Rockies fall flat on the road again, get shut out by Padres

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. 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.

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.

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 ball while covering first base.

Considering how the Rockies have performed on the road this season, San Diego’s 3-0 lead looked 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).

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