The Padres captured their third championship in five years on Sunday by defeating the Rockies 2-0 on a beautiful fall afternoon for baseball. The two regular season division champions posted nothing but zeros on the scoreboard in a classic pitching duel until the Padres broke through for two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning on run scoring doubles by Craig Jones and Mike Murphy.

Chuck Healy's Rockies attempted to score first when they threatened in both the sixth and seventh innings. In both innings they put two runners in scoring position but failed to push across the games first run. Their biggest threat was in the seventh when they loaded the bases on two hits and a walk, but Mark Manioci got out of the jam with a strikeout and a pop-out. The Padres finally got on the scoreboard in their half of the seventh. With one out Jeff Murphy reached first on a single. Craig Jones then followed with a deep fly ball to center field that just missed leaving the ballpark. Murphy scored on the hit and Jones ended up on second base with a stand up double. After Bill Mitchell grounded out, Mike Murphy hit a double down the left field line to score Jones with the second and final run of the inning and the game. The Rockies fought to the end with a Jim Egan two out single in the ninth, but Manioci got the final out on a popup just beyond the infield that second baseman Jeff Murphy caught to seal the victory.