Colorado Rockies vs San Francisco Giants Match Player Stats On Jun 27, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jun 28, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO -- Denard Span's two-out single scored Gorkys Hernandez from second base in the 14th inning Tuesday night, giving the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies.

Six San Francisco relievers shut out the Rockies on four hits over the final eight innings, delivering the Giants a second straight win over Colorado.

Hernandez doubled off the Rockies' seventh pitcher, right-hander Chad Qualls, with one out in the 14th.

After pitcher Cory Gearrin struck out, Span grounded a sharp single into right field, and Hernandez easily beat the throw to home plate for the Giants' seventh win in 10 extra-inning games this season.

The loss was the Rockies' first of the season when leading entering the eighth inning. They had been 45-0 in those circumstances.

Gearrin (2-2) pitched three innings of two-hit relief to get the win. Qualls (1-1), who was working his first inning in the 14th, took the loss.

Span had three hits, and Hernandez and Brandon Belt two apiece for the Giants, who recorded back-to-back wins for the first time since May 27-28.

Ian Desmond had three hits, and Raimel Tapia and Mark Reynolds two apiece for the Rockies, who lost their seventh straight.

The Giants trailed 3-2 before rallying into a tie against the Colorado bullpen in the eighth. Pinch hitter Kelby Tomlinson's one-out single off the Rockies' third pitcher, left-hander Jake McGee, brought home Belt with the game-tying run.

McGee rebounded to strike out Hernandez and pinch hitter Nick Hundley with the potential go-ahead run at third to preserve the tie.

The Rockies had been shut out on four hits over five innings by Giants right-hander Matt Cain before Reynolds, following an intentional walk to Nolan Arenado, belted a three-run homer in the sixth.

The home run, Reynolds' 19th of the year, was the first for the Rockies since Charlie Blackmon led off their game Thursday with a homer against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The Giants got within 3-2 in the bottom of the inning on a sacrifice fly by Brandon Crawford, scoring Buster Posey.

Colorado right-hander Scott Oberg replaced starter Jeff Hoffman with two on and two outs in the seventh, and he got Hunter Pence to fly to left.

Neither starting pitcher got a decision.

In attempting to run his road record to 4-0, Hoffman allowed two runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings. He walked three and struck out six.

Cain was pulled after six innings, having yielded three runs and six hits. He walked three and struck out three. He remained winless in his last 10 starts against the Rockies dating back to May 2013.

Cain contributed to the Giants' first run, dropping down a two-strike sacrifice bunt that advanced Hernandez to second in the third inning. Span followed with a two-out single that plated the run.

NOTES: Rockies 2B DJ LeMahieu left the game in the fourth inning because of a cramp in his right groin. ... Giants SS Brandon Crawford leads the majors with eight sacrifice flies. ... The Rockies announced that LHP Tyler Anderson (strained left knee) would undergo arthroscopic surgery and be out approximately one month. ... Before the game, the Rockies promoted OF Mike Tauchman from Triple-A Albuquerque and demoted RHP Jairo Diaz. In a corresponding move, they transferred OF David Dahl (stress reaction in rib cage) to the 60-day disabled list. ... The Rockies also announced that LHP Zac Rosscup, acquired from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for minor-leaguer RHP Matt Carasiti, would be sent to Triple-A Albuquerque. ... The Giants reportedly will promote 3B Jae-gyun Hwang from Triple-A Sacramento on Wednesday and place 3B Conor Gillaspie (strained lower back) on the DL.