Márquez homers off Darvish, pitches Rockies past Padres 5-3

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Germán Márquez got the best of Yu Darvish on the mound and at the plate.

Márquez outpitched Darvish and hit a 418-foot home run off his fellow All-Star to lead the Colorado Rockies to a 5-3 victory Saturday night against the San Diego Padres.

Brendan Rodgers and Elias Díaz also homered off Darvish for the Rockies, who beat the Padres for the second straight night and have won four of their last five games against San Diego.

Díaz homered leading off the fifth, his 11th. With one out, Márquez drove a 2-1 slider to a planter in front of the batter’s eye in straightaway center for a 4-2 lead. It was his second career homer and first since 2018.

“I love batting,” Márquez said. “Darvish is a good pitcher, one of the best and so hitting a homer against him is amazing to me. I still can’t believe it.”

Asked what was going through his mind during his trot, he said: “Nothing. Trust me, nothing. I can’t still believe it that I hit that pitch so high and it was far. I feel right now happy. It was amazing.”

Said manager Bud Black: “Overall I thought he threw the ball well and made one big swing for the homer. That was impressive. That ball was hit well. Germán showed some power."

The Padres placed electrifying shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. on the 10-day disabled list before the game, a day after he partially dislocated his left shoulder for the third time this season. Tatis, who started the All-Star Game, leads the NL with 31 home runs and 23 stolen bases. He’s hitting .292 with 70 RBIs. Coincidentally, it was Tatis bobblehead night at Petco Park.

Márquez (9-8) held San Diego to two runs and four hits in six innings, struck out seven and walked four to snap a two-start losing streak.

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