Triple Olympic gold medal-winning rower Drew Ginn and longtime Justin Langer collaborator Ben Oliver have been formally commissioned as the new high performance executives for Cricket Australia, taking joint control of an area that sprawled into such vast territory under the former czar Pat Howard that the governing body deemed it too large for one person to run.

Howard was sacked by the new chief executive Kevin Roberts shortly after he replaced James Sutherland, in the wake of the damning Ethics Centre review of Australian cricket culture that was ordered after the Newlands ball tampering scandal last year. A lengthy search for Howard's replacement has seen the role filled temporarily by the executive in charge of community cricket, Belinda Clark, as CA stopped and then redefined the recruiting process as being for two jobs rather than one. Ginn will be based in Melbourne and Olivier in Brisbane with the pair starting on July 29.

While Howard joined cricket "cold" in 2011, following a career in rugby union, pharmacy and property development, Ginn has moved across from his background in rowing and the Olympic movement via two years as the head of high performance with Tasmania. He will take control of a role primarily responsible for the running of domestic competitions, Australian youth teams, player, coach and umpire pathways including club cricket, talent ID and sports science.

"I am looking forward to joining Cricket Australia and having the opportunity to work more broadly across the National system," Ginn said. "The past two years with Cricket Tasmania have been immensely rewarding.

"This is a chance to continue the work I have enjoyed locally and to now work closely with many great people involved in leading our domestic, national and youth competitions along with the leaders of our State programs, and those leaders in our Cricket Australia pathway programs, and our sports science and sports medicine areas."

Peter Roach, the head of cricket operations, will report to Ginn. Roach has also taken over control of scheduling, an area of some difficulty for CA in recent times after India insisted on an ODI tour in mid-January next year. The Big Bash League, Sheffield Shield and domestic one-day tournament programs for next summer are still to be announced.

Oliver, a former first-class player for Victoria and Tasmania, held roles with CA, Cricket Victoria and the ICC before working closely with Langer as the high performance manager for Western Australia since 2012. Together, they established a program that was the envy of other states, notably by their use of a squad closely unified between the WA state team and the Perth Scorchers BBL club - a model subsequently used unashamedly by Tasmania and the Hobart Hurricanes.

"I have devoted most of my adult life to cricket, in both playing and high-performance roles, and I am extremely proud and humbled to continue that association as EGM, National Teams," Oliver said. "I look forward to working with Justin Langer and Matthew Mott and their national men's and women's teams, as well as national selectors and all those involved in team operations and logistics."

Among the first items on Oliver's to-do list will be a look at the national selection panel, which will be shorn of the national talent manager Greg Chappell, currently with the Australian team on World Cup assignment, when he retires at the end of the Ashes series. Having already lost Mark Waugh, who was not replaced last year, that would leave only Langer and the chairman of selectors, Trevor Hohns, as formal members of the panel.

Howard's tenure featured no end of issues, as he sought to work as a change agent to pursue goals outlined in the 2011 Don Argus-led review of Australian team performance, which followed the hefty loss of the Ashes 3-1 at home to England in 2010-11. His hard-nosed and confrontational style did not always go down well across the Australian system, particularly when added to his lack of a cricket background.

Alongside numerous issues of workload management for fast bowlers in particular, Howard's term saw the 2013 homework scandal in India that contributed to the sacking of Mickey Arthur to be replaced by Darren Lehmann in 2013, the death of Phillip Hughes in 2014 and subsequent work to change concussion protocols in the game, winning the World Cup in 2015 on home soil and then suffering a dramatic Ashes defeat in England later that same year.

Another run of losses in late 2016, including Test series defeats by Sri Lanka away and South Africa at home, led to Rod Marsh's resignation as selection chairman and a refocus on the demands for strong performance by the Australian team - Howard and Sutherland visited the team dressing room in Hobart to push that message directly. Results did improve, including a narrow series defeat against a highly fancied India in India in 2017, and the regaining of the Ashes at home in 2017-18, before the Newlands scandal in South Africa led to many changes, including the end of Howard's time in the job.

