RBI single, extending the Rockies’ lead to 5-2.

San Diego had scored twice in the top of the second on Andujar’s two-run double, but the Padres managed only one run in the fourth on Ramon Laureano’s RBI triple and one run in the fifth on Bogaerts’ solo homer. Moniak answered for Colorado in the bottom of the sixth with his second homer of the game, an eighth-inning solo shot to center field, and Johnston drove in a run in the seventh to put the Rockies ahead 8-5.

The game turned in the eighth when the Padres began to chip away. Freddy Fermin walked and Jake Cronenworth singled before Laureano singled to right, scoring Fermin to make it 8-6. Colorado held the lead into the ninth, but Vodnik could not close it out. Jackson Merrill walked to start the inning, and Manny Machado singled. Bogaerts then singled to center to score Merrill, and Andujar singled to right to bring home Machado with the tying run. Sheets followed with the decisive blast off Vodnik, who took the loss and fell to 0-2 on the season.

Ron Marinaccio earned the win for San Diego, his first of the season against no losses, with one inning of scoreless relief. Mason Miller recorded his ninth save of the season, allowing one hit in a scoreless ninth inning.

Moniak finished 4 for 5 with two home runs and two RBI for the Rockies. Rumfield went 2 for 4 with two RBI, and Johnston collected three hits and drove in two runs. For the Padres, Laureano had three hits and two RBI, while Bogaerts added two hits and two RBI. Andujar finished 2 for 5 with three RBI.

San Diego pitchers combined for 25 strikes, 73 balls and 25 balls in play. Colorado pitchers recorded 12 strikes, 43 balls and 12 balls in play. The Rockies grounded into two double plays.

The attendance was 25,973. The game lasted 3 hours, 6 minutes.

The Padres now hold a 5-2 edge over the Rockies in the season series, which includes a 3-8 loss Wednesday in the previous meeting. San Diego’s upcoming schedule includes a three-game series at Arizona beginning Saturday, followed by a three-game homestand against the Chicago Cubs. The Rockies travel to New York for a three-game series against the Mets starting Friday.

Interstat’s pregame projection had favored San Diego by a score of 8-3, with an ELO probability of 71.50 percent for a Padres win. The combined total of 18 runs went under the pregame over-under of 11.