Rockies pounded through Padres, losing for the 18th time in 22 games

Life returned to normal for the Rockies on Saturday in San Diego.

The night after one of their most exciting victories of their historically bad season, the Rockies were hammered 11-3 by the Padres in Petco Park.

In their 4-2 victory on the Padres on Friday evening, Colorado received a brilliant start from Tanner Gordon and timely hits. On Saturday evening the Rockies did not get their record to 41-108.

A control of the misery index of the Rockies shows that they have lost 18 of their last 22 games, and their run differential is min-394. The Rockies were blown past the modern era of Min-349, determined by the Boston Red Sox from 1932.

Rockies Right-handed Bradley Blalock, called from Triple-A Albuquerque to start instead of Chase Dollander, who went on the injured list, had disappeared after three innings.

Do not blame me, but Blalock had no prayer versus the veteran hitters of the Padres. The first hint came in the first inning. Blaylock gave up a one-out single on Luis Arrez and loaded the bases with back-to-back walks to Manny Machado and Gavin plates. Ramon Laureano’s sacrificial fly made it 1-1.

De Padres made it 3-1 in the second on a one-out single by Jake Cronenworth and a two-run Homer by Fernando Tatis, Jr. In the third, solo-homers of Manny Machado and Jackson Merrill, the Padres placed 5-1 in front.

“(Blalock) got well ahead, it’s just that with two strikes he had a hard time putting battle people away,” said Rockies Interim manager Warren Schaeffer. “It was good to see him get ahead, but at the end you have to put boys away. The pitch hit it. And a few fields were hit over the record for gayers.”

Blalock’s line: three innings, five points on five hits, with two free running, no strikeouts and three home runs that have been surrendered. He threw 69 litters, 42 for strikes. The Blalock season: 1-5, 9.00 ERA, 10 Homers and a .343 average against in 10 Starts (13 performances).

Enter the former starter Antonio Senzatela, who has been relegated to the Bullpen. San Diego sent eight men to the plate against him in the fourth, scored four points on four hits and a walk. The most important hits were a two-run single from Machado and a two-run double from Laureano.

Senzatela’s season: 4-15, 6.84 ERA, 22 Homers and a .348 average against in 28 games (23 Starts). The Combo Blalock-Senszatela illustrates how shallow the pitching depth of the Rockies is now.