Cory Sullivan drove in a career-high three runs with three hits and Aaron Cook kept up his winning ways against San Diego as the Colorado Rockies beat the Padres 6-3 Sunday.
Matt Holliday hit his 24th homer and drove in two runs for the Rockies.
Adrian Gonzalez and Brian Giles homered for the Padres, in contention for the NL West title and the wild card.
Cook (9-10), winless in his two previous starts, improved to 7-3 lifetime against San Diego. He gave up two runs and five hits in eight innings, striking out five and walking none.
Jake Peavy (7-13) lasted only 4 1/3 innings, allowing six runs and eight hits. He was 3-2 and had given up three or less runs in each of his last six starts.
The Rockies got a couple of lucky bounces in taking a 1-0 lead in the second. Holliday singled off Peavy’s glove and went to second base when third baseman Russell Branyan’s throw got past Gonzalez at first base. Two outs later, Sullivan got an RBI single when his grounder hit the bag at first and caromed into right field.
Colorado loaded the bases with no outs on a single by Garrett Atkins and walks to Holliday and Brad Hawpe. Sullivan hit the chalk line in left field for a two-run double to make it 3-0.
Atkins singled and Holliday homered into the left-field seats to start the fifth. Hawpe doubled and Chris Iannetta chased Peavy with an RBI single that made it 6-0.
Cook lost his shutout bid in the seventh inning. Mike Piazza singled and Gonzalez followed by hitting a 3-2 pitch over the wall in center field.
Giles hit his 11th homer in the ninth.
