DENVER (AP) - Matt Kemp homered and doubled twice, leading James Shields and the San Diego Padres past the Colorado Rockies 10-4 on Sunday.
Yangervis Solarte, Jedd Gyorko and Cory Spangenberg also homered for San Diego. Justin Upton had three of the Padres’ 15 hits and drove in three runs.
Kemp, who was 3 for 29 in the first eight games of the road trip, struck out in his first at-bat. He then hit his 23rd homer in the third and doubled in the next two innings.
James Shields (13-6) pitched two-hit ball into the seventh. He gave up a home run to Charlie Blackmon in the first and didn’t yield another hit until Justin Morneau doubled in the seventh.
Kyle Kendrick (6-13) gave up all four Padres homers. He has allowed a majors-most 32 home runs despite spending six weeks on the disabled list with right shoulder inflammation.
The Padres led 10-1 before Colorado scored three times in the seventh. With two outs, Shields walked two batters and threw two wild pitches, which allowed Morneau to score.
Bud Norris came in and threw another wild pitch ahead of an RBI single by pinch-hitter Ben Paulsen.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Padres: RHP Casey Kelly (strained right forearm) threw a 20-pitch bullpen session Sunday morning. He will throw again Friday.
Rockies: LHP Yohan Flande was experiencing soreness the morning after taking a line drive off his left knee on Saturday. He escaped serious injury, manager Walt Weiss said. “The ball hit him a good place,” Weiss said. “If it hit him in the kneecap he would have had problems.”
UP NEXT
Padres: RHP Tyson Ross (10-10, 3.18) gets the start Tuesday against San Francisco when the Padres begin a nine-game homestand, their last of the season.
Rockies: RHP Jon Gray (0-1, 5.00) will try for his first major league victory when the Rockies open a four-game series against the Pirates. It will be Gray’s eighth career start, all since Aug. 5.
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