SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Padres still don’t have a no-hitter after 5,919 games over 38 seasons.

Chris Young was the latest to try, taking a no-no into the eighth inning before giving up a leadoff double to Brad Hawpe. That was the only hit he allowed in eight innings as he led the Padres to a 2-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night.

Hawpe doubled down the right-field line on Young’s first pitch of the eighth, his 99th of the night. Young (4-3) received an ovation from the crowd of 23,698.

“Really, I tried not to focus on it,” Young said of flirting with a no-hitter. “Obviously it was in the back of my mind. More importantly, I wanted to preserve the lead and make sure that we win the ballgame. I’d give up 15 hits to get a win.”

The only hit he gave up came on a first-pitch slider.

“Brad Hawpe’s a great hitter,” Young said. “He’s actually a buddy of mine. We grew up playing together back in Texas. They’ve got a great lineup. You don’t want to get wrapped up thinking about a no-hitter with an offensive team like that. They’re too good.”

Young said he and Hawpe played together in a summer league and against each other in high school.

Hawpe said he wasn’t thinking about the no-hitter, either.

“I was thinking about getting on since we were only down by two,” Hawpe said. “It was the only good pitch I saw from him all night. He wasn’t overpowering. But he threw four pitches well.”

Said losing pitcher Aaron Cook: “Tip your hat to Chris Young. He kept us off-balance all night.”

And, Cook added: “He’s huge.”

The 6-foot-10 Young matched his career high with eight strikeouts.

It was the 11th time a Padres pitcher took a no-hitter into the eighth inning.

Padres manager Bruce Bochy said he was disappointed when Hawpe’s hit fell in.

“We were hoping he could get it done,” Bochy said. “It’s tough. It’s so hard to throw a no-hitter. That one just stayed up and stayed in the zone and it was what, fair by five feet? But the important thing there is he settled down. A lot of times you have a letdown. You’re so caught up in the moment and you give up that hit. But he settled down and kept that run from scoring.”

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Before Hawpe’s hit, the closest the Rockies came to getting a hit was when Todd Helton drove a ball into the gap in left-center that center fielder Mike Cameron caught about a foot from the fence for the first out of the seventh.

Cameron ran into the fence, but held onto the ball. Young watched the play, then exhaled.

“At that particular time it was a good play because you just don’t want to give Matt Holliday an opportunity to come up there, the way he’s been swinging the bat right now, with some people on base,” Cameron said. “The game was still tight. We’ve got to make plays behind these guys.”