Even Clark Giswold didn’t have this much trouble on the road.
The Rockies, dominated by San Diego Padres ace Yu Darvish, lost 7-0 Monday night at Petco Park. The Rockies are now 2-15 on the road, where they have been outscored 102-52 and shut out six times.
In one of their worst performances of what’s been a bad season, Colorado (15-27) managed just four hits, struck out 12 times and committed three errors, one by shortstop Trevor Story who had a grounder go between his legs. And the Padres hammered right-hander Jon Gray, who has been the Rockies’ best starter.
Darvish, on the other hand, was excellent, pitching seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits, striking out 10 and walking none. He has a 1.81 ERA.
“Darvish is one of the best pitchers in the National League,” Rockies manager Bud Black said. “He pitched really well tonight. You can look at his numbers across his starts in the early part of the season. They’re really good.”
Gray, who in the past has dominated San Diego, pitched 5 2/3 innings, giving up seven runs (five earned) on 10 hits. He struck out just one batter. Manager Bud Black might have pulled Gray earlier in the game but the overused bullpen needed some relief, so Black rode Gray for as long as he could.
Black gave Gray the hook in the sixth after Darvish lashed a double to left for his first hit in a Padres uniform.
“Tonight was just awful in every part of it,” said Gray, who’s now 4-4 with a 3.48 ERA. “I couldn’t get a bunt down. I dropped the ball at first base — apparently. It was just — you name it — it was bad. I’m just really looking forward to flushing it.”
San Diego scored three runs in the first on a leadoff triple by Trent Grisham, followed by a two-run home run by Manny Machado. Then Jake Cronenworth singled and eventually scored when Gray was charged with an error for dropping a low throw from Connor Joe while covering first base.
Gray clearly thought it was the wrong call by first base umpire Hunter Wendelstedt.
“I felt like I (held) the ball long enough,” he said. “I mean, I don’t know how they do it, where you have to, like, prove the umpire wrong. But yeah, I thought that was really weird. Really dumb. That was an out. That was stupid.”
Gray said he “felt off” right from the start of the game, and Black agreed.
“Jon was off tonight,” Black said. “Jon’s been one of the better pitchers in the National League as well. He couldn’t find his slider. The fastball command left him early. He got hurt with a couple pitches up in the strike zone.”
Considering how the Rockies’ offense has performed on the road this season, San Diego’s early 3-0 lead was enormous.
And the so-called “Coors Field Hangover” trashed the Rockies again. In the opening game of their four road trips so far, the Rockies have hit a combined .125 (15-for-120) and been outscored 27-1. They have struck out 37 times (9.2 times per game).
When asked if there was anything to the hangover theory that says the Rockies often have difficulty trying to hit on the road after leaving Denver’s mile-high altitude, Black simply said, “No.”
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