Padres on deck: First 2026 trip to Coors Field

San Diego Padres at Colorado Rockies

• Game 1: 5:40 p.m. Tuesday (Padres.TV)
• Game 2: 5:40 p.m. Wednesday (Padres.TV)
• Game 3: 12:10 p.m. Thursday (Padres.TV)

In the standings

San Diego Padres (15-7, 2nd in NL West)

The Padres have won nine of their last 10 games and five straight series, including a four-game sweep of the Rockies earlier this month at Petco Park. The Padres outscored the Rockies 28-12 in that series. The Padres are a game behind the Dodgers in the division.

Colorado Rockies (9-14, 5th in NL West)

The Rockies have lost seven out of 10 but two of the wins gave the Dodgers their first back-to-back losses of the season. Colorado split the four-game series at Coors Field. The Rockies are 6-4 so far this season at Coors Field.

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San Diego: The Padres have a .636 OPS over their last two series, with SS Xander Bogaerts leading the way with a .350/.435/.500 batting line and the team's lone home run over those six games. He and OF Fernando Tatis Jr. both have six RBIs over the last six games. Meantime, 3B Manny Machado is hitting .130/.167/.130 over his last six games. RHP Mason Miller (0.00 ERA) is 8-for-8 in save chances with 27 strikeouts in 11⅓ innings. RHP Bradgley Rodriguez (0.73 ERA) and LHP Wandy Peralta (1.80 ERA) are tied for second on the team with 10 appearances each.

Colorado: C Hunter Goodman has three of the team's seven home runs over the last week and has a 1.016 OPS over that stretch. Three other Rockies have an OPS over .900 over the last week: 3B Kyle Karros (1.063), OF Troy Johnston (1.028) and OF Mickey Moniak (.919). SS Ezequiel Tovar is hitting .130/.200/.174 over the last week. LHP Brennan Bernardino (0.96 ERA) leads the team with 11 appearances and RHPs Jimmy Herget (1.64 ERA) and Jaden Hill (1.04 ERA) both have 10 appearances.

Pitching matchups

Tuesday

Padres RHP Randy Vásquez (1-0, 2.49 ERA) | The Padres have won all four of his starts, although Vásquez walked a season-high four batters over four innings of four-run ball in his last start. Vásquez allowed a run in 5⅔ innings while striking out eight in a start earlier this month against the Rockies at Petco Park. His OPS against lefties this year is.668, down from last year (.764) and his career rate (.816).

Rockies TBA | The Rockies have been using this spot for an opener ahead of RHP Chase Dollander (2-1, 3.32 ERA), who has a 23-to-7 strikeout-to-walk ratio over 19 innings out of the bullpen. Dollander faced the Padres twice earlier this month at Petco Park, allowing one run in 4⅓ innings in a bulk appearance and then allowing a run in an inning of work three days later.

Wednesday

Padres RHP Walker Buehler (1-1, 4.58 ERA) | His lone quality start so far is throwing six shutout innings earlier this month at Petco Park against the Rockies (6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 4 Ks). He struck out a season-high seven batters over five-plus innings of two run ball in his last start. Buehler has a 5.65 ERA in 57⅓ career innings at Coors Field, including seven runs in four innings in his last start there in 2024.

Rockies RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (1-1, 3.92 ERA) | He's got two quality starts in four trips to the mound this year, including two runs in six innings at Petco Park in a no-decision earlier this month. Sugano has a 5.40 ERA in 10 innings so far this year at Coors Field.

Thursday

Padres RHP Matt Waldron (0-1, 14.73 ERA) | He walked a batter and hit another while allowing six runs in 3 ⅔ innings in his first start as the replacement for the injured Nick Pivetta. Waldron had thrown 12 scoreless innings at Triple-A El Paso to start the year. He had a 4.67 ERA in three career starts against the Rockies and a 6.17 ERA in two career starts at Coors Field.

Rockies RHP Ryan Feltner (1-1, 6.00 ERA) | The Padres beat him earlier this month with six runs on seven hits and three walks in four innings at Petco Park. Feltner has allowed five homers in 18 innings, including two the Padres. Feltner so far has been better at home (4.91 ERA) than at home (7.71 ERA).

2026 team leaders

• OPS: Padres-OF Ramón Laureano (.835), 1B Gavin Sheets (.756), SS Xander Bogaerts (.746); Rockies-1B Troy Johnston (.875), C Hunter Goodman (.799), 1B T.J. Rumfield (.715).
• HRs: Padres-Laureano (4), Bogaerts (3), Merrill (3); Rockies-OF Mickey Moniak (6), Goodman (5), Rumfield (3).
• RBIs: Padres-Laureano (15), Bogaerts (14), Merrill (13); Rockies-Moniak (12), Rumfield (11), Johnston (10).
• Steals: Padres-OF Fernando Tatis Jr. (6), Merrill (4), two tied with 3; Rockies-OF Brenton Doyle (5), OF Jake McCarthy (5), five tied with 2.
• Saves: Padres-RHP Mason Miller (8-for-6, 0.00 ERA); Rockies-RHP Victor Vodnik (3-for-4, 3.60 ERA).
• Holds: Padres-LHP Kyle Hart (4), four tied with 3; Rockies-RHP Jimmy Herget (3, 1.64 ERA), RHP Jaden Hill (3, 1.04 ERA), two tied with 1.

Training room

San Diego: RHP Nick Pivetta may miss "weeks and maybe months" with a flexor strain sustained on Sunday. RHP Jeremiah Estrada is on the 15-day injured list with elbow tendinitis. RHP Griffin Canning (Achilles) has made three rehab starts for Triple-A El Paso. LHP Yuki Matsui (groin) is also rehabbing with El Paso. RHP Joe Musgrove (Tommy John surgery) is playing catch but has not returned to throwing off a mound following spring setback.

Colorado: UT Tyler Freeman exited Monday's game with an illness. LHP Kyle Freeland (shoulder) is on the 15-day injured list and without a timetable, one of handful of pitchers on the injured list. Former USD star Kris Bryant remains sidelined with lumbar degenerative disk disease and is also without a timetable.

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