SAN DIEGO (AP) \u2014 Ty France went 3 for 3 with a home run and scored three times as the surging San Diego Padres finished a four-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies with a 7-2 victory Sunday.<\/p>\n
Ram\u00f3n Laureano hit a two-run homer and Jackson Merrill also went deep for the Padres, who have won five in a row and eight of nine. However, starting pitcher Nick Pivetta exited with right elbow stiffness in the fourth inning.<\/p>\n
Brett Sullivan had a two-run double for the Rockies, who were held to a pair of hits. Colorado arrived in San Diego on a four-game winning streak.<\/p>\n
Manny Machado\u2019s sacrifice fly gave the Padres a 1-0 lead in the first against emergency opener Jimmy Herget (0-1), who got the start when Kyle Freeland was a late scratch<\/a> with left shoulder soreness.<\/p>\n Pivetta retired the Rockies in order through three innings, striking out four before leaving after throwing a fastball to even the count at 2-2 on Edouard Julien leading off the fourth.<\/p>\n Kyle Hart came in and got the next seven outs. He gave up Sullivan\u2019s two-out double in the fifth that cut it to 3-2.<\/p>\n Freddy Fermin hit a sacrifice fly against Chase Dollander for a 2-0 lead in the second and France launched his first home run<\/a> of the season \u2014 off Valente Bellozo \u2014 to make it 3-0 in the fourth. Bellozo threw 90 pitches in relief, allowing five runs in 4 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n Machado had an RBI single for a 4-2 lead in the fifth after Merrill singled and stole second base.<\/p>\n Laureano, who had a three-run homer in Saturday\u2019s victory, hit his fourth of the season \u2014 a two-out, two-run shot<\/a> after France’s single to make it 6-2 in the sixth.<\/p>\n