Clark was left to run the department while a replacement could be found, and it was her opinion that the executive general manager's role had to be split in two. "Australian cricket owes Belinda a debt of gratitude for the exceptional job she has performed throughout a challenging time for Australian cricket," Roberts said. "She is one of our game's greatest trailblazers and servants at all levels and we are delighted that she will resume her role as EGM of Community Cricket in late August after handing over to Ben and Drew and having a well-earned break. It is a critical role and a job she loves."

Carli Lloyd had just scored on an 18-yard volley to put the United States ahead 11 minutes into its Women's World Cup match Sunday against Chile. After leaping, pumping a fist and hugging teammate Lindsey Horan, she raised both hands chin high and made four tiny pitter-patter claps, the type seen more frequently at Pebble Beach than Parc des Princes.

A message? You bet.

Easy wins and lots of goals are par for the course when it comes to the U.S. women's national team.

"I can't take credit for it. I'm not sure if Lindsey is taking credit for it," Lloyd said after a 3-0 victory in Paris clinched the U.S. a spot in the round of 16. "She had told me if we score, that's what we're going to do, so I just went along with it after I did my little celebration. But it was fun. I think it made a statement on the sideline there. It was cool."

A record-setting 13-0 rout of Thailand that opened the tournament for the Americans sparked a debate back home. Celebration had not been discussed this much since Kool & the Gang. Some cried poor sportsmanship. Others argued players shouldn't be asked to let up on soccer's biggest stage.

All the harrumphing was heard across the Atlantic.

"I guess we could have just passed it around the back for a million times, but that's boring. That's disrespectful to everyone: fans, ourselves," veteran Megan Rapinoe said. "The only thing you ask of an athlete really is to put it all out there and do the best you can. It's not in our DNA ever."

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Horan said Emily Sonnett, a 25-year-old defender at her first World Cup, suggested responses. Trolling critics was the goal.

"We decided to do something different today," Horan said with an impish smile. "Handshakes were part of it. Golf clap was part of it."

Coach Jill Ellis speculated Lloyd's inspiration was Lloyd's spouse, professional golfer Brian Hollins.

"I'm guessing it was a shout-out to her husband," Ellis said.

The 13 goals against Thailand did pay off in the end, after Sweden also won Sunday; they give the U.S. a superior goal difference, allowing the Americans to win Group F should Thursday's final group-stage game against the Swedes end in a draw.

But winning the group likely would put the U.S. on track for a quarterfinal matchup against host France in Paris. Ellis would not speculate whether her team would be better off finishing second and winding up in the other half of the bracket.

"There's a lot of grass to navigate between now and potential matchups," she said. "This game is a crazy game, and you have to bring it every single match."

No team has won consecutive Women's World Cups since the event began in 1991, a reason for sangfroid.

"We're climbing up a mountain now," Lloyd said, "and it's only going to get harder."

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Gary Woodland denied Brooks Koepka's bold bid at history and made U.S. Open memories of his own Sunday with two clutch shots, a birdie putt on the final hole and that silver trophy in his hands at Pebble Beach.

Yeah, he's got this.

Koepka, trying to match a 114-year-old record with his third straight U.S. Open, kept the pressure on until the very end. Woodland was just as unflappable and got better with each big moment he faced, whether it was a 3-wood from 263 yards or a lob wedge from the putting surface that will take its place with other big moments on the 17th hole of Pebble Beach.

Needing three putts to win, Woodland finished in style with a 30-foot birdie putt for a 2-under 69, giving him the lowest 72-hole score in six U.S. Opens at Pebble Beach and a three-shot victory over Koepka. He raised both arms in the air to salute the crowd, turned toward the Pacific and slammed down his fist.

"I never let myself get ahead," Woodland said. "Once that went in, it all came out of me. It's special to finish it off here at Pebble Beach."

Koepka had to settle for a footnote in history. He closed with a 68, making him the first player with all four rounds in the 60s at a U.S. Open without winning.

But he made Woodland earn every bit of his first major championship.

Clinging to a one-shot lead with more pressure than he has ever felt, Woodland seized control by going for the green on the par-5 14th hole with a 3-wood from 263 yards, narrowly clearing a cavernous bunker and setting up a simple up-and-down for a two-shot lead.

"The idea was to play for the win," Woodland said. "I could have laid up. That 3-wood separated me a little bit."

It was the shot of the tournament, until Woodland hit one even better.

He dropped the 5-iron from his hands when it sailed well to the right on the par-3 17th, the edge of the green with the pin 90 feet away over a hump. Up ahead on the par-5 18th, Koepka drilled a 3-iron just over the back of the green, leaving him a 50-foot chip for eagle to tie, with a birdie likely to do the trick considering what Woodland faced on the 17th.

Koepka chipped to 10 feet and narrowly missed the birdie putt. Woodland, unable to hit putter and get anywhere near the hole, opted to pitch it. He clipped it perfectly just over the hump, and it checked about 12 feet from the hole and trickled out to tap-in range.

"I was just trying to get it over that hump," Woodland said. "I thought it had a chance to go in, but it's not one I want over."

That effectively ended the U.S. Open.

Woodland, a 35-year-old who played basketball for one year at Washburn before taking a golf scholarship at Kansas, is immensely popular with his peers, many of whom gathered behind the 18th to celebrate his first major with him.

His biggest moment of the year wasn't any shot he hit. He starred in a viral video with Amy Bockerstette, a 20-year-old with Down Syndrome, during the Phoenix Open. Woodland invited her to play the par-3 16th, and Amy hit into a bunker, blasted onto the green and made the par putt, all the while saying, "You got this." That was the message she sent Woodland on Saturday night.

Woodland played conservatively down the 18th and made one last birdie that only mattered in the record book. He was aware that Tiger Woods had a 12-under 272 during his historic rout at Pebble Beach in 2000, and he topped him.

That birdie put him at 13-under 271 and earned him $2.25 million, the richest payoff in golf.

The difference was Woods won by 15 shots and was the only player under par. With a marine layer blocking the sunshine, and no significant wind at Pebble Beach all week, 31 players finished under par.

Koepka started four shots behind in his bid to join Willie Anderson as the only players to go back-to-back-to-back in the toughest test in golf. He made up ground quickly with four birdies in five holes.

"I felt like, `We've got a ball game now,"' Koepka said.

He failed to get up-and-down from a bunker for birdie on the par-5 sixth, and missed a 6-foot birdie putt on the par-3 seventh. Still, he stayed within range, just like he wanted, knowing that anything could happen on the back nine of a U.S. Open.

Something wonderful happened to Woodland.

"Gary played a hell of a round today," Koepka said. "Props to him to hang in there. To go out in style like that is pretty cool."

Of the four other players who had a shot at three straight U.S. Opens, no one came closer than Koepka. He now has a victory in the PGA Championship and runner-up finishes in the Masters and U.S. Open.

Justin Rose was the only one who caught Woodland all day, with a birdie on the opening hole. Rose bogeyed from the bunker on No. 2 as Woodland birdied, and he never caught up. Rose fell out of the race with three bogeys in a four-hole stretch on the back nine. He shot 74 and shared third with Xander Schauffele (67), Jon Rahm (68) and Chez Reavie (71).

Woods birdied six of his last 12 holes and was never a factor. He tied for 21st, 11 shots behind.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Gary Woodland, who hadn't finished in the top 10 of a major championship until last year, held off a charge from two-time defending champion Brooks Koepka to win the 119th U.S. Open at Pebble Beach for his first major victory on Sunday.

Woodland, who started the final round with a one-stroke lead, shot 2-under par and finished 13 under for 72 holes to win by three strokes over Koepka, who was trying to become the first man in 114 years to win three consecutive U.S. Open titles.

If you haven't heard much about Woodland, here are five things you need to know:

1. He was a star in a viral video earlier this season

When Woodland arrived at the Waste Management Phoenix Open in late January, PGA Tour officials asked him if he would play the famed par-3 16th hole with Special Olympics golfer Amy Bockerstette, who has Down syndrome.

Woodland was happy to do it. He met Bockerstette and her father, Joe, when he reached the 16th tee box. Bockerstette, who accepted a scholarship to play golf at Paradise Valley Community College in Phoenix in 2018, knocked her tee shot into a bunker, chipped out to 8 feet and then sank the par putt.

"That's awesome!" Woodland said.

"Amy ... you're our hero."

