SAN DIEGO -- Kazuhisa Makita spent the first week of this Padres' homestand at Triple-A El Paso. The Rockies greeted him rudely upon his return to the big leagues.
Gerardo Parra launched a tiebreaking three-run homer off Makita in the top of the sixth inning, sending Colorado to a 6-4 victory at Petco Park. It wasn't the softest landing spot for Makita, and it wasn't the softest landing either.
The rookie submariner had allowed 11 runs over his last eight appearances, and he entered a tie game in the sixth, despite a mostly fresh Padres bullpen otherwise.