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DENVER (AP) -- Ryan Klesko was more impressed with the pitching
he saw than his own hitting.
And that was even after he hit a tying, solo homer in the ninth
inning and a two-run shot in the 10th as the San Diego Padres beat
the Colorado Rockies 6-4 Sunday.
"I looked up and I don't think that I have seen one game played
here where both pitchers were in the seventh inning in less than
two hours, with only two hits," Klesko said. "I've never seen
that. Usually if it's one pitcher, the other pitcher is getting
pummeled."
Klesko tied it with one out in the ninth after Neifi Perez gave
Colorado a 3-2 lead with his eighth-inning homer.
The Padres made it 4-3 in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Ben
Davis, but Trevor Hoffman (3-4) blew the save when he allowed a
sacrifice fly to Brent Mayne in the bottom half.
In the 10th, Eric Owens reached on an infield single with two
outs before Klesko hit a 2-0 pitch from Stan Belinda (1-3) into the
Colorado bullpen for his third hit of the game.
It was Klesko's 21st homer of the season and 11th career
multihomer game.
"In both those situations, really, they needed to pitch to
me," said Klesko, who is 37-for-105 with eight homers and 31 RBI in 27 games at Coors Field. "Because there was only one out and I
got ahead in the count."
Donne Wall earned his first save by pitching a scoreless 10th.
"I was awful," said Colorado reliever Jose Jimenez, who
allowed two runs, including Klesko's homer in the ninth. "The
pitch to Klesko was right down the middle."
Pedro Astacio took a no-hit bid into the seventh for Colorado
before ending up with a no-decision.
"Pedro pitched his heart out," Colorado manager Buddy Bell
said. "He pitched great today, but we couldn't put them away and
made two bad pitches to Klesko."
Astacio retired the first 13 batters he faced before hitting
Bret Boone with one out in the fifth inning. Astacio got out of the
inning when Ruben Rivera grounded into a double play.
Al Martin led off the Padres seventh by grounding a single into
the hole between first and second.
The Rockies scored an unearned run in the first inning, using a
leadoff single by Brian L. Hunter, a passed ball, sacrifice bunt and a
groundout to shortstop by Larry Walker to take a 1-0 lead.
Brian Tollberg didn't allow another hit until Mayne doubled off
the wall in right field with no outs in the fifth inning to score
Jeffrey Hammonds, who had reached when shortstop Damian Jackson
booted his ground ball for an error.
Nevin threw out Mayne attempting to stretch the hit into a
triple as the Rockies led 2-0.
The Padres tied it in the eighth on an RBI double by Davis and
an RBI infield single by pinch-hitter Dave Magadan.
Game notes
San Diego first base coach Alan Trammell missed Sunday's
game to attend the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies of Sparky
Anderson, his manager in Detroit. ... Colorado's Tom Goodwin sat
out his fourth straight game with a hip flexor in his right leg.
... Astacio matched his longest previous no-hit bid of seven
innings, previously done Aug. 10, 1999, at Milwaukee. ... Padres
manager Bruce Bochy was ejected in the eighth inning after arguing
a line out by Joe Vitielo. ... . San Diego with the 3-2 road trip
had it's first winning road trip since Sept. 3-8, 1999.
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