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Rockies Win Third Straight as Rodgers and Blackmon Go Deep

Rodgers, Blackmon homer as Rockies beat Padres 6-2

Cal Quantrill pitches effectively for five innings

DENVER — Brendan Rodgers and Charlie Blackmon homered, Cal Quantrill pitched effectively for five innings and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 6-2 on Tuesday night.

Rodgers hit a 400-foot solo homer to left-center field off Padres starter Nick Martinez in the first inning. Blackmon made it 3-0 with a two-run shot to right-center in the second.

Quantrill (5-6) allowed two runs on five hits and struck out five. He walked two and hit a batter.

The Padres got on the board in the third inning on an RBI single by Ha-seong Kim. They added another run in the fifth on a groundout by Manny Machado.

The Rockies got some insurance runs in the sixth inning on a two-run double by Yonathan Daza and an RBI single by Rodgers.

Daniel Bard pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn his 29th save.

The Rockies have won three straight games and are now 57-65 on the season. The Padres have lost three of their last four and are 72-50.