Michael King allowed just two hits and one walk in a complete game Sunday as the San Diego Padres blanked the visiting Colorado Rockies 6-0, becoming the first team in eight years to sweep a three-game series with shutouts.
King retired the first 13 men he faced before Michael Toglia singled with one out in the fifth, then issued a two-out walk to Hunter Goodman in the eighth. Ezequiel Tovar singled in the ninth but that was it for Colorado’s offense as it became the first team since the 2017 Kansas City Royals to be shut out in every game of a three-game series.
King (3-0) fanned eight as San Diego won its fourth straight game and improved to 10-0 at home. Its 13-3 record ties the 1998 team, which won the National League pennant, for the best start in franchise history.
Kyle Freeland (0-3) lasted five innings for the Rockies, allowing eight hits and five runs with two walks and two strikeouts. He ran into two-out trouble in the first, when the Padres collected four runs to decide the issue early.
Oscar Gonzalez grounded an RBI single to left that scored Luis Arraez, followed by Yuli Gurriel’s run-scoring single to left that plated Manny Machado. Jose Iglesias laced a two-run double to right-center to cap the rally.
San Diego made it 5-0 in the fourth when Fernando Tatis Jr. grounded into a double play with the bases loaded to score Iglesias, who led off with a double. The Padres’ last run came in the seventh as Jason Heyward delivered a pinch-hit single to right that brought Machado home.
Xander Bogaerts and Iglesias each collected two of San Diego’s 11 hits, with Iglesias reaching base four times thanks to a pair of walks. The Padres had more hits in this game than Colorado managed in the series (nine).
San Diego pitchers fanned 32 hitters in the series while walking three. It was the first time in franchise history the Padres had swept a three-game series without yielding a run.