How a superstar named Amy teamed up with @GaryWoodland to win the hearts of the 16th hole crowd @WMPhoenixOpen.#LiveUnderPar pic.twitter.com/iRhZbvdjuP

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) January 30, 2019

It was the most viral video in PGA Tour history, with more than five million views.

"I've done a lot of stuff being the defending champ, but that was by far the coolest thing that I got asked to do and something I'll never forget," Woodland said the day he played with Bockerstette. "I told her she was an inspiration to all of us and we can all learn from her. ... And I told her she was a hero and to keep doing what she's doing because we're all going to be following her."

2. Father's Day has special meaning for him

In March 2017, Woodland announced on Instagram that he and his wife, Gabby, were expecting twins. He posted an image from his wife's sonogram and wrote, "First time I've been excited about a double #twins."

Later that month, Woodland unexpectedly withdrew from the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in Austin, Texas, for personal reasons. A week later, he announced that he and his wife had lost one of their twin babies.

"Gabby and I have since had to cope with the heartbreaking loss of one of the babies, and our doctors will be closely monitoring the health of my wife and other baby for the remainder of the pregnancy," Woodland said in a statement. "We appreciate all of the love and support during this difficult time as we regroup as a family."

Woodland's son, Jaxson, was born 10 weeks premature in June 2017. He weighed 3 pounds and didn't leave the hospital for 40 days. Jaxson is healthy and walked the Par 3 Contest with his dad at the Masters in April.

"It's special," Woodland said this weekend. "Obviously, my dad's here, which is awesome. Unfortunately, my son's at home. He turns 2 next week, which is amazing. But being a father is as good as it gets."

Woodland announced this week that he and his wife are expecting identical twin girls in early August.

"I've got two more on the way, which will really make life really real," he said. "But it's exciting. [Jaxson] is a ball of fire, and I look forward to getting home with him next week."

3. He wanted to play basketball at Kansas

Woodland grew up in Topeka, Kansas, and was a basketball and golf star at Shawnee Heights High School in nearby Tecumseh. He wasn't recruited by Division I schools to play basketball, despite being named all-state and averaging 18 points as a senior. In March, ESPN.com ran a story chronicling how Woodland loved basketball, but instead ended up in golf.

Woodland was a shooter and a hard-nosed defender. He took a charge once that landed him in the hospital.

"Yeah, I remember that one," he said. "Took a knee, collapsed my trachea, left on a stretcher. That was on a Tuesday, and scored 20-some points on Friday [and was] player of the week. That guy was trying to dunk on me."

Woodland signed to play golf and basketball at Division II Washburn University in Topeka. After opening his freshman season against the Kansas Jayhawks in an exhibition hoops game, he realized golf was his future. He transferred to Kansas to play golf the next year.

Woodland said what he learned in basketball still helps him on the golf course.

"It taught me a lot," he said. "Basketball, you're not always going to have your best, but you find ways. If I'm not shooting well, I can pass, I can play defense. There's other things I can do.

"I can take that to golf. If I'm not driving the golf ball, now I can rely on something else to really get me through. It took me a while to get my game to that position, but I feel like I'm comfortable doing that now."

4. He struggled to close in the past -- but no longer

Woodland, 35, has been a PGA Tour regular since 2009 and has earned more than $23 million. He's currently ranked 25th in the world. He previously had won three events -- only once since 2013 -- and was runner-up 10 times. But until this week, he hadn't played particularly well in the final round of majors -- or when he had a 54-hole lead.

According to ESPN Stats & Information research, Woodland was 14-over par in the final rounds of major championships since 2017, which ranked 234th out of 236 players going into Sunday.

It also was the eighth time that he had at least a share of a 54-hole lead -- and the first time he held onto it. In January, Woodland had a five-shot lead going into the final round of the Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua. He shot 68 -- he was the only golfer to shoot in the 60s in all four rounds -- but he finished second when Xander Schauffele fired an 11-under 62 to win by one.

Woodland finished tied for eighth at the PGA Championship at Bethpage Black in May (he shot 68 in the final round) and tied for sixth at the 2018 PGA Championship at Bellerive (69 in final round).

