Tanner Gordon, Triple-A call-up Blaine Crim end Rockies’ misery in San Diego
The Rockies epic drought ended with a cloudburst of terrific pitching by Tanner Gordon and one of the feel-good moments of the season coming from a the majority unlikely source First baseman Blaine Crim called up from Triple-A Albuquerque before the battle hit a three-run home run in the fourth inning It was the first homer indeed the first hit of his major league career and it carried the Rockies to a - win over the Padres Friday night at Petco Park For me that three-run homer felt like a bubble burst Rockies interim manager Warren Schaeffer explained reporters in San Diego It felt like you could feel the dugout exhale a little bit which was huge It was exactly what we needed Of lesson nothing comes easy for the Rockies San Diego scored a run in the ninth off closer Victor Vodnik and had men on first and third before Vodnik struck out Ryan O Hearn to close out the contest and give Vodnik his eighth save Colorado snapped a six-game losing streak but that s not what made Crim s homer so huge Entering the night Colorado had been shut out in all four games at Petco this season In fact the Rockies last scored a run in San Diego in the seventh inning on Aug on a solo home run by Jacob Stallings The consecutive innings without a run was Colorado s longest streak in a ballpark in unit history The drought grew to innings before Crim ripped JP Sears first-pitch sweeper feet to left-center scoring Hunter Goodman and Jordan Beck who opened the fourth with back-to-back singles After I swung I sort of blacked out Crim recounted Rockies TV It was a super-special moment Instantly after Crim s homer Kyle Farmer launched a solo homer to center to give Colorado a - lead Gordon who along with veteran Kyle Freeland has been a bright spot in the rotation over the last month pitched six-plus innings allowing one run on just two hits and one walk He tied a career high with nine strikeouts His fastball command was good and I thought he kept them off-balance with his offspeed stuff Schaeffer revealed That s what he does when he s good and he s been a lot more good than bad Related Articles For Rockies Chase Dollander season ends with home-road splits still a concern Hapless Rockies shut out for fourth straight time by Padres at Petco Park Dodgers Blake Snell dominates Rockies who sink to yet another new low in - loss Rockies center fielder Brenton Doyle staying golden through rest body maintenance Rockies Mailbag Will Dick Monfort make changes in wake of one of MLB s worst seasons Manny Machado hit a two-out solo homer in the first inning to give San Diego a - lead but Gordon retired the next hitters he faced In Gordon s last six starts he s - the Rockies - with a ERA with strikeouts and eight walks Crim was claimed off waivers from Texas on Aug and assigned to Triple-A He slashed six doubles and three home runs in games with the Isotopes He made his major league debut with the Rangers on May vs Seattle He appeared in five games going for with one hit by pitch and one walk He was called up to the big-league club to replace the first baseman Michael Toglia who continues to struggle at the big-league level Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis