Padres Beat Rockies on Klesko’s Homers

Ryan Klesko hit a tying solo homer in the ninth inning and a two-run shot in the 10th as the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies, 6-4, Sunday.

Klesko tied it with one out in the ninth after Neifi Perez gave Colorado a 3-2 lead with his eighth-inning homer.

The Padres made it 4-3 in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Ben Davis, but Trevor Hoffman (3-4) blew the save when he gave up a sacrifice fly to Brent Mayne in the bottom half.

In the 10th, Eric Owens reached on an infield single with two out before Klesko hit a 2-and-0 pitch from Stan Belinda (1-3) into the Colorado bullpen for his third hit of the game.

It was Klesko’s 21st homer of the season and 11th career multi-homer game.

“In both those situations, really, they needed to pitch to me,” said Klesko, who is hitting .352 with eight homers and 31 RBIs in 27 games at Coors Field. “Because there was only one out and I got ahead in the count.”

Donne Wall earned his first save by pitching a scoreless 10th.

“I was awful,” said Colorado reliever Jose Jimenez, who gave up two runs, including Klesko’s homer in the ninth. “The pitch to Klesko was right down the middle.”

Pedro Astacio took a no-hit bid into the seventh for Colorado before ending up with a no-decision.

“Pedro pitched his heart out,” Colorado Manager Buddy Bell said.

Astacio retired the first 13 batters he faced before hitting Bret Boone with one out in the fifth inning. Astacio got out of the inning when Ruben Rivera grounded into a double play.