"It took me a lot to learn to control adrenaline; and other sports you use adrenaline to your advantage. Out here, when I get a little excited, I need to find a way to calm myself back down," Woodland said.

"When I first got out here, if I got excited, I couldn't control it. I didn't know how far the ball was going, got ahead of myself. I've learned to take an extra deep breath and really start controlling everything, and not just the game -- controlling the mental side too."

5. Gary Woodland hits it far

Driving distance wasn't a necessity at Pebble Beach this week, but Woodland is one of the biggest hitters on the PGA Tour. He ranked 11th in driving distance before this week, averaging 309 yards.

"I've always hit it far," Woodland told Golf Channel in 2014. "When I first started playing golf as a kid, that's what we did. My buddies and I would go to the range and see who could hit it the farthest. If anyone asked me advice for their kids, I'd tell them to do the same thing, because it's hard to teach length. I tried to hit the golf ball as far as I could, then I learned to play golf later."

Fred VanVleet said Sunday there is nothing more that the Toronto Raptors can do to convince Kawhi Leonard to re-sign with the team, but he and several teammates expressed their hopes that the NBA Finals MVP decides to return.

Leonard, who led the Raptors to a six-game NBA Finals victory over the Golden State Warriors in his first season with Toronto, is expected to opt out of the final year of his contract and become a free agent.

"I think for us, there is nothing more that we can do. We've done it. The city has done it. This franchise had done it. The coaches have done it. My teammates have done it. We've done our job. The best way to recruit somebody is to just be yourself over the course of the year, and I would assume that he knows what is here and what makes this place special," VanVleet said at the team's first media availability since winning the NBA title.

"If it's enough than it's enough. If it's not then it's not. ... We would all love for him to be back and if he's not then we will move on from there. It's not the biggest deal in the world. He came here and did what he was supposed to do. So he brought this city a championship and I think he has earned his freedom and his career to do what he wants to do and we'll all respect him and admire him."

VanVleet added that if Leonard "is on another team, then we just have to kick his ass next year," drawing laughter from reporters in attendance.

"Hopefully he'll be back," he said.

Raptors forward Pascal Siakam said of Leonard that the Raptors "definitely want him back."

Center Marc Gasol said Sunday that Leonard's elite two-way game makes him "one of a kind.'' "I don't think there's any other player of his caliber right now in the NBA,'' Gasol said. "He's on a pedestal by himself.'' With status like that, longtime teammate Danny Green said Leonard's decision is sure to have a ripple effect across the NBA.

"Let's not be foolish,'' Green said. "His decision affects a lot of guys' decisions. He can change a whole organization.''

Raptors president Masai Ujiri also is the subject of speculation, linked to an offer from the Washington Wizards. Ujiri, who was not available Sunday, is expected to speak at Monday's parade, which will finish in the square outside Toronto's city hall.

Even after a year together, Raptors coach Nick Nurse said he has no idea which way Leonard is leaning.

"I don't really know,'' Nurse said. "I know he's got to make a decision here really soon, couple of weeks. I think he had a good season and people like him here, and we can give him a good deal.''

Gasol can also opt out of the final year of his contract, while Green, a free agent, said he hopes to return.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Atlanta Braves left-hander Sean Newcomb is expected to avoid the injured list after being hit on the back of the head by a line drive on Saturday night.

Newcomb had no concussion symptoms on Sunday, a day after he was knocked out of his spot start when he was hit by a line drive by Philadelphia Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto.

"I've had some (high school) football hits that were harder than that," Newcomb told reporters on Sunday, according to a report by MLB.com. "I've had a few concussions. Right away, when it hit me in the head and I was down on the ground, I popped up, and I knew I was alright. I knew it wasn't too, too bad."

Braves manager Brian Snitker on Sunday said Newcomb was sore but all the test results on the pitcher were good.

"He made it through the night good and felt good coming in. They exercised him just to see. He's going to need a couple days anyway after the start. But as of right now, he's feeling really good. We're fortunate we dodged a bullet there," Snitker said, according to a report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

The ball hit by Realmuto in the third inning at SunTrust Park on Saturday was clocked at 102 mph and caromed off Newcomb's head and sailed into the netting behind the Phillies' dugout on the third-base side. Realmuto covered his mouth with both hands as he ran to first base on what went as a ground-rule double.

