Heading into the Father’s Day weekend last year, the San Diego Padres donned their light blue batting gloves and accessories as they continued their four-game series with the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. The Friars lost the first game of the series by a score of 6-9, and Cal Quantrill was making his sixth big league start.
The Rockies tagged him for four earned runs on six hits in five frames. Miguel Diaz relieved him, but he allowed five earned runs of his own while recording just two outs. Suddenly, it was a 9-1 Rockies lead, and it looked like the Padres were going to salvage a series split at best.