SAN FRANCISCO -- Justin Morneau,
in what could have been his final at-bat with Colorado, delivered a
pinch-hit, game-winning hit. He's happy to think about the win rather
than his future with the club.
Corey Dickerson hit a three-run homer ahead of Morneau and the Rockies rallied for seven runs in the ninth inning Sunday to beat the San Francisco Giants 7-3.
"It's a good way to end a rough season," Morneau said. "I'm happy for today and to finish the season healthy. What happens coming up down the road, we'll see."
Morneau didn't expect to get into the game, though Rockies manager Walt Weiss warned him of the possibility.
"I did tell him if the game was on the line, I'd pinch hit him," Weiss said. "Sure enough, we got in that position and it happened so quickly he didn't have a lot of time to get ready. Being the pro that he is, he took about 10-15 swings off a tee and walked up there on deck and got a game winning hit. Very apropos."
Carlos Gonzalez and third baseman Nolan Arenado combined to hit 82 home runs and drive in 227 runs, the most productive duo in Rockies history since Todd Helton and Larry Walker combined for 87 homers and 269 RBI in 2001.
"It's unfortunate our record wasn't better and him not being considered of being one of the favorites for that MVP award," Morneau said of Arenado. "I still think he should be. What he meant to this team both offensively and defensively, I don't think there's anybody who does what he does on both sides of the baseball. He's the best defensive third baseman I've ever seen."
The Giants finished 84-78, a year after winning 88 games in the regular season and going on to take their third World Series title in five seasons.
Colorado's comeback spoiled Matt Cain's outing. He started for the first time in six weeks and pitched two-hit ball for five scoreless innings.
"He should take away that he's back," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "What a great job he did against that lineup. He should be really encouraged. An outing like that should do so much for him."
The Giants wound up using 11 pitchers. They took a two-hit shutout into the final inning before the Rockies rallied. Charlie Blackmon also drove in a pair of runs for the Rockies.
Rex Brothers (1-0) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win. George Kontos (4-4) took the loss.
Buster Posey drove in his 95th run for the Giants, who won the NL wild-card game last season.
Rockies closer John Axford walked two, sandwiched around a double, to load the bases in the ninth. He struck out Matt Duffy and got Posey to ground out to end the game.
The Rockies finished the year with 68 victories, two more than last year. It was their fifth straight losing mark.
Giants reliever Jeremy Affeldt, who announced his retirement last week, recorded the first two outs of the sixth before leaving to a standing ovation.
Affeldt hugged manager Bruce Bochy and the gathered infielders before heading off the mound for the final time and acknowledging the fans.
The Giants recorded their 408th consecutive sellout, the longest active streak in the majors. They drew 3,375,882 this year, 7,285 more than in 2014.
San Francisco, which clinched the NL team batting crown, started six rookies.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: C Tom Murphy underwent an MRI on his left shoulder. It showed no structural damage, but confirmed a mild strain and also revealed a contusion.
UP NEXT
Rockies: Opens the 2016 regular season on April 4 at the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Giants: Cactus League opener on Wednesday, March 2 vs. Los Angeles Angels at Scottsdale Stadium.
Corey Dickerson hit a three-run homer ahead of Morneau and the Rockies rallied for seven runs in the ninth inning Sunday to beat the San Francisco Giants 7-3.
"It's a good way to end a rough season," Morneau said. "I'm happy for today and to finish the season healthy. What happens coming up down the road, we'll see."
Morneau didn't expect to get into the game, though Rockies manager Walt Weiss warned him of the possibility.
"I did tell him if the game was on the line, I'd pinch hit him," Weiss said. "Sure enough, we got in that position and it happened so quickly he didn't have a lot of time to get ready. Being the pro that he is, he took about 10-15 swings off a tee and walked up there on deck and got a game winning hit. Very apropos."
Carlos Gonzalez and third baseman Nolan Arenado combined to hit 82 home runs and drive in 227 runs, the most productive duo in Rockies history since Todd Helton and Larry Walker combined for 87 homers and 269 RBI in 2001.
"It's unfortunate our record wasn't better and him not being considered of being one of the favorites for that MVP award," Morneau said of Arenado. "I still think he should be. What he meant to this team both offensively and defensively, I don't think there's anybody who does what he does on both sides of the baseball. He's the best defensive third baseman I've ever seen."
The Giants finished 84-78, a year after winning 88 games in the regular season and going on to take their third World Series title in five seasons.
Colorado's comeback spoiled Matt Cain's outing. He started for the first time in six weeks and pitched two-hit ball for five scoreless innings.
"He should take away that he's back," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "What a great job he did against that lineup. He should be really encouraged. An outing like that should do so much for him."
The Giants wound up using 11 pitchers. They took a two-hit shutout into the final inning before the Rockies rallied. Charlie Blackmon also drove in a pair of runs for the Rockies.
