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09/05 18:32 CDT NL West-leading Padres lose 10th straight
NL West-leading Padres lose 10th straight
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The NL West-leading San Diego Padres lost their 10th straight game, with Melvin Mora hitting a go-ahead single that sent the Colorado Rockies to a 4-2 win Sunday. The Padres began the day with a two-game edge over San Francisco, which played a night game at Dodger Stadium. Mora's tiebreaking hit in the seventh inning gave Colorado its 10th win in 14 games. The Rockies pulled within 4 1/2 games of the reeling Padres. San Diego's losing streak is its longest since a franchise record 13-game skid in May 1994. Only two teams in major league history have made the postseason in a year that included a losing streak of at least 10 games. The Rockies completed a sweep and have won 11 of 15 games this season against the Padres, including seven of nine at Petco Park. This was Colorado's first road sweep since Aug. 18-20, 2009, at Washington. San Diego, which has been outscored 55-23 during the losing streak, led by 6 1/2 games over San Francisco on Aug. 25. Miguel Tejada gave the Padres a huge lift with a towering, two-run homer in the sixth that made it 2-all. His fifth homer hit off the front of the third deck of the Western Metal Supply Company building down the left-field line and came right after Adrian Gonzalez doubled with one out. But Mora delivered his go-ahead single in the seventh off reliever Mike Adams. Carlos Gonzalez got the inning going with a one-out single off Tim Stauffer (3-3), and walk to Troy Tulowitzki brought on Adams. After a double steal, the Padres played the infield in and Mora's ground ball got by second baseman David Eckstein into right field. Tulowitzki hit his 14th homer leading off the fourth against Clayton Richard. Tulowitzki also drove in a run in the fifth when third basemen Chase Headley failed to cleanly field a groundball that could have potentially led to an inning-ending, double play. Jorge De La Rosa (6-4) allowed two runs on six hits over six innings. Huston Street pitched the ninth for his 15th save in 19 chances. Gonzalez went 3 for 5, raising his NL-leading average to .337 and extend his hitting streak to 13 games. Gonzalez is hitting .529 (27 for 51) during the streak. Notes: The two clubs that reached the postseason with losing streaks of at least 10 games were the 1951 New York Giants and the 1982 Atlanta Braves. ... Tejada played in his 2,000th career game, which includes a streak of 1,152 consecutive games that was snapped in 2007 when he broke his left hand. ... Tejada stole second base on his first attempt of the season in the second inning. ... Colorado swept the Padres for the first time on the road since September 2007. ... San Diego RHP Chris Young threw 3 1-3 hitless innings in a rehab start for Triple-A Portland against Las Vegas. Young, who has been on the disabled list with a strained right shoulder since April 12, was making his second rehab start.
