Sports
Rockies rookie whipped in debut
Published Monday, May 12, 2008 at 09:09 AM
SAN DIEGO (AP) _ All it took for the San Diego Padres to suddenly look alive was to face a pitcher making his big league debut. Scott Hairston and Khalil Greene homered to spoil Greg Reynolds' first start, leading the Padres to a 6-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies yesterday on their first series win in nearly a month. The Padres have been playing so poorly that their two consecutive wins match their season high, which they've managed only three times. After winning for just the sixth time in 24 games, the Padres (14-24) continue to have the worst record in the majors. San Diego had lost eight consecutive series before taking two of three from the defending NL champion Rockies. Reynolds (0-1) and Chris Young (3-3) had been locked in a scoreless duel until Hairston homered off of Reynolds' first pitch of the sixth inning. Greene's two-run shot into the seats in left-center made it 4-0 with two outs in the sixth. Reynolds was the second pick overall in the 2006 draft. The Rockies purchased his contract before the game, but he'd known since earlier in the week that he was coming up.
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