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Joe Musgrove pitches Padres to shutout win over Rockies
Field Level Media
30 Jul 2021, 15:55 GMT+10
Back-to-back doubles by Tommy Pham and Fernando Tatis Jr. opening the bottom of the first produced the game s only run through 7 1/2 innings Thursday night as host San Diego finally prevailed 3-0 in a pitching duel between the Padres Joe Musgrove and the Colorado Rockies Kyle Freeland.
The Padres scored twice in the bottom of the eighth on Jake Cronenworth s 14th homer of the season.
Musgrove (7-7) blanked the Rockies on three hits and a walk over seven innings while equaling his season-high of 11 strikeouts. Musgrove retired the last nine Rockies he faced after working out of jams in the first and fourth innings.