DENVER — Yu Darvish pitched into the sixth inning to earn his 100th career win and was backed by five home runs as the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 9-6 Friday night.
Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr., Gary Sanchez, Trent Grisham and Brandon Dixon all went deep to help the Padres win consecutive games for the first time since May 25-26.
Darvish (5-4) earned the benchmark victory after allowing four earned runs and five hits while striking out six and walking four in 5⅓ innings.
Jake Cronenworth had his second consecutive three-hit game for San Diego after batting just .198 in his first 60 games of the season. After missing the past four games while tending to soreness in his left wrist, Xander Bogaerts had two runs and two hits, including his first double since May 14.
Machado’s two-run homer, which spearheaded a three-run first inning, was his first since May 9 and a 425-foot solo shot from Tatis was his team-leading 12th of the season. Sanchez’s two-run homer in the second inning was his fifth since joining San Diego on May 30 while Dixon’s was just his second of the season.
Josh Hader picked up his 14th save of the season after forcing Elias Diaz to ground into a force out with runners on first and third.
The loss was Colorado’s fifth in a row — its second-longest drought of the season — and its ninth in 11 games. The Rockies have now lost 14 of their past 15 games against NL West teams, including each eight straight.
Starter Austin Gomber (4-5) took the loss, giving up seven earned runs and 11 hits — including three homers — over four innings. He struggled with his fastball, as each of the three home runs he surrendered came on four-seam pitches. Over his past five starts, he has given up 23 earned runs in 20⅔ innings.
Mike Moustakas had two hits for Colorado, including a 441-foot, two-run home run in the eighth inning.