Newcomb is expected to return to pitching out of the bullpen.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Catcher Martin Maldonado celebrated Father's Day by wearing a blue necktie on his chest protector and had three hits to lift the visiting Kansas City Royals over the Minnesota Twins 8-6 on Sunday.

Maldonado scribbled the names of his dad, brother, family and close friends on the tie, along with "Happy Father's Day'' at the bottom.

"Just wanted to do something different for the fathers out there, family members, friends,'' Maldonado said. "Something to wear for them.''

Pittsburgh Pirates backstop Elias Diaz wore a similar tie in Sunday's game against the Marlins. He entered the Pirates' 5-4 victory against Miami as a defensive replacement in the bottom of the eighth inning.

The ties were supplied by equipment manufacturer All-Star.

Maldonado drove in two runs, one with a single during a three-run second inning and another with a double in the eighth.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

CHICAGO -- Minutes after he was optioned back to Triple-A on Sunday afternoon, New York Yankees outfielder Clint Frazier admitted he was "pretty surprised" to find out he was being sent down.

"It's a tough pill to swallow, yeah," he said. "It's never fun, especially with how much I felt like I've contributed to this team this year."

The 24-year-old Frazier heads back to the minor leagues as Edwin Encarnacion, the one of the majors' more prolific active home run hitters, gets added to the Yankees' 25-man roster following the Saturday trade that brought him to the Bronx Bombers from Seattle.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Sunday's demotion was the product of needing to open a roster spot for Encarnacion, the American League's home run leader with 21.

The timing of the move was particularly surprising to Frazier because of the remaining subtractions that will happen in the coming days with outfielders Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge wrapping up minor league rehab assignments for their injuries. Frazier intimated he figured he'd be sent down once that happened in the coming days, but not quite now.

"Not because of Encarnacion," Frazier said, "but maybe because of Judge or Stanton."

Stanton is expected to be activated Tuesday when the Yankees host division foe Tampa Bay in the second game of an important three-game series. Judge likely will play a few more games at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre before he becomes an option for the Yankees. Frazier, who was originally called up April 1 in the wake of Stanton's first injury, has had a big impact on the Yankees' offense.

Through 53 games, Frazier hit .283 with 22 extra-base hits. His 11 home runs are tied for fourth on the big league roster. He also has been one of the league's best hitters with runners in scoring position, carrying a .375 batting average into such scenarios entering Sunday's series finale at the Chicago White Sox.

"He's played a big role on a winning team, and that doesn't necessarily stop now, but this is where we're at with the roster situation," Boone said. "So obviously tough news to deliver, but hopefully he can make the most of it and continue to get better at his craft and know that he's going to play a role for us again."

"With a guy like Clint we want him playing all the time," Boone added. "He's got a chance to be a great player in this league, and he's already shown that."

Fellow outfielder Brett Gardner, a 35-year-old veteran and longtime Yankee who could get caught in the pending roster crunch as Stanton and Judge get healthy, had a message of encouragement for Frazier.

"Sometimes when decisions are made, you don't always agree with them, but you've just got to keep your head down and keep moving forward," Gardner said. "He's a guy that has a ton of talent. He's going to play this game for a long time."

There has been a belief that with so many powerful position players now being added to the Yankees' lineup, perhaps Frazier will become an important piece for New York to dangle in trade talks. He had been assured in past years that despite the previous rampant speculation about his role with the organization, he wasn't on the trading block.

But now, with the Yankees in such desperate need of starting pitching, that might not be the case.

"I've been traded once, so who knows?" Frazier said. "I can't control that, I just try to play as good as I can to put myself in a good position."

As strong as his offense has been, Frazier's defense has come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks. The attention was at its highest two weeks ago, when he committed three errors during a loss to the Boston Red Sox that was aired nationally on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball.

Following that poor performance in the field, Frazier declined to speak to reporters in the postgame scrum in the clubhouse. He spoke later that night to ESPN, expressing remorse for the way he played in such an important game.

