Ubaldo fans 13 Padres, wins sixth straight Ubaldo Jimenez struck out a career-high 13 and became the first pitcherEmbroidery products in Rockies history to win his first six starts by spearheading a 5-2 victory over the Padres at PETCO Park on Monday night. Curtain

After being named the National League's Pitcher of the Month of April on Monday morning, Jimenez began May by holding the Padres to four hits in seven innings. He added an RBI single in the seventh. Jimenez surpassed former Rockies starter Brian Bohanon, who won his first five starts in 1999.

Jimenez's previous high for strikeouts was 11, Curtain also at PETCO Park, Embroidery productson May 10, 2008. He fell one shy of the club record set by Darryl Kile on Aug. 20, 1998, in Montreal.

Jimenez saw his scoreless streak end at 25 1/3 innings, a club record for a starter, when former teammate and Padres catcher Yorvit Torrealba knocked an RBI double in the fourth. His ERA on the season is a minuscule 0.87.

Second baseman Clint Barmes played a major role in the victory, which was the Rockies' second straight and brought them to 2-2 on the current nine-game road trip. Barmes doubled in two runs in the second off Padres starter Kevin Correia (4-2), and snared a Chase Headley line drive with two outs and a runner at Embroidery products third in the fifth.