Rex Brothers (1-0) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win. George Kontos (4-4) took the loss.
Buster Posey drove in his 95th run for the Giants, who won the NL wild-card game last season.
Rockies closer John Axford walked two, sandwiched around a double, to load the bases in the ninth. He struck out Matt Duffy and got Posey to ground out to end the game.
The Rockies finished the year with 68 victories, two more than last year. It was their fifth straight losing mark.
Giants reliever Jeremy Affeldt, who announced his retirement last week, recorded the first two outs of the sixth before leaving to a standing ovation.
Affeldt hugged manager Bruce Bochy and the gathered infielders before heading off the mound for the final time and acknowledging the fans.
The Giants recorded their 408th consecutive sellout, the longest active streak in the majors. They drew 3,375,882 this year, 7,285 more than in 2014.
San Francisco, which clinched the NL team batting crown, started six rookies.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: C Tom Murphy underwent an MRI on his left shoulder. It showed no structural damage, but confirmed a mild strain and also revealed a contusion.
UP NEXT
Rockies: Opens the 2016 regular season on April 4 at the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Giants: Cactus League opener on Wednesday, March 2 vs. Los Angeles Angels at Scottsdale Stadium.
3:05PM,EDT,October 4,2015
AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Colorado - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Cain pitching for San Francisco | COL | SF |
| Blackmon flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Reyes flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| González tripled to deep right center. | 0 | 0 |
| Arenado walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Dickerson popped out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Christian Bergman pitching for Colorado | COL | SF |
| Pagán singled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Tomlinson singled to left, Pagán to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Duffy singled to deep right, Pagán scored, Tomlinson to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Posey singled to center, Tomlinson scored, Duffy to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Parker grounded into fielder's choice to second, Posey out at second, Duffy to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Parker caught stealing second, catcher to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Williamson lined out to second. | 0 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Matt Cain pitching for San Francisco | COL | SF |
| Rosario popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Descalso fouled out to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Garneau flied out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Christian Bergman pitching for Colorado | COL | SF |
| Noonan walked. | 0 | 2 |
| Williams flied out to left. | 0 | 2 |
| Cain sacrificed to pitcher, Noonan to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Pagán flied out to left. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Matt Cain pitching for San Francisco | COL | SF |
| Bergman struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Blackmon lined out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Reyes safe at first on error by second baseman Tomlinson. | 0 | 2 |
| González singled to right, Reyes to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Arenado grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, González out at second. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Christian Bergman pitching for Colorado | COL | SF |
| Tomlinson singled to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Duffy lined out to right. | 0 | 2 |
| Posey singled to center, Tomlinson to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Parker grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, Posey out at second. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Matt Cain pitching for San Francisco | COL | SF |
| Dickerson popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Rosario grounded out to first. | 0 | 2 |
| Descalso flied out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Yohan Flande pitching for Colorado | COL | SF |
| Flande relieved Bergman. | 0 | 2 |
| Williamson grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Noonan struck out looking. | 0 | 2 |
| Williams grounded out to first. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Matt Cain pitching for San Francisco | COL | SF |
| Garneau fouled out to catcher. | 0 | 2 |
| Flande bunt grounded out to catcher. | 0 | 2 |
| Blackmon lined out to right. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Yohan Flande pitching for Colorado | COL | SF |
| De Aza hit for Cain. | 0 | 2 |
| De Aza singled to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Pagán lined out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Tomlinson grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, De Aza out at second. | 0 | 2 |
| Duffy grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Tomlinson out at second. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jeremy Affeldt pitching for San Francisco | COL | SF |
| Affeldt relieved Cain. | 0 | 2 |
| Parker in center field. | 0 | 2 |
| Williamson in right field. | 0 | 2 |
| De Aza in left field. | 0 | 2 |
| Reyes popped out to third. | 0 | 2 |
| González flied out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Gearrin relieved Affeldt. | 0 | 2 |
| Arenado struck out looking. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Gonzalez Germen pitching for Colorado | COL | SF |
| Germen relieved Flande. | 0 | 2 |
| Posey grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 2 |
| Parker singled to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Williamson reached on infield single to pitcher, Parker to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Noonan flied out to right. | 0 | 2 |
