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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Michael King threw a two-hitter for his first profession full recreation, and the San Diego Padres shut out the Colorado Rockies for the third straight recreation, profitable 6-0 on Sunday.
It was the primary time the Padres had shut out an opponent in a sequence of not less than three video games. They beat the Rockies 2-0 on a four-hitter on Saturday night time and 8-0 on a three-hitter on Friday night time.
Colorado, coming off consecutive seasons of not less than 100 losses, dropped to a serious league-worst 3-12, together with a 1-8 document on the highway.
It was the thirty fourth time {that a} staff had shut out its opponent for a whole sequence of three-plus video games since 1901, and the primary since Cleveland did it towards Kansas Metropolis in August 2017.
The Padres improved to 10-0 at dwelling. They’ve the very best document within the majors at 13-3.
King (3-0) retired his first 13 batters earlier than Michael Toglia singled with one out within the fifth. He walked Hunter Goodman with two outs within the eighth and allowed a single by Ezequiel Tovar with one out within the ninth.
King threw a serious league-high 110 pitches within the majors’ second full recreation of the season. Nathan Eovaldi threw a four-hitter for Texas at Cincinnati on April 1.
San Diego jumped on Kyle Freeland (0-3) for 4 runs within the first inning. The Padres had three straight run-scoring hits with two outs — singles by Oscar Gonzalez and Yuli Gurriel, and a two-run double by Jose Iglesias.
The Padres turned a 5-6-3 double play to complete King’s full recreation.
Iglesias had his first recreation with a number of extra-base hits and RBIs since July 12 for the New York Mets towards the Rockies.