When the San Diego Padres and the Colorado Rockies meet in a road matchup, it usually results in a high number of hits and an equally high number of runs. That was not the case on Friday when the Padres traveled to Scottsdale, Ariz. to play the Rockies at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. The game turned into a pitchers duel and it was decided in the bottom of the ninth when Zac Veen hit a walk-off home run to give Colorado a 3-2 win. San Diego managed just four hits in the game with three of those hits coming from the starting lineup. Jake Cronenworth, Ramon Laureano and Sung-Mun Song got on base with hits and the fourth hit was added by Samad Taylor, who had an RBI-single in the top of the eighth inning. The Padres return to the Peoria Sports Complex to host the Seattle Mariners in their second meeting of the spring on Saturday at 12:10 p.m.
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AJ Cassavell of Padres.com looks at four big questions facing manager Craig Stammen and the Padres with Opening Day less than a month away.
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San Diego has been using the ABS challenge system frequently throughout Spring Training and that is helping the Padres get a feel for how they will use it during the regular season. Luis Campusano, who used the system in the minors last season, has appeared to be the most comfortable and successful, but fans have seen Freddy Fermin, Ty France and Nick Castellanos all have calls successfully overturned.
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Sung-Mun Song had his second hit in as many games against the Rockies and appears to be getting a handle on the velocity at the MLB level. He should get more opportunities to see live in-game pitching in the coming weeks as Fernando Tatis Jr., Manny Machado and Xander Bogaerts head to the World Baseball Classic.
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Randy Vasquez had another strong spring outing for the Padres with no runs and no hits allowed over 2.2 innings. San Diego was unable to pull off a win, but Vasquez appears to be taking advantage of his opportunity to be the fourth starter in the Padres rotation.
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