SAN DIEGO -- The Padres capped a dismal week by falling to the Rockies, 3-1, on Thursday afternoon. The Padres lost six of their seven games in their season-opening homestand. Closer Brad Hand, who previously allowed five runs (four earned) last Friday, walked Trevor Story and Chris Iannetta to open the ninth on Thursday, before second baseman Carlos Asuaje committed an error. Hand gave Ryan McMahon a free pass to force in the go-ahead run, and DJ LeMahieu followed with a two-run single.
"It just seems like things aren't going my way right now, and I have to turn it around,'' said Hand, who suffered his second loss.