The season had gotten a little green for the Padres. As in, the color of one’s countenance when feeling ill.

Purple is the color the Padres needed to see at a time like this.

That is the color worn by one major league team. The worst one.

That is who came to Petco Park on Thursday.

And that is who the Padres got right against in the opener of a four-game series, as Randy Vásquez and three relievers held the Rockies scoreless and the Padres offense did enough to score a 2-0 victory.

This is the same Rockies team the Padres shut out for an entire three-game series in April.

That was the Padres’ first time keeping a team from scoring in a series of at least three games, the first time the Rockies had been held scoreless in a three-game series and the first time since 2017 an MLB team ha

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