With two weeks and 13 games remaining, the San Diego Padres are very much alive in the National League West.

San Diego (81-68) is chasing Los Angeles (83-65) for division supremacy and can keep the heat on the Dodgers in the finale of a four-game series against the visiting Colorado Rockies on Sunday afternoon.

Colorado (41-108) will send German Marquez (3-13, 6.31 ERA) to the mound against the Padres' Yu Darvish (3-5, 5.65) in a matchup of right-handers.

San Diego routed the Rockies 11-3 Saturday night and can win the weekend series on Sunday. The Padres have won nine of the first 12 games of the season series with Colorado.

Marquez, the oldest tenured player on the Rockies at age 30, has struggled since coming off the injured list last month. He missed five weeks with right biceps te

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