San Diego's Randy Vasquez celebrated the birth of his daughter this past week, and his first chance to pitch again will come in a pennant race in Denver on Saturday night.

Vasquez (3-6, 3.96 ERA) will try to navigate hitter-friendly Coors Field for the Padres (76-65) in the second of a three-game series against the Colorado Rockies (40-101).

Colorado will counter with fellow right-hander McCade Brown (0-2, 8.22), a rookie who will make his third career start and second at home.

The Rockies took the first game 3-0 on Friday night behind eight innings of two-hit pitching by Kyle Freeland.

Vasquez was with Triple-A El Paso last week when he got word his wife, Aniana, was going into labor. He flew from Sacramento to San Diego to be with her, and the couple welcomed their daughter.

"I had

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