The San Diego Padres defeated the Colorado Rockies 8-7 on Monday night, September 14, 2026, at Coors Field, matching their longest winning streak of the season at eight games, according to the Associated Press. Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr. both homered to pace the San Diego offense in front of an attendance of 14,805.
Padres Offense and Early Scoring
San Diego jumped out to an early lead when Manny Machado hit a 388-foot solo home run to left field in the top of the first inning off Colorado starting pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano, marking Machado’s 28th homer of the season according to game logs. The Rockies answered in the bottom half of the first when Tyler Rumfield singled to center field, driving in Ryan Goodman to tie the game 1-1.
The Padres reclaimed the lead in the second inning. Jake Cronenworth singled to right field to score Jackson Merrill, and Kyle Fermin followed with a sacrifice fly that brought home Xander Bogaerts. In the third inning, Fernando Tatis Jr. extended the lead with a 449-foot two-run home run to center field, scoring Cronenworth to make it 5-1. Merrill added an infield single later in the frame to score Ty France, pushing the Padres’ advantage to 6-1 before Colorado mounted a comeback.
Rockies Late-Inning Rally Falls Short
Colorado chipped away at the deficit in the middle innings. Rumfield picked up his second RBI single of the night in the fifth inning off Padres starter Casey Mize, scoring Heston Norby. The Rockies then manufactured a three-run sixth inning, highlighted by Charlie McCarthy’s two-run triple to center field that scored Adael Amador and Ezequiel Tovar. Cole Carrigg added a solo home run to right field in the seventh inning, traveling 424 feet.
Despite the push, San Diego secured insurance runs in the seventh and eighth innings. France drove in Donovan Harris with a single in the seventh, and Harris doubled in Bogaerts in the eighth. Colorado scored once more in the bottom of the eighth on a double by Heston Norby, but Mason Miller shut the door in the ninth, striking out two batters to earn his 37th save of the season.
Game Statistics and Standings Context
Casey Mize earned the win for San Diego, improving his record to 6-9 after pitching 5.0 innings, allowing eight hits and two earned runs without recording a strikeout. Tomoyuki Sugano took the loss for Colorado, dropping to 12-10 after yielding eight hits and six earned runs over 5.0 innings. The game lasted 3 hours and 2 minutes.
With the victory, the Padres improved their record to 82-68, standing nine games behind Los Angeles in the National League West. The sliding Rockies fell to 55-95, dropping their eighth game and remaining in last place in the division.