With the start of the Major League Baseball season postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, we here at The Denver Post took a look at how the Rockies would fare in MLB The Show 20 on PlayStation 4. We will have a story for every game that had been scheduled until real-life baseball returns. Here’s a look at the virtual Rockies’ preseason preview. Entering Wednesday’s game, the Rockies were 12-4.
Another game, another win for the Rockies against the Padres.
Colorado hit a season-high 14 hits and Jon Gray had another strong start as the Rockies beat the Padres, 6-2, in the second game of their three-game set at Petco Park. The Rockies are 8-1 against the Padres this year.
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The Rockies got in the runs column early. Charlie Blackmon drove in David Dahl with an RBI double in the first inning. After a Nolan Arenado single advanced Blackmon to third, Trevor Story singled in the bearded outfielder to make it 2-0.
Arenado hit a single to center in the second, driving in Gray and Dahl to give the Rockies a 4-0 lead.
Ryan McMahon made it 5-0 in the third, crushing a 421-foot homer to center field. He finished the game batting 3 for 4, including a double. Colorado added its sixth run in the fifth when Tony Wolters drove in Daniel Murphy with a single.
Gray (3-0) put in another strong performance, allowing just two runs and four hits while striking out seven in 6 2/3 innings. His earned-run average rose to 2.15 on the year. Jairo Diaz and Yency Almonte combined for 2 1/3 shutout innings in relief.
Padres starter Joey Lucchesi (1-2) had another rough start, allowing five runs (three earned) on eight hits in three innings.
Colorado improved to 13-4 on the year and hold a 2.5-game lead over the Dodgers (11-7) for first place in the National League West. San Diego fell to 7-11.
Box score
COL (13-4) — 221-010-000 — 6-14-1
SDP (7-11) — 000-000-200 — 2-5-2
Colorado — Dahl 5-2-2-0, Blackmon 5-1-2-1, Arenado 5-0-2-2, Story 5-0-1-1, Almonte 0-0-0-0, Murphy 5-1-1-0, McMahon 4-1-3-1, Diaz 0-0-0-0, Rodgers 0-0-0-0, Hilliard 4-0-0-0, Wolters 4-0-1-0, Gray 3-1-1-0, Hampson 1-0-1-0. Totals — 41-6-14-5.
San Diego — Lagares 5-0-1-1, Hosmer 4-0-1-1, Pham 3-0-1-0, Tatis 3-0-0-0, Machado 3-0-0-0, Myers 4-0-1-0, Dozier 2-1-0-0, Yates 0-0-0-0, Mejia 3-1-1-0, Lucchesi 0-0-0-0, Garcia 1-0-0-0, Strahm 0-0-0-0, Naylor 1-0-0-0, Perdomo 0-0-0-0, Grisham 1-0-0-0, Pomeranz 0-0-0-0, Profar 1-0-0-0. Totals — 31-2-5-2.
E — Hilliard; Tatis 2. 2B — Blackmon, McMahon; Hosmer. 3B — Pham. HR — McMahon. WP — Gray (3-0). LP — Lucchesi (1-2).
