The National League’s worst team in the second half of the season was playing at Petco Park on Friday.
That team was not the Padres.
The Padres lost to that team.
The Rockies, who arrived in San Diego having lost nine straight games and with a NL-low .288 winning percentage since the All-Star break, scored three runs (one earned) in the first two innings and got 5 2/3 decent innings from journeyman right-hander Tim Melville en route to a 3-2 victory.
Padres starter Dinelson Lamet finished six innings, allowing six hits and striking out four.