Padres hold off Rockies to stretch winning streak to eight
DENVER (Interstat) — Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr. homered as the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 8-7 on Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, at Coors Field. Casey Mize earned the win, improving to 6-9. Tomoyuki Sugano took the loss, falling to 12-10. Mason Miller recorded his 37th save. San Diego improved to 81-66, while Colorado fell to 54-93.
Jake McCarthy went 2 for 5 with two RBIs for Colorado. Connor Norby also went 2 for 5 with two RBIs. Cole Carrigg homered, and Hunter Goodman had two hits. Tatis went 1 for 5 with a home run and two RBIs. Machado went 1 for 5 with a home run and one RBI. San Diego finished with 13 hits, and Colorado had 14. The Padres scored four runs in the first inning and added single runs later. Colorado scored three times in the fifth and stayed close. Attendance at Coors Field was 14,805. The game took 3 hours, 2 minutes.