The Rockies’ Jon Gray seemed to be in ace mode at the start of Monday night’s series opener against San Diego. He struck out the side in the first inning, then rebounded from one run allowed in the second by setting down the Padres in order in the third.
But Gray’s night quickly unraveled in the fourth inning in front of a sparse crowd at Coors Field, as the Padres went off for five runs in the frame to take a lead they never relinquished on the way to handing the Rockies a 7-6 defeat.