| Williams singled to center, Parker scored, Williamson to second. | 0 | 3 |
| De Aza walked, Williamson to third, Williams to second. | 0 | 3 |
| Crawford hit for Gearrin. | 0 | 3 |
| Crawford grounded out to first. | 0 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Sergio Romo pitching for San Francisco | COL | SF |
| Romo relieved Gearrin. | 0 | 3 |
| Dickerson popped out to second. | 0 | 3 |
| Rosario grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 3 |
| Bochy relieved Romo. | 0 | 3 |
| Descalso flied out to right. | 0 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Justin Miller pitching for Colorado | COL | SF |
| Miller relieved Germen. | 0 | 3 |
| Tomlinson lined out to second. | 0 | 3 |
| Duffy flied out to right. | 0 | 3 |
| Posey grounded out to third. | 0 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Mike Broadway pitching for San Francisco | COL | SF |
| Broadway relieved Bochy. | 0 | 3 |
| Garneau flied out to right. | 0 | 3 |
| Adames hit for Miller. | 0 | 3 |
| Adames flied out to left. | 0 | 3 |
| Osich relieved Broadway. | 0 | 3 |
| Blackmon flied out to left. | 0 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Rex Brothers pitching for Colorado | COL | SF |
| Brothers relieved Miller. | 0 | 3 |
| Parker singled to left. | 0 | 3 |
| Williamson grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, Parker out at second. | 0 | 3 |
| Noonan struck out swinging. | 0 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Javier Lopez pitching for San Francisco | COL | SF |
| López relieved Osich. | 0 | 3 |
| Reyes flied out to center. | 0 | 3 |
| Ynoa hit for González. | 0 | 3 |
| Ynoa singled to left. | 0 | 3 |
| Kontos relieved López. | 0 | 3 |
| Arenado singled to left, Ynoa to second. | 0 | 3 |
| Dickerson homered to right (374 feet), Ynoa and Arenado scored. | 3 | 3 |
| Paulsen hit for Rosario. | 3 | 3 |
| Paulsen singled to right center. | 3 | 3 |
| Hall relieved Kontos. | 3 | 3 |
| Descalso walked, Paulsen to second. | 3 | 3 |
| Garneau singled to center, Paulsen to third, Descalso to second. | 3 | 3 |
| Morneau hit for Brothers. | 3 | 3 |
| Morneau singled to right, Paulsen and Descalso scored, Garneau to third, Morneau to second advancing on throw. | 5 | 3 |
| Byrd in right field. | 5 | 3 |
| Petit relieved Hall. | 5 | 3 |
| Blackmon singled to center, Garneau and Morneau scored. | 7 | 3 |
| Blackmon stole second. | 7 | 3 |
| Reyes grounded out to first, Blackmon to third. | 7 | 3 |
| Ynoa safe at first on error by first baseman Posey. | 7 | 3 |
| 7 Runs, 7 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| John Axford pitching for Colorado | COL | SF |
| Axford relieved Brothers. | 7 | 3 |
| Paulsen at first base. | 7 | 3 |
| Parker in right field. | 7 | 3 |
| Williams grounded out to pitcher. | 7 | 3 |
| De Aza walked. | 7 | 3 |
| Byrd doubled to right, De Aza to third. | 7 | 3 |
| Tomlinson walked. | 7 | 3 |
| Duffy struck out swinging. | 7 | 3 |
| Posey grounded out to third. | 7 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado Rockies | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Blackmon CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .287 | .347 | .450 |
| Reyes SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .259 | .291 | .368 |
| González RF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .271 | .325 | .540 |
b-Ynoa PH
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .260 | .277 | .339 |
Axford P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Arenado 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .287 | .323 | .575 |
| Dickerson LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .304 | .333 | .536 |
| Rosario 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .268 | .295 | .416 |
c-Paulsen PH-1B
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .277 | .326 | .462 |
| Descalso 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .205 | .283 | .324 |
| Garneau C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .157 | .224 | .286 |
| Bergman P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .231 | .167 |
Flande P
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 |
Germen P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Miller P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Adames PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .245 | .298 | .302 |
Brothers P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
d-Morneau PH
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .310 | .363 | .458 |
Parker RF
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .223 | .311 |
| Totals | 37 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 132 | |||
| a-flied out to left for J Miller in the 8th b-singled to left for C Gonzalez in the 9th c-singled to right center for W Rosario in the 9th d-singled to right for R Brothers in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 3B: González (2, Cain) HR: Dickerson (10, 9th inning off Kontos 2 on, 1 Out) RBI: Dickerson 3 (31), Morneau 2 (15), Blackmon 2 (58) Rockies RISP: 4-8 (Arenado 0-1, Ynoa 0-1, Morneau 1-1, Blackmon 1-1, Dickerson 1-2, Garneau 1-1, Reyes 0-1) Team LOB: 5 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Blackmon (43, 2nd base off Petit/Williams) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 2 (Rosario-Reyes-Bergman, Brothers-Reyes-Rosario). | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| The game is underway after a 7 minute delay. |
Game Information
| Stadium | AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA |
| Attendance | 41,399 (98.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:05 |
| Weather | 71 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 4 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Carlos Torres, First Base - Andy Fletcher, Second Base - Jerry Meals, Third Base - Jordan Baker |
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