Frazier's personality also has been on full display this season, as he's spent the past two months capitalizing on his status as a member of the iconic New York franchise. Heightened in large part because of where he was playing and who he was playing for, Frazier's profile rose throughout the spring as he was recognized for the way he took high-end sneakers and added cleats to the bottoms of them. He drawn praise from world-renowned sneaker designers and ire for the way he's gone about playing in the nontraditional cleats.

DENVER -- In a historically high-scoring series, the outcome was decided by a pinch-hitting pitcher.

On a bases-loaded walk, no less, off a starter who was making his first major league relief appearance.

That seems appropriate for such a wacky series.

The Padres and Rockies set a modern-era record by combining for 92 runs in a four-game series, with San Diego pitcher Matt Strahm drawing a pinch-hit, bases-loaded walk in the ninth inning to rally past Colorado 14-13 Sunday.

"A four-game series here, it feels like a month,'' Padres first baseman Eric Hosmer said. "This was a grind.''

It was just another wacky day at Coors Field, especially in this split series in which the Rockies outscored the Padres 48-44 while the teams combined for 131 hits. Colorado's Charlie Blackmon became the first player since at 1900 with 15 hits in a four-game series. Adding to the zaniness: The finale was delayed once to clean up a big puddle in foul territory despite sunny skies, and again later because of weather.

"That's the great thing about baseball -- you see things you've never seen before,'' Rockies infielder Ryan McMahon said. "It didn't bounce our way.''

With the Padres trailing 13-10 in the ninth, Wil Myers had an RBI single and Greg Garcia promptly tied it with a two-out, two-run triple off closer Wade Davis (1-2). The Rockies brought in starter Jon Gray, who intentionally walked two batters to face Strahm. Gray fell behind 3-1 before throwing a strike. Taking all the way, Strahm watched a fastball narrowly miss for ball four.

"The 3-2 was down and I know I can't handle that with his velocity,'' Strahm said.

Rockies manager Bud Black said he went with Gray -- the starter Thursday -- because of his usual ability to throw strikes. Plus, the Rockies had some relievers who weren't available given their workload.

Gerardo Reyes (3-0) earned the win by striking out three in the eighth. Kirby Yates threw a perfect ninth for his 24th save.

Hunter Renfroe homered twice for San Diego, while Fernando Tatis Jr. had three hits, including a double and a triple.

All told, the four games took more than 16 hours to complete.

"I can't really explain some of the things that went on and honestly I'm just happy to get out of here [with] a split, for sure,'' Garcia said.

The Padres raced out to a 3-0 lead before a giant puddle suddenly formed along the right-field line due to an issue with the irrigation line. The grounds crew rolled the water away as the teams waited in the dugout during the 15-minute holdup.

In the bottom of the inning, Colorado responded with six runs. Blackmon led the way with two hits in the inning, including a solo homer to lead off.

The game was again halted in the sixth as weather moved into the area. The delay lasted 48 minutes.

Once the tarp was lifted, the Rockies quickly went to work by scoring three runs to make it 13-8. Ian Desmond, McMahon and Raimel Tapia had three consecutive doubles to start the frame. The trio went a combined 9-for-15 with six RBIs.

Blackmon remained red hot with three more hits. He has reached base safely in all 26 of his home games this season.

"Our whole lineup swung the bat good. Their lineup swung the bat good,'' Blackmon said. "It was the most offensive series I've ever seen.''

WILD WEEKEND

Colorado won the opener 9-6 and the third game 14-8, while San Diego took Friday's game 16-12. The 92 runs were the most in a four-game series since 1900. The all-time record is 112 runs between the Cleveland Blues and St. Louis Browns of the American Association in 1887, per STATS data.

DAVIS' MELTDOWN

Davis had his second blown save of the series.

"Wasn't behind the baseball and making good pitches,'' Davis said. "On a day like today, that's not going to work out. ... Try to wash it as much as you can. It hurts.''

SHORT STARTS

Padres lefty Nick Margevicius surrendered nine runs and 11 hits over 1⅓ innings as his ERA rose from 5.02 to 6.41. He also threw one pitch all the way to the backstop.

Rockies righty Peter Lambert gave up eight runs and nine hits over three innings as his ERA soared from 1.50 to 6.00. He threw two pitches to the backstop. Lambert chipped in on offense with a pair of RBI singles.