San Diego Padres

Takeaways from the Padres' 8-0 loss

Published Apr. 25, 2018 12:31 a.m. ET

John Horvath

COLORADO-- The Rockies scored seven runs in the first two innings en route to a comfortable 8-0 victory over the Padres on a cold night in Coors Field.

Colorado improved to 13-12, while San Diego dropped to 9-16.

Takeaways....

Lauer shaky in debut

Lefty Eric Lauer struggled in his first big league appearance. He threw three innings, giving up six hits and seven runs (six earned). He also struck out four and walked three.

The Kent State alum's location was obviously off from the beginning of his start. Whether that be the cold or nerves (perhaps a little bit of both), he was not very sharp.

The Rockies took advantage of that as well as some shaky Padres D.

With one out and the bases loaded in the first inning, Rockies catcher Chris Iannetta grounded a ball to short with what should have been a room-service double play. However, Jose Pirela (who has played mostly in the outfield this season) received the toss from Galvis and threw a short-hop to 1B Chase Headley, who was unable to pick the ball out of the dirt. Two runs ended up scoring on the play, and the Rockies were off and running.

Trevor Story delivered the game's dagger in the third off of Lauer, belting a grand slam over the left-center field fence.

"Definitely not the debut he was looking for," manager Andy Green stated after the game. "But this was a good place to start for him."

Strikeouts still an issue

The Padres struck out another 12 times tonight, increasing their major league lead. Franchy Cordero alone whiffed four times.

At one point, Rockies pitching had struck out six Padres in a row between the seventh and ninth innings.

As nice as the 13-run attack was last night for San Diego, the strikeouts keep on mounting.

Battling the elements

The weather in Colorado at first pitch was a bitter 37 degrees on Tuesday night. This was after a 45-minute delay to open the ballgame. Throughout the day, there was a rain-snow mix as well.

The good news for the Padres is that the weather will warm up for tomorrow's finale; with an expected high of 68 degrees in Colorado.