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Randy Vásquez dazzles with 7 shutout innings as Padres edge Rockies 1-0

Randy Vásquez dazzles with 7 shutout innings as Padres edge Rockies 1-0 | iNFOnews.ca
San Diego Padres starting pitcher Randy V·squez works against the Colorado Rockies in the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

DENVER (AP) — Randy Vásquez threw seven shutout innings to help the San Diego Padres edge the Colorado Rockies 1-0 on Tuesday night.

The win was the Padres’ 14th in their last 16 games following a 2-5 start to the season. They improved to 15-3 since the start of last season against the Rockies, who they’ve defeated seven times in a row.

Coming off his worst start of the young season — a no-decision against Seattle on April 15 in which he gave up four runs in four innings — Vásquez (2-0) allowed only three hits, struck out five and walked none.

Jake Cronenworth scored the game’s lone run after Rockies starter Chase Dollander (2-2) walked Manny Machado with the bases loaded and two outs in the sixth inning. It was Dollander’s only walk. He struck out nine in six innings and threw a career-high 102 pitches.

Adrián Morejón pitched a perfect ninth to earn his first save of the season and just the sixth of his eight-year MLB career. The Padres turned to Morejón rather than usual closer Mason Miller, who has a scoreless streak of 32 2/3 innings.

After Hunter Goodman’s single in the fourth inning, Padres pitchers retired the final 18 Colorado batters.

Fernando Tatís Jr. had two singles for San Diego and was the only player from either team with more than one hit.

The Rockies have lost nine of their past 12 games.

Up next

Colorado RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (1-1, 3.92 ERA) will face San Diego RHP Walker Buehler (1-1, 4.58) in the second game of the three-game series on Wednesday.

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Randy Vásquez dazzles with 7 shutout innings as Padres edge Rockies 1-0 | iNFOnews.ca
San Diego Padres’ Jake Cronenworth crosses home plate after Manny Machado earned a walk with the bases loaded from Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Chase Dollander in the sixth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Randy Vásquez dazzles with 7 shutout innings as Padres edge Rockies 1-0 | iNFOnews.ca
Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Chase Dollander works against the San Diego Padres in the second inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Randy Vásquez dazzles with 7 shutout innings as Padres edge Rockies 1-0 | iNFOnews.ca
San Diego Padres’ Jake Cronenworth gestures after reaching second base on a double off Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Chase Dollander in the sixth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Randy Vásquez dazzles with 7 shutout innings as Padres edge Rockies 1-0 | iNFOnews.ca
San Diego Padres’ Manny Machado, back, jokes with first base umpire Alan Porter in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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