Ex-Rockies pitcher Márquez gets win against his former club despite allowing three homers

Rockies Report, Game 15:

ROCKIES BOTTOM LINE: Former Rockies starter Germán Márquez faced his old club for the first time and found the going rough, as Mickey Moniak went deep on him twice and Edouard Julien smashed a solo shot off him for his first home run since joining the Rox this year.

Past performance is indicative of future performance…

Two at-bats, two home runs for Mickey! pic.twitter.com/PuY7tGEse0

— Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) April 12, 2026

But it was worse for Ryan Feltner facing the Padres lineup, which didn’t wait until the late innings to sizzle, unlike the previous two nights. San Diego exploded for three runs off him in both the third and fourth innings, chasing him after four innings and 82 pitches and setting the stage for a 9-5 defeat that extended the Rockies’ skid to three games following a four-game winning streak.

Márquez, who took what some perceived as a shot at his former team when talking about his change in NL West addresses early in spring training, found himself in a 4-0 hole midway through the third inning, with all of the runs coming via the long ball of Moniak and Julien.

But three big innings were the Rockies’ undoing — the third, fourth and sixth. San Diego scored three runs in each frame, but the sixth inning was the most frustrating of all, as the Padres’ outburst started with a Kyle Karros error, continued with three-consecutive walks issued by reliever Kyle Karros, then culminated in Jackson Merrill’s two-out line drive up the middle that skipped off the glove of a lunging Ezequiel Tovar, leading to a pair of additional runs.

Agnos’ free passes were part of a seven-walk night from Rockies pitchers.

“You’re not gonna see that a lot from Kyle Karros,” manager Warren Schaeffer told media after the game. “But seven walks, you’re not gonna win a lot of games doing that. We’re priding ourselves on attacking the strike zone, and that didn’t happen tonight. Pitching has been really, really good. Just a little tough on the night.”

The Rockies brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth inning, loading the bases with two outs. But Tovar popped out to shallow center field to end the game.

Colorado fell to 6-9.

ROCKIES STARTER’S REPORT

Ryan Feltner was part of the afore-mentioned walk issue, with three walks over his four innings of work. Two of the batters he walked eventually scored, representing one-third of the six runs he allowed. He faced the minimum just once — but that was aided by Brett Sullivan gunning down Migel Andujar in the second inning when he attempted to steal second base.

The death knell for Feltner was a 31-pitch fourth inning. He fell to 1-1.

“I don’t think the fastball command was there. He was behind in counts. Forced to do some other things,” Schaeffer said. “It’s tough to pitch without your fastball.”

BITS AND PIECES

IT WAS DECIDED FOR THE ROCKIES WHEN: Tovar had his game-ending, bases-loaded pop fly to shallow center field.

NUMBER TO NOTE: 5 — Home runs for Moniak in nine games this season since coming off the injured list as he continues his torrid start, with a .300/.313/.800 line.

WHAT’S NEXT: Kyle Freeland looks for his second win of the season in his fourth start of the year. Nick Pivetta gets the call for San Diego. First pitch is at 2:10 p.m. MDT.

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