The San Diego Padres swept the Colorado Rockies over the weekend by scores of 7-3, 5-2, 9-5, and 7-2 in a four game series at San Diego’s Petco Park in southern California. However, the most notable win in the four games happened on Thursday as Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts of Oranjestad, Aruba recorded the second walk off grand slam of the season.
Dominic Smith of the Atlanta Braves was the first player to hit a walk off grand slam in 2026. He accomplished the feat in a 6-2 Braves win over the Kansas City Royals on March 28.
Bogaerts came to the plate with the game tied at three in the bottom of the 12th inning. He scored second baseman Jake Cronenworth of St. Clair, Michigan, center fielder Jackson Merrill of Baltimore, Maryland and third baseman Manny Machado of Hialeah, Florida, with a home run that went 399 feet. The walk off grand slam came off of Rockies relief pitcher Valente Bellozo. It has been a significant struggle for Bellozo this season as the native of Mexicali, Mexico has an earned run average of 7.59.
So far in 2026, Bogaerts is batting .237 with two home runs and eight runs batted in. It is amazing that half of Bogaerts’s home runs and RBI totals came on one hit. Bogaerts has also scored four runs and had two doubles, two stolen bases, six walks, 22 total bases, an on base percentage of .308 and a slugging percentage of .373. Bogaerts’s two stolen bases for the season also came in the game on Thursday.
With the sweep, the Padres improved to a record of 10 wins and six losses. They are in second place in the National League West and two games back of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
