DENVER (AP) — Ethan Salas hit his first two main league homers and have become the e Wednesday night time because the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 9-3.
Salas led off the second inning with a t off Rockies starter Mason Adams (0-1) that went 426 toes over the wall in middle area, turning into the youngest catcher to homer within the majors since 19-year-old Iván Rodríguez in 1991.
Salas added a r that capped San Diego’s four-run fifth and made it 8-1. At 20 years, 107 days, he broke the report held by Butch Wynegar, who was 20 years, 192 days when he hit two residence runs for Minnesota on Sept. 22, 1976.
San Diego (83-69) has gained 9 of 10 and entered the night time with a 2 1/2-game lead over Arizona for the ultimate NL wild-card spot. The Padres additionally prevented the rival Los Angeles Dodgers from clinching the NL West.
Robbie Ray (13-8) allowed three runs and three hits with six strikeouts in six innings for the Padres.
Samad Taylor and Ty France every drove in two runs for San Diego and Jackson Merrill had three hits.
France hit a sacrifice fly that drove in Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jake Cronenworth added an RBI single to offer the Padres a 2-0 lead within the first inning.
Kyle Karros hit a two-run homer within the sixth for the Rockies and Adael Amador had an RBI groundout within the first.
Taylor singled to guide off the fourth, stole second base and scored on a triple by Dustin Harris to make it 4-1 and added a two-run single within the fifth.
Adams allowed six runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings.
Up subsequent
Padres RHP Michael King (11-9, 3.03 ERA) begins Thursday in opposition to RHP Tanner Gordon (1-4, 5.55) within the collection finale.
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