Jordan Beck’s career day broke a decade-long break without a San Diego sweep.

Beck hit his first home run as part of five runs driven in to help down the Padres 8-0 and clinch the Rockies’ first sweep in San Diego since 2013. It backed their pitching staff’s first shutout since Aug. 6, 2023, and moved Colorado’s season-best win streak to seven.

Here’s a breakdown of the club’s second consecutive sweep and the moments that mattered most:

The Moment:

— Padres ace Dylan Cease has held opponents in check, but the Rockies gave him problems Tuesday.

Ezequiel Tovar’s double and Ryan McMahon’s catcher’s interference call looked to be for naught. Jacob Stallings hit into a double play, and the threat went from burning hot to on edge in three pitches. Brendan Rodgers needed two to flip it back around.

Rodgers hit a two-out single to score Colorado’s second run off Cease. It ended Cease’s night and gave way to three more runs with two outs to put the visitors ahead for good. There wasn’t one player who stepped up. Instead, the Rockies used five consecutive singles to do their damage against the Padres.

The infectious hitting that was wayward most of the year has spread throughout the order.

“The vibes are good man,” Ryan McMahon said after Tuesday’s win. “A lot of guys doing a lot of good things around the diamond.”

Each hitter earned the chance to celebrate on base and did so. Colorado got on base 35 times in the sweep.

The Rockies’ youth means the emotions will run high and low as the roster gains battle scars. The roller coaster is at a 2024 peak, and the players who struggled to find answers during the lulls are soaking it up.

Takeaway

— Cal Quantrill shows the teeth that have given Colorado arms success in the past. He and the rotation around him keep things steady, and their offense has begun to back those efforts.

Colorado’s rotation worked 17 2/3 innings in the winning series, and none may have been more impactful than Quantrill’s six. He allowed one earned run and matched Padres’ ace Dylan Cease. He’s taken a competitor’s mindset from Coors Field on the road.

“I’m seeing a competitor,” manager Bud Black said. “I’m seeing a guy who comes to win. He’s built the right way. With Cal, I think going in he knew… this was going to be a good one. Cal matched him, (and) Cease has been one of the best pitchers in the National League.”

The Rockies’ rotation ranks among the league’s top half in park-adjusted earned run average since April 7. It has allowed 14 total runs through the team’s seven-game win streak.

Their earlier efforts were wasted as the offense struggled. Now that both are in rhythm, the wins are following.

What went right:

— Brenton Doyle and Tovar have speed, but they just needed chances to show it.

The Rockies are upping their aggressiveness on the basepaths to manufacture offense. They stole three bases Monday as part of eight in their last six games. In the 37 games before the recent outburst, they had swiped 11 bases.

“That’s what we’ve gotta do,” Black said. “With our group, we’ve got to push it a little bit. We’re having trouble scoring runs, so any opportunity in a game that calls for aggressiveness, we’re going to do it. We’ve got to push the envelope to get our offense going.”

Spring training was an introduction to the plan. Prospects like Adael Amador and Zac Veen helped the club embrace an aggressive mindset that helped offensive runs.

As the major league squad awakens, the offense around it has too. The Rockies put up 31 hits in the three games and fed off one another to keep the momentum going. Running helped, and they used the aggressiveness to take extra bases on hits on top of the steals.

Colorado has to be efficient. Runners on base have to be aggressive, and the ones behind them do, too. 

What went wrong:

— Black is doing his best to foreshadow, but the warning hasn’t been heeded.

The skipper has spent the year preaching to pitchers the importance of living in the strike zone. The Rockies won the series despite one of their worst efficiency efforts. They walked 19 in three games and found a way to win a game with 11 walks on Monday, the third time in club history they’ve survived that many free passes and the first since 1999 against Milwaukee.

The skipper is famous for saying “Walks will come back to haunt,” and recent wins won’t change his opinion. Eventually, Colorado’s pitching staff will get burned if it continues to play with this level of fire.

What’s next:

— The Rockies will get their second shot at San Francisco’s rotation.

San Francisco will throw the same three pitchers who faced Colorado in a three-game set at Coors Field last week — Kyle Harrison, Jordan Hicks and Keaton Winn. The Giants won two of three and held the Rockies to seven combined runs in the two team’s first meeting.

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Rockies 8, Padres 0

What happened: Jordan Beck hit his first home run and drove in five to propel Colorado to its first sweep in San Diego since 2013 and second clean series in a row.

On the mound: Austin Gomber continued his dominance to lead Colorado’s first shutout of 2024. He went six scoreless innings and has allowed one run across his last four starts combined. The latest lowered his ERA to 3.02. Justin Lawrence, Nick Mears and Peter Lambert each contributed a clean inning to the closeout effort.

At the plate: Beck had a home run as part of three hits. He drove in five runs as part of his best day yet as a pro. Jake Cave and Jacob Stallings had multiple hits and the latter drove in two runs. Brenton Doyle drove in Colorado’s other run with his fifth home run. It had 12 hits between eight batters.

What’s next: Colorado Rockies (RHP Ryan Feltner, 1-3) at San Francisco Giants (LHP Kyle Harrison, 3-1) at 8:15 p.m. Friday at Oracle Park (Rockies.TV).