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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Despite throwing 140 pitches, Brian Bohanon was
determined to finish the game.
Bohanon threw a nine-hit shutout and Todd Hollandsworth hit two home runs, including a grand slam, to lead the Colorado Rockies to
an 11-0 win over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night.
|  | | Todd Hollandsworth watches his solo home run off Padres pitcher Todd Erdos in the seventh inning. |
Bohanon (10-9) was never in serious trouble as he pitched his
second complete game and first shutout of the season. But the
left-hander struggled in the ninth as his pitch count rose to 140.
"He had great stuff and great control," Rockies manager Buddy
Bell said. "He didn't want to come out. It would have taken a
whole team to get him out."
The Padres managed to advance only three baserunners to third
base.
"To be able to maintain it, throwing for nine innings, that's
what I take most gratification in," said Bohanon, who walked three
and struck out three. "It was nice to be able to go out and
control their bats and do whatever I wanted to."
The Rockies staked Bohanon to a 5-0 lead in the first inning,
capped by Hollandsworth's first career grand slam. He added his
15th homer in the seventh inning, giving him a career-high five
RBI.
"With the bases loaded, I'm really looking to drive the ball,"
said Hollandsworth. "I just wanted to make contact and get good
wood on the ball."
Adam Eaton (5-3) made his first start since Sept. 3 after
skipping his last turn due to exhaustion. The rookie gave up eight
runs on 11 hits in five innings.
San Diego suffered through a poor night in every way. The Padres
committed three errors and stranded 12 baserunners.
"It really doesn't get much worse than that," Padres manager
Bruce Bochy said. "We were just terrible. That game started out
bad and gradually got worse."
Todd Helton went 0-for-4, before being lifted for a pinch-hitter
in the seventh inning, to drop his major league-leading average to
.378.
The Rockies opened the first inning with consecutive singles by
Juan Pierre and Nefi Perez. After Eaton retired the next two
batters, Jeffrey Hammonds' infield single loaded the bases.
A passed ball by Wiki Gonzalez allowed Pierre to score, and a
walk to Todd Walker reloaded the bases. Hollandsworth followed with
a drive that just cleared the right-field fence for a 5-0 lead.
"It helps to have a 5-0 lead," Bohanon said. "It's just a
matter of me throwing strikes and keeping the defense in it."
Jeff Cirillo and Hammonds reached on singles in the second
before Walker's two-run double.
Brent Mayne, who had three hits, added an RBI single in the
fifth and Cirillo's infield single drove in a run in the seventh.
Game notes
Hollandsworth has three multihomer games in his career. The
last came when he was playing for Los Angeles on May 11, 1996
against St. Louis. ... Bohanon won his fourth straight road start.
In those four outings, Bohanon has allowed only four earned runs in
32 2/3 innings. ... Against the Padres, Bohanon is only 3-7 in 11
career starts. ... In Eaton's last three starts, he's lasted just
12 innings, allowing 19 earned runs on 24 hits. ... San Diego has
five errors in the last two games. ... Colorado has scored more
runs (123) in the first inning than any other inning.
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