SAN DIEGO — The Rockies’ 3-1 loss to the Padres wasn’t painless, but at least it was quick.
Sunday afternoon’s game at Petco Park featured just eight combined hits and took only 2 hours, 3 minutes to complete, the Rockies’ quickest nine-inning game since 2008. The teams split the four-game series to open the season.
Colorado received a quality start from lefty Austin Gomber, piggybacking on quality starts from German Marquez and Kyle Freeland in the first two games of the series. Sunday, however, San Diego’s Seth Lugo bested Gomber.
“A lot of times if I (pitch like) that, we are going to win a lot of these games,” Gomber said.