PADRES 7, ROCKIES 2

Two of San Diego's five All-Stars already are a mile high going into Tuesday's game at Denver.

Greg Vaughn hit his 29th and 30th homers and Andy Ashby needed just 75 pitches to get through his fifth complete game as the Padres beat Colorado, 7-2, yesterday in San Diego. The three-game sweep moved the Padres a club-record 26 games above .500.

It was a fun day, a good day for us, said Ashby (11-5), who also had a run-scoring double and collected his 50th victory as a Padre against the team that traded him to San Diego five years ago.

It was just a good day at the park, Vaughn said. The main thing is that Ash did a heck of a job and kept us close early.