DENVER — Regardless of two game-tying hits from Brandon Crawford, the Giants mustered little else offensively within the mile-high hitter’s haven of Coors Area for the second straight evening and, likewise, dropped their second straight sport right here.
San Francisco went down 1-2-3 with Thairo Estrada standing on second base within the prime of the tenth earlier than Brendan Rodgers walked them off within the backside half with a single to heart off Camilo Doval, sending them to their fourth consecutive loss, 4-3, and two video games underneath .500.
Doval, who was pitching his second inning after a simple ninth, deliberately walked Charlie Blackmon to get to Rodgers, who drove dwelling Wynton Bernard from second, aided by Austin Slater booting the ball away as he tried to return up firing.
With the Padres’ win over Washington, the Giants (59-61) fell 6.5 video games again of the ultimate Nationwide League wild card spot with 42 to play.
“It sucks to return in right here and lose a few video games,” supervisor Gabe Kapler stated. “We don’t need to. However it’s a really powerful group in there and so they’re going to return again able to battle tomorrow.”
Crawford tied the rating as soon as, with a house run into the Rockies’ bullpen within the seventh inning. With the Giants all the way down to their remaining out two frames later, he did it once more. Colorado nearer Daniel Bard fell right into a 3-1 depend and Crawford lined the following pitch down the left-field line to drive dwelling Slater, who swiped second base after getting into as a pinch-runner after Tommy La Stella prolonged the sport with a pinch-hit two-out single.
Earlier than the ninth-inning rally in opposition to Bard, who has been one of the efficient closers within the majors, the Giants had mustered little else for the primary eight innings, mirroring their identical early offensive struggles from Friday’s series-opening loss.
Apart from solo photographs from Crawford and catcher Joey Bart, the Giants had just one different hit by way of the primary eight innings Saturday. La Stella’s single prevented San Francisco from matching its fewest hits in any two-game stretch at this ballpark in its 27-year historical past, after they managed solely 5 on Friday.
“Particularly being in a park like this, which generally has fairly offensive-driven video games right here, it’s disappointing, for positive,” Crawford stated. “We’ve been form of streaky these days, successful 5 video games, exhibiting some good offense, then the final 4 or 5 not a lot. Battling again is all the time an incredible signal, however we have to determine a technique to get out of it.”
Crawford’s ninth-inning double represented the Giants’ second hit in 25 at-bats with runners in scoring place for the reason that begin of their four-game shedding streak (an .080 common).
After operating a successful streak in opposition to the Rockies to 12 video games earlier this season, courting again to 2021, the Giants have now dropped consecutive collection to Colorado. Of their previous 20 video games in opposition to NL West foes, the Giants are 3-17.
No matter momentum that was gained throughout their five-game successful streak has been misplaced on this four-game skid.
“We all know that this was a must-win collection for us,” stated Cobb, who was handed a no-decision regardless of tossing 6 ⅔ innings and limiting the Rockies to 3 runs within the hardest pitching surroundings within the majors. “You'll assume coming in right here we’d click on a little bit bit higher. Possibly we’re simply urgent a little bit bit. … All you are able to do if you see that taking place as a pitcher is attempt to decide it up, decide the group up and get by way of it till they will scratch some runs.”
Cobb joined Logan Webb as the one Giants starters to toss at the least six innings with out permitting greater than three runs at Coors Area this season and the tenth San Francisco starter to take action courting again to the beginning of 2018.
Cobb recorded the second out of the seventh inning by fielding a tough comebacker and catching Bernard between third and residential, however Bernard’s RBI single earlier within the inning had already plated the go-ahead run.
“It’s irritating that final inning to surrender the lead, however I felt like I battled tonight,” Cobb stated. “It’s only a battle each time you come right here. It’s totally different. Ball doesn’t transfer the identical. You go into the sport understanding that. … From our finish, we’ve gotta hold pitching nicely and hopefully that’ll spark up one other streak on the constructive aspect for us.”
Rockies rookie Ryan Feltner, who took a 6.39 ERA into Saturday’s begin, restricted the Giants to at least one run, two hits and 4 complete baserunners by way of six innings, the second straight evening San Francisco has mustered little in opposition to a beginning pitcher with out a lot pedigree.
The Giants, who struggled so mightily in opposition to Feltner that it prompted Jon Miller to surprise on the radio name if third base coach Mark Hallberg was getting lonely, acquired on the board after which tied the sport with a pair of dwelling runs.
Main off the sixth inning, Bart turned on a excessive fastball and unleashed a 419-foot dwelling run that landed a few dozen rows up within the left-field bleachers, which tied the rating at 1 and amounted to the Giants’ solely injury on Feltner.
With Feltner out of the sport to start out the seventh, Crawford launched a game-tying shot off reliever Dinelson Lamet into the Rockies’ bullpen, solely the newest within the veteran shortstop’s mile-high escapades.
The homer was Crawford’s tenth at Coors Area since 2019, breaking a tie with the Dodgers’ Max Muncy for essentially the most by a visiting participant. Mike Yastrzemski, who owns a better OPS right here than any participant apart from Miguel Cabrera (1.213 getting into Saturday), went hitless in 5 at-bats out of the leadoff spot, together with a ground-out to finish the highest of the tenth.
After being shifted to eighth within the order — the bottom he has batted in opposition to a right-handed starter since 2013 — Brandon Belt led off further innings with Estrada on second base however struck out swinging, the primary of three straight outs within the prime of the tenth.
Belt, who drew consideration for squaring to bunt with runners in scoring place in Thursday’s loss to the D-backs, stated he thought-about doing the identical within the tenth. A sac bunt may have superior Estrada to 3rd with one out.
Nevertheless, Belt determined in opposition to it when he noticed nothing however sliders from Rockies reliever Lucas Gilbreath.
Regardless of Belt’s strikeout, Kapler stated swinging away was the appropriate determination for the second.
“You’re attempting to attain some runs at Coors Area,” Kapler stated. “I feel all people is aware of one run isn’t sufficient on this surroundings.”