San Diego Padres make history with series shutout of Colorado Rockies

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It was a weekend of firsts for the San Diego Padres as their scorching begin to the season reveals little signal of slowing – and it’s laborious to know which statistic to start out with.

On Sunday, the Padres turned the primary MLB workforce because the then-named Cleveland Indians in 2017 to carry an opponent scoreless over a sequence of at the least three video games with a 6-0 win over the Colorado Rockies. It was additionally the primary time in franchise history that the workforce has achieved the feat.

The sequence end result additionally marked the primary time the Rockies have ever been dealt a shutout in a sequence of three or extra video games, in keeping with MLB.com.

They are saying there’s no place like residence, and for the Padres and Petco Park that definitely appears to be the case. With the victory, San Diego moved to 10-0 at residence, one other franchise document.

Moreover, the Padres turned the second workforce in MLB historical past – matching the 1966 Cleveland workforce – to rack up six shutouts within the first 16 video games of the season, all of which have come at Petco Park.

The one different time a workforce has held its opponent to fewer than a dozen runs over its first 9 residence video games occurred in 1876, in keeping with Opta – the primary 12 months of MLB.

Veteran outfielder Jason Heyward stated the important thing to the new begin is the Padres’ capacity to play as a workforce.

“I think, you know, no matter what the result is on any given day on both sides of the baseball, let’s go up there, have our approach,” Heyward said after Saturday’s 2-0 victory over Colorado.

“It’s not gonna be perfect. Right? It’s not always gonna work out the way you want. But it’s following up with that approach and that process and we’ve been doing a great job I think since spring training in just falling in love with that.”

Padres supervisor Mike Shildt reiterated his participant’s perspective on the constructive clubhouse and stadium atmosphere post-game.

“It’s an unbelievably supportive place; it’s a enjoyable place that our guys like to play. I really feel like we’re taking part in with our followers and the assist we’re getting and, conversely, it’s a very difficult place (for our opponents) to play.

“You know, it’s a playoff-like atmosphere almost every game,” Shildt added.

The camaraderie of the workforce is palpable and it’s translating within the performances, particularly with the pitching workers. The Padres are second within the league with a workforce ERA of two.68 and their bullpen has an MLB-leading 1.51 ERA.

Sunday’s starter, Michael King, pitched the primary full recreation shutout of his profession in entrance of a sellout crowd and have become the primary Padres starter to notch a person shutout this season.

“These fans are incredible,” the 29-year-old said of the assist. “They show out and it’s always fun to put on a show for ‘em.”

“We got a lot of different approaches. I mean the Rockies just saw three different starting pitchers. You got a four-seam curveball guy in Nick (Pivetta), a lefty (Kyle Hart) with every pitch you have and really good command, and me as a sinker-sweeper guy,” King stated of the pitching workers’s versatility and dominance.

The MLB-leading Padres (13-3) will look to document their fourth consecutive shutout tonight once they host the Chicago Cubs at 9:40 pm ET.