DENVER -- Following the Padres’ head-scratcher of a shutout loss to the Rockies at Coors Field on Friday night, manager Mike Shildt said he had confidence that his club would turn things around.

But he added that “actions are going to have to speak louder than words.”

The actions -- particularly by way of the bats -- spoke loudly on Saturday, when San Diego bounced back with a 10-8 victory over Colorado and gained on the first-place Dodgers in the National League West . Los Angeles lost to Baltimore earlier in the evening, and the Padres are one game back.

Fernando Tatis Jr. led the way with a long three-run homer in the second, a Statcast-projected 441-foot shot over the left-center-field wall for his 20th of the season. Luis Arraez had a three-hit night and drove in two. Freddy

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