SAN DIEGO -- The Rockies did everything they could have hoped against Padres ace James Shields on Sunday. They bested him for three home runs, two from Nolan Arenado and one from Charlie Blackmon, and scored five runs to chase him after 5 1/3 innings.
But after the team's fifth straight loss, Blackmon wasn't basking in his accomplishments. Blackmon, who would add a ninth-inning homer off Padres closer Craig Kimbrel, was left pondering the hit he couldn't deliver in the 8-6 loss.
In the sixth, with the Padres leading, 6-5, the Rockies loaded the bases with one out, but reliever Dale Thayer forced Troy Tulowitzki into a first-pitch infield popup and retired Blackmon on a grounder to third base.