Free agent signee hits first homer as a Padres and teammates tack on just enough in a victory over the Colorado Rockies to avoid a three-game skid to start the year
The blast was not only Bogaerts’ first since signing an 11-year, $280 million deal, it was the Padres’ first of the season.
The rally started with a single from former USD star Kris Bryant. Charlie Blackmon followed with an RBI double and Cron sent his third homer of the series into the second deck, 435 feet from the plate. San Diego Padres’ Xander Bogaerts, right, gets congratulations from Juan Soto after hitting a two-run home run on Saturday.
Steven Wilson pitched a scoreless seventh. A double play helped Tim Hill out of the eighth after he hit Blackmon to open the inning. That mistake was further complicated by Cron — with three homers in the series and eighth homers in his last 22 games against the Padres — stepping into the box, but Hill managed to get the Rockies’ first baseman to fly out weakly to left.
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