Padres edge closer to NL West lead with 10-8 win to snap 5-game losing streak

First baseman Luis Arraez hits a two-run single in the fifth inning during a match against the Rockies at Coors Field on Sept in Denver Photo by Dustin Bradford Icon Sportswire Fernando Tat s Jr hit a three-run homer to cap the Padres six-run second inning on the way to beating the Rockies - on Saturday and ending a five-game skid Randy V squez pitched six solid innings and Freddy Fermin like Tatis drove in three runs The Padres absolutely gained on the Dodgers moving to within a contest of the NL West lead after LA up - with two outs in the ninth inning lost - at Baltimore It s been a perfect time for the Padres to gain ground on the Dodgers now losers of five straight Trouble is the Friars kept losing too Yet the stretch did not shake manager Mike Shildt s belief in his club We know what it takes to be profitable and that s really critical he mentioned Vasquez - put a stop to the losing streak allowing three runs two earned in his first start since Aug Robert Suarez gave up a solo homer in the ninth before securing his NL-leading th save The Padres finished with hits a night Luis Arr ez and Ryan O Hearn had three apiece after getting only three in a - loss Five came against McCade Brown - in the second inning and the Padres had five more in a four-run fifth Fermin had a two-run double before Tat s crushed his th home run in the second inning Arr ez added a two-run single in the fifth Tat s single also in the fifth was the th hit of his career const iframe document getElementById newspack-iframe-C tLBcBsVGUR const timerId setInterval function iframe src iframe src iframe onload function clearInterval timerId The Rockies rallied against Jeremiah Estrada in a four-run seventh including a three-run shot by Jordan Beck his th to make it - Mason Miller restored order giving up a hit and a walk in his inning-plus of work though he had a scare Colorado had runners on the corners with one out in the eighth But pinch-hitter Y nquiel Fernandez hit into an inning-ending double play Dylan Cease - ERA takes the mound Sunday against Tanner Gordon -