Padres Woes Continue

COLORADO 4, SAN DIEGO 2-----------

SAN DIEGO (Ticker) -- Aaron Cook rode a personal streak one way, while his opponent continued to slide in the other direction. Cook won his sixth straight decision and Brad Hawpe drove in a pair of runs to lead the Colorado Rockies to a 4-2 victory over the plummeting San Diego Padres in the opener of a three-game series on Friday. The 29-year-old Cook (6-1) tossed seven solid innings, holding San Diego to just one run and three hits. He struck out one and walked four. "I'm pretty confident," Cook said. "Once you get on a roll, I think your confidence tends to go up. I'm able to slow the game down now when I get into jams, and I've got total confidence in my defense." Taylor Buchholz pitched a scoreless eighth and Brian Fuentes overcame a solo home run in the ninth to record his fourth save in six chances.