LIKELY PITCHING: Padres: Yu Darvish (15-7, 3.05 ERA, .93 WHIP, 183 strikeouts); Rockies: Chad Kuhl (6-9, 5.48 ERA, 1.52 WHIP, 103 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Rockies take a 1-0 lead in the final game of the series against the San Diego Padres.

Colorado is 65-86 overall and 41-38 in home games. The Rockies are 28-10 in games when they’ve hit two or more home runs.

San Diego is 83-68 overall and 43-36 in road games. The Padres are 56-24 in games when recording eight or more hits.

The teams meet on Saturday for the 18th time this season. The Rockies are 10-7 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: CJ Cron leads the Rockies with a .267 batting average and has 28 doubles, three triples, 29 home runs, 41 walks and 101 RBIs. Yonathan Daza is 12 for 37 with four RBIs in the last 10 games.

Manny Machado leads the Padres with 65 extra hits (34 doubles, a triple and 30 home runs). Juan Soto is 10-for-35 with three doubles, two home runs and nine RBIs in the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rockies: 4-6, .223 batting average, 3.50 ERA, outscored by 10 runs

Padres: 6-4, .224 batting average, 2.25 ERA, outscored opponents by 13 points

INJURIES: Rockies: CJ Cron: day to day (hand), Brendan Rodgers: IL 10 days (hamstring), Jose Iglesias: IL 10 days (hand), Lucas Gilbreath: IL 15 days (elbow), Antonio Senzatela: IL 15 days (ACL), Kris Bryant: IL 10 days (foot), Tyler Kinley: IL 60 days (elbow), Helcris Olivarez: IL 60 days (shoulder), Ryan Rolison: IL 60 days (shoulder), Scott Oberg: 60 days IL (arm)

Padres: Drew Pomeranz: 60-day EV (elbow), Austin Adams: 60-day EV (forearm)

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data write and data from sports radar.