Kyle Freeland made a tight game look simple. Working deep into the night at Oracle Park, the left-hander held the Giants to one run over eight innings, and the Rockies made just enough of their chances to escape with a 5-2 win.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
Freeland allowed four hits and one run while striking out two and walking one over 8.0 innings, throwing 95 pitches in the process. He improved to 4-10 with the win, carrying a 6.27 ERA. The Rockies bullpen needed just one inning of relief, with Freeland doing the heavy lifting from the mound and Colorado's offense supplying steady, if unspectacular, run support behind him.
Colorado never trailed after the fourth inning. Troy Johnston tripled to right in the fourth to score Rumfield and put the Rockies ahead 1-0, though Bryce Eldridge answered immediately with a 409-foot home run to center to tie it at 1-1. The Rockies took the lead for good in the fifth when Mickey Moniak grounded into a fielder's choice to shortstop, scoring B. Sullivan for a 2-1 edge. Zac Veen broke the game open in the sixth, homering to right field for 406 feet and driving in Norby as part of a two-run shot that made it 4-1. Colorado added an insurance run in the ninth when Willi Castro's sacrifice fly to left allowed B. Sullivan to score on an error, with the Giants' defense unraveling further as Moniak and Jake McCarthy each advanced an extra base on throwing miscues by left fielder Bericoto.
Giants starter Landen Roupp had a rough final line, allowing 4 runs on 5 hits with 3 walks and 5 strikeouts over 5.2 innings before departing in the loss, falling to 7-12 with a 4.31 ERA. San Francisco's bullpen covered 3.1 innings and allowed 1 run behind him. The Giants got a run back in the ninth when Rafael Devers doubled to left to score Cox, but it was too little too late against Freeland's outing.
The result dropped San Francisco to 50-72, extending its skid to a second straight loss. Colorado improved to 49-73, its third consecutive win.