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Early offense lifts Friedrich, Padres

SAN DIEGO -- Christian Friedrich continued to stymie his former team Saturday night, leading the Padres to a 6-3 victory over the Rockies while striking out a career-high tying 10 batters. Friedrich shrugged off a 109-mph DJ LeMahieu line drive that drilling him in the left leg during the third inning to work seven shutout innings .

The Padres backed him up scoring six runs in the first two innings, with recently returned outfielder Jon Jay responsible for a single and a run scored in each of those frames.

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