DENVER —
It is rare, almost difficult, to reach offensive lows at Coors Field.
Maybe it was because the Padres had been so high.
What happened the past two days certainly wasn’t what was expected of these new Padres, who wear brown and arrived in Colorado wearing down opposing pitchers.
But here they were. Might as well have been wearing blue.
They appeared flat for much of the weekend, as if a wild week had taken a toll.
A four-run eighth inning and another run tacked on in the ninth helped make Sunday seem less degenerative, as they clawed part of the way back from an eight-run deficit before falling 9-6 to the Rockies.