Padres look to ride pitching staff vs. woeful Rockies

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Dylan Cease was dominant for the San Diego Padres on Monday night, allowing just one hit and one run in seven innings and striking out eight in a 3-1 win over the Colorado Rockies in Denver.

Michael King, who will take the mound Tuesday in Game 2 of the teams' four-game series at Coors Field, might have been even better the last time he started.

Although he absorbed a 1-