DENVER -- After flourishing during a demanding portion of the schedule, the Colorado Rockies have their sights trained on October but can't look past the lowly San Diego Padres in a three-game series that starts Tuesday.
Left-handers Tyler Anderson (6-5, 4.39 ERA) of the Rockies and Robbie Erlin (2-3, 3.33) of the Padres will oppose each other in the opener.
The Rockies (68-56) are coming off a 5-1 road trip that concluded with their first four-game sweep in Atlanta in franchise history and gave them eight wins in their past nine games.