After scratching and clawing to a 3-1 victory to start the series, The Padres dropped consecutive 6-3 games to the Rockies to lose the series in Coors Field. Anthony Rizzo saw his average drop from .300 to .190 as he collected one hit and zero RBI in his first trip to Colorado. The Friars hope to rebound as the fly to Minnesota on Thursday to begin interleague play on Friday. Here is a recap of the series in Denver.

June 13^th, 2011 Padres 3, Rockies 1

WP Anthony Bass (1-0) 5IP 5H 1R 1ER 4BB 1K 0HR

LP Aaron Cook (0-1) 5.2IP 5H 2R 2ER 2BB 2K 0HR

S Heath Bell (18) 1IP 0H 0R 0ER 1BB 1K 0HR

Anthony Bass made his Major League debut filling in for the injured Dustin Moseley and did not disappoint, allowing only one run in five innings to stop a three game losing streak. Bass struck gave up only five hits but walked four batters.

The Padres started the game off with three straight singles by Chris Denorfia, Jason Bartlett, and Chase Headley. Ryan Ludwick then hit a fly ball to right field that was caught, but allowed Denorfia and Bartlett to advance, putting the Padres up 1-0 with runners at the corners with one out. But Anthony Rizzo grounded into a double play to end the Padres scoring threat.

The Rockies tied the game in the game in the fourth inning with a two out rally started by Ty Wigginton’s two-out walk. Wigginton stole second and then scored on Chris Blackmon’s single to centerfield. After Blackmon also stole second, the Padres intentionally walked Chris Ianetta to face pitcher Aaron Cook. Bass got Cook to ground into a fielder’s choice, forcing Ianetta out a second base to end the inning.

Ryan Ludwick got another RBI in the bottom of the sixth when he grounded out to Troy Tulowitzki, scoring Bartlett from third to put the Friars up 2-1.

Alberto Gonzalez added an insurance run in the top of the ninth when he hit the ball up the middle off Colorado reliever Rafael Bentancourt after Cameron Maybin tripled. He was able to beat out the throw to first after Betancourt recovered the ball.

Heath Bell walked Jason Giambi with two outs to bring up 2010 NL MVP candidate Carlos Gonzalez as the tying run. But Bell struck him out to end the game and earn his 18^th save in 19 tries.

June 14^th, 2011 Rockies6, Padres 3

WP Juan Nicasio (2-1) 6IP 6H 2R 2ER 1BB 9K 1HR

LP Wade LeBlanc (0-2) 4.2IP 7H 3R 3ER 1BB 2K 0HR

Juan Nicasio got into trouble in the top of the first, giving up a leadoff homerun to Chris Denorfia and then hit Jason Bartlett. Bartlett then stole both second and third bases giving the Padres a runner on third with no outs, up 1-0. Nicasio then struck out the side to end the inning.

Nicasio would end up with nine of 14 strikeouts by Colorado pitchers.

Ryan Ludwick flashed the leather in the bottom of the fifth, making three consecutive diving catches in left field.

The Padres went up 2-0 when Alberto Gonzalez collected another two-out RBI, this time doubling in Cameron Maybin from second base in the top of the fourth.

But the Rockies took the lead for good with five consecutive hits, including RBI singles by Todd Helton, Ty Wigginton and Chris Blackmon.

Chris Ianetta hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth that would prove to be the difference of the game.

Huston Street came in during a non-save situation in the ninth recorded two outs before surrendering a single to Bartlett. Bartlett then took second and scored on Ryan Ludwick’s single to bring the Padres within three. Ludwick then took second on a catcher’s indifference also, but Anthony Rizzo struck out swinging to end the game and drop his average to .176.

June 15^th, 2011 Rockies 6, Padres 3

WP Jhoulys Chacin (8-4) 6IP 3H 1R 1ER 2BB 7K 1HR

LP Mat Latos (4-8) 5.1IP 8H 4R 4ER 1BB 2K 0HR

Mat Latos was looking very sharp through the first four innings, allowing only two baserunners and zero runs. He also was given a lead in the top of the fifth when his battery-mate Rob Johnson hit his second homer of the year to put the Padres up 1-0.

But Latos gave up three singles in the fifth, the last one by Carlos Gonzalez to score Jose Maorales to tie the game.

The next inning Latos gave up consecutive singles to Juan Herrara and Todd Helton to start the inning. He then struck out Troy Tulowitzki for a much needed first out. Seth Smith then singled to right, scoring Herrara and bringing Buddy Black to pull his young starter.

The wheels came off from there as Chad Qualls gave up four consecutive singles, putting Colorado up 6-1.

Chris Denorfia added RBI singles in the seventh and ninth to finish the scoring for San Diego.