Padres rally past Rockies in 9th for 8‑7 win

SAN DIEGO (Interstat) — Fernando Tatis Jr. went 5-for-5 with two RBIs and the San Diego Padres edged the Colorado Rockies 8-7 on Tuesday at PETCO Park.

Mason Miller pitched a scoreless ninth inning with three strikeouts to earn the win, improving to 3-1. Jimmy Herget took the loss, falling to 0-4.

Colorado jumped ahead with a four-run third inning, highlighted by Mickey Moniak’s two-run homer. Moniak finished 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs. The Rockies added two runs in the seventh on an Ezequiel Tovar double and a Moniak double, taking a 6-4 lead. San Diego tied the game in the bottom of the seventh on a fielding error by third baseman Willi Castro.

In the eighth, the Rockies scored once on a walk to Tovar, but the Padres answered when Manny Machado singled in a run. The game was decided in the ninth when Xander Bogaerts hit a sacrifice fly to center field, scoring Jackson Merrill.

Michael King started for San Diego, allowing six hits and four earned runs over six innings with six strikeouts. The Padres improved to 54-53, while the Rockies fell to 42-66. Attendance was 42,433, and the game lasted 3:21.