Padres make history in Coors Field romp over Rockies

"You do have to put a little effort into blocking it out and just the extra reps of trying to stay warm and throwing between innings," Kolek said of maintaining his rhythm. "Whenever they're putting up five to eight runs an inning, it tends to get kind of cold in the dugout so you have to go warm yourself back up and just stay active."

San Diego's bats gave Kolek plenty of time between innings, something that has become all too common in Denver recently. Saturday's blowout marked the sixth consecutive game that the Rockies had surrendered eight or more runs, setting a new franchise record. It was also the fourth straight game that the Rockies have given up 10 or more runs.

Rockies pitchers have been a boost for San Diego's offense for two consecutive games. On Friday night, the Padres logged 13 runs, their most in a single game since August 30, 2024. The 21 runs on Saturday easily eclipsed that.

The Padres' bombardment began early with San Diego putting up five runs off Colorado starter Bradley Blalock in the first inning. It wouldn't get better for the Rockies right-hander as the visitors slugged three homers off him and put up 13 hits and 12 runs before his 84-pitch night was done.

"He just looked a little unsettled today," Rockies manager Bud Black said of Blalock. "He didn't quite get anything going. His breaking ball wasn't sharp. The fastball command was missing."

Even with Blalock out of the game, San Diego's bats stayed hot and kept making history. A pair of home runs by Fernando Tatis Jr. and Xander Bogaerts highlighted a four-run fifth inning that pushed San Diego into an elite group in the MLB record books.

San Diego scored in seven of nine innings, with those two shutout innings coming after the Padres had removed Bogaerts, Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado from the game.

With the 21-0 win, the Padres fell just one run short of tying the largest shutout victories in MLB history. Cleveland posted a 22-0 win over the New York Yankees during the 2004 season, while the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 22-0 during the 1975 campaign.

All quotations obtained firsthand unless otherwise noted.