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DENVER -- Ian Kennedy pitched seven sharp innings, Rene Rivera hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the sixth and the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 6-1 on Monday night in a game that included a 56-minute weather delay. Pat McAfee Womens Jersey . Chase Headley added four hits for San Diego, including a two-run triple in the seventh inning to break open a close game. Kennedy seemed to gain strength the deeper he got into the game, striking out five of the last six batters he faced before wind, rain and lightning forced the delay heading into the eighth inning. Kevin Quackenbush stepped in for Kennedy when play resumed. Kennedy (7-9) finished with nine strikeouts, boosting his team-leading total this season to 125. He allowed four hits in seven innings, including Drew Stubbs leadoff home run in the fourth. The outing by Kennedy extended a strong run by the Padres rotation. San Diegos starting pitchers have allowed only six runs over the last seven games, helping the Padres go 5-2 in that stretch. The Padres improved to 28-4 this season when scoring four or more runs, the second-best mark in baseball behind Washington, which is 39-3 when scoring at least four times. Slumping Colorado lost for the 18th time in the last 21 games. With the score tied at 1-1 in the sixth, Tommy Medica hit a one-out double and Rivera followed with a double to left. One out later, Cameron Maybin sent a drive to the warning track in left centre that seemed to get caught in swirling winds and dropped just beyond the reach of Corey Dickersons glove as the Padres took a 3-1 lead. San Diego added three runs in the seventh. Kennedy drew a leadoff walk and Chris Denorfia singled to chase Tyler Matzek (1-3). Headley greeted Matt Belisle with a triple off the right-field wall, scoring Kennedy and Denorfia. Carlos Quentins sacrifice fly put the Padres in front by five runs. Matzek was charged with five runs and eight hits in six innings. He walked four and struck out four. Brooks Conrad got the Padres on the board with a sacrifice fly in the fourth. NOTES: RHP Tyson Ross, the Padres lone All-Star representative, is scheduled to start Sunday against the Los Angeles Dodgers and wont pitch in next Tuesdays Midsummer Classic, though hell be in attendance for the festivities, according to manager Bud Black. Ross is slated to start Tuesdays Game 2 against LHP Franklin Morales and the Rockies. ... Kennedys team-leading 19th start also tied him for the most starts in the majors this season. ... Kennedy has worked six or more innings in 15 of his starts this year. ... The Rockies have lost seven of their last 11 meetings with San Diego dating to last September. ... Stubbs is batting .333 (6 for 18) with two home runs midway through the Rockies 10-game homestand. ... Rockies batters struck out 13 times in all. Kenny Moore Colts Jersey . The team also announced Tuesday that the Braves will wear a commemorative patch on the right sleeve during the season. The patch, shaped like home plate, carries the number 715, Aarons autograph and a "40th Anniversary" banner. Parris Campbell Colts Jersey .Y. -- Phil Jackson lost out on his preferred coach, but hes working hard on keeping his star player.Dylan Hartley and George Ford say England still have plenty of room for improvement despite their 58-15 win over Fiji on Saturday. England made it 12 wins in a row and kept their unbeaten record under Eddie Jones with a nine-try victory at Twickenham, adding to their 37-21 triumph over South Africa in their autumn opener last weekend. Highlights of Englands Autumn International clash against Fiji at Twickenham. However, Fiji scored three tries of their own and both Ford and skipper Hartley believe there is plenty for England to work on ahead of next weeks clash with Argentina, live on Sky Sports 2. I thought there was some good stuff, attack-wise, Ford said. There is always stuff to work on. I thought it was a bit loose at the breakdown first-half. We tidied that up a little in the second half and played some good stuff at the end. George Ford admits England can still improve after their win over Fiji We put an emphasis on the first 20 minutes to get a good start, we let ourselves down a little bit there last week so we are happy to make improvements in that area but fair play to Fiji, to be honest, it was a tough game and it took some doing. Dylan Hartley gives his reaction to Englands win over Fiji at Twickenham I thought it was a little bit off defensively. Ben Banogu Jersey. A little bit of urgency in the first half and not where we needed to be anyway, especially for the next two games and Argentina this week so well be hard on ourselves there and look to get better. England vs Argentina November 26, 2016, 1:30pm Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass Hartley said he was happier with the opening exchanges against Fiji but insists England need to work on maintaining their intensity. Alex Goode of England is tackled by Albert Vulivuli and Sunia Koto of Fiji I think there is plenty to work on, definitely. It can always be better, he said. I think we started the game very well but probably dropped off intensity-wise. Thats something we need to sort out.They are an attacking threat, they are amazing rugby players. The threat with them is they are big, physical guys who can move the ball pretty sharpish, they have got good feet and they offload out of every tackle, so weve got plenty to work on but weve got to respect the threat they posed. Also See: Jones: Wales complacent again Nine-try England thrash Fiji England fixtures WATCH: Reaction from Twickenham ' ' '
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