Rockies Report, Game 16:

ROCKIES BOTTOM LINE: Forced to adapt and go to a bullpen game when Kyle Freeland was scratched early Sunday due to left-posterior shoulder soreness, the Rockies fell behind in the bottom of the first inning and never caught up, tumbling to a 7-2 defeat and a four-game sweep at the hands of the San Diego Padres at Petco Park.

But the real story was the Rox’ quiet offense. Five Padres pitchers combined to stifle Colorado’s bats, limiting them to just two hits — one of which was a 2-RBI double from catcher Brett Sullivan that accounted for all of the Rockies offense and brought them within 3-2 in the fifth inning.

B.Sully comes through 🫡 pic.twitter.com/jG8gOSPISF

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San Diego quickly rebuilt and expanded its edge, adding a fifth-inning run on a Manny Machado single, two sixth-inning runs via Ramón Laureano’s two-run homer and a final run in the seventh on Jackson Merrill’s solo shot.

Those runs represented four of the five tacked on at the expense of Valente Bellozo, who tossed 90 pitches over 4 1/3 innings in his third Rockies appearance this season, and his most-extensive work since the home opener.

Colorado is 6-10.

ROCKIES STARTER’S REPORT

Jimmy Herget got the assignment of opening the game, and even though he bore minimal responsibility for the defeat, he ended up absorbing the statistical loss after Machado drove home Laureano with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first. Laureano reached base when Herget plunked him with an 0-2, 91-MPH fastball.

It was just the second run off Herget in eight appearances so far this year. His WHIP still sits at 0.78 for the season despite the rough first inning.

Freeland is considered “day-to-day,” Schaeffer told media after the game. He will be evaluated Monday.

BITS AND PIECES

IT WAS DECIDED FOR THE ROCKIES WHEN: Merrill went deep in the seventh to put the Rox down five runs.

NUMBER TO NOTE: 14 — Rockies who failed to reach base before Ezequiel Tovar was hit by a pitch in the fifth inning, starting a two-out rally that resulted in Sullivan’s RBI double. The top three spots in Colorado’s order went a combined 0-for-12.

WHAT’S NEXT: An off-day before heading to Houston to start a three-game series at Daikin Park. Starting pitchers are TBD for Tuesday night’s game, which will begin at 6:10 p.m. MDT.