Padres a Mile-High After Sweeping The Rockies In Last Road Series

The Padres went into baseball’s biggest bandbox and came out with a sweep led by outstanding starting and relief pitching. The Friars held the Rockies to only three runs the whole series, something no team had ever done in series three games or more in Coors Field history. The sweep also completed their last road trip, posting a travelling record at 36-45. They now will head home for the final six games of the year starting with a three game series with the Dodgers on Friday. Below is a recap of their record-setting trip in Denver.   September 19th, 2011 Padres 8, Rockies 2 WP Cory Luebke (6-9) 7IP 1H 2R 2ER 3BB 9K 1HR LP Kevin Millwood (3-3) 3.1IP 9H 7R 6ER 1BB 1K 2HR   Cory Luebke dominated Colorado batters for seven innings, surrendering only two runs en route to an 8-2 win, Monday Night. Luebke gave up only one hit, a homerun to Mark Ellis (7) with two outs in the sixth after walking Eric Young a couple batters earlier. Luebke also collected a pair of hits himself on th...