Darvish fans 10 and doubles, Machado HR, Padres beat Rockies

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Yu Darvish struck out 10 in seven brilliant innings and also doubled and scored, and Manny Machado hit a two-run homer for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Colorado Rockies 7-0 Monday night for their fourth straight win.

The Padres are 6-1 since last Tuesday, when star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. tested positive for the coronavirus before a game at Colorado and right fielder Wil Myers and first baseman Eric Hosmer were pulled from the game. A positive test was returned for Myers while Hosmer was put in the contact tracing protocol.

Darvish ((4-1) held Colorado to just four hits and didn't walk a batter. Only two Rockies made it as far as second base, including Garrett Hampson on a two-out double in the second.

Darvish thrilled the crowd when he doubled into the left-field corner with two outs in the sixth, drawing chants of “YUUUUUUUU!" He raised both arms in the air and pointed skyward after he reached second base. He advanced on Jon Gray's wild pitch and scored when Machado’s grounder went between shortstop Trevor Story’s legs for an error.

It was Darvish’s first hit with the Padres and his third career double — he began the game with an .086 lifetime batting average. He was obtained in a trade with the Chicago Cubs on Dec. 29.

Machado's homer to left off Gray (4-4) followed Trent Grisham's leadoff triple. It was Machado's sixth. Jake Cronenworth then singled for San Diego's third straight hit, advanced on Tommy Pham's grounder and scored for a 3-0 lead when Gray couldn't hold onto the throw on Jurickson Profar's grounder for what would have been the third out.

Machado homered a day after stirring controversy on social media when he slid into St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Tommy Edman to break up a double play in the four-run fourth inning...

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