SAN DIEGO -- Melvin Upton Jr. stole home, and Drew Pomeranz stole the rest of the show Friday night at Petco Park, as the Padres blanked the Rockies, 4-0.
Pomeranz, coming off his first shaky start as a Padre, was back in fine form, allowing just two hits over seven shutout frames -- one of which was a third-inning tapper that barely reached the mound. The Padres' left-hander recorded eight strikeouts and lowered his ERA to 2.22, which is good enough for eighth in the Majors.
Matt Kemp provided all the offense the Padres needed with a three-run first-inning moonshot off the wall below the left-field scoreboard.