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Gavin Sheets Gives Padres Another Walk-Off Homer vs. Rockies
Sheets homered twice, and the Padres won their sixth game in seven tries after Colorado tied it in the eighth.
- On Friday, Gavin Sheets hit a three-run, game-ending home run in the ninth inning to lift the San Diego Padres to a 5-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies in San Diego.
- San Diego starter Walker Buehler fired six scoreless innings while Sheets and Luis Campusano provided early offense with solo home runs in the fifth, staking the Padres to a 2-0 lead.
- The Rockies rallied to tie the game 2-2 in the eighth inning when Jordan Beck delivered a clutch pinch-hit single to drive in the tying run after Colorado had trailed 2-0.
- Colorado reliever Juan Mejia entered the ninth with the game tied and surrendered a leadoff single to Jackson Merrill, then walked Manny Machado before Sheets delivered the decisive blow.
- The teams continue their three-game series on Saturday, April 11, 2026, with Colorado right-hander Ryan Feltner scheduled to face San Diego right-hander German Marquez .
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Independent EspañolSAN DIEGO (AP) — Gavin Sheets' second home run of the game was a three-run shot that sealed the win in the ninth inning, and the San Diego Padres beat the Rockies 5-2 on Friday…
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Sheets' 3-run homer in the 9th inning helps Padres beat the Rockies 5-2
Gavin Sheets’ second homer of the game was a three-run, game-ending shot in the ninth inning as the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 5-2 on Friday night.
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