DENVER -- Nolan Arenado's frustrating start to the season ended with a career night at the plate.
Arenado homered twice, doubled and singled to drive in a career-high seven runs, rookie Trevor Story had two triples and the Colorado Rockies tied a franchise record with 12 extra-base hits, beating the San Francisco Giants 10-6 on Wednesday night.
The Rockies set a team record with four triples. Story had three of Colorado's 18 hits.
Arenado came into the game hitting just .222 after a torrid spring training. He broke out of a weeklong slump by doubling his home run total a night after Jeff Samardzija dominated the Rockies.
"I know I can play at this level and I've always had confidence in myself," said Arenado, who hit 42 home runs last season. "Obviously it's never fun to scuffle or not produce for your team. I was working hard, working on what I've got to do to get better and obviously today was a great day."
Arenado was one RBI shy of the club mark done four times. He hit a two-run homer in the third inning and added a three-run shot in the eighth that broke open a one-run game.
"It's a matter of time," manager Walt Weiss said. "He's a great player."
This was the third time the Rockies have had 12 extra-base hits and the first time since July 30, 2010, against the Chicago Cubs.
San Francisco starter Jake Peavy (0-1) allowed a franchise-high 10 of those extra-base hits. It is the most allowed by a pitcher since Curt Schilling gave up 10 for Boston on Aug. 10, 2006, against Kansas City.
"The stuff was there, execution was just simply poor," Peavy said. "Just hate giving the team that kind of hill to climb."
Chris Rusin (1-0) threw 2 1/3 innings to get the win.
Giants rookie Trevor Brown followed Tuesday's two-homer game with two more hits in place of catcher Buster Posey, who sat out his second straight game with a bruise on his right instep.
Story nearly hit two more homers but was kept in the park by the newly raised fence in right-center field and settled for triples each time. His first one hit low on the fence in the third and he scored on Arenado's double.
Story's second drive nearly cleared the screen in the sixth. He looked like he was going to try for an inside-the-park homer, but he put on the brakes after rounding third when coach Stu Cole gave him the stop sign. He scored on Carlos Gonzalez's infield single that made it 7-5.
He took some good-natured ribbing from his teammates when he didn't clear the fence that was raised 8 feet, 9 inches before the start of the season.
"Just because they hit the fence that weren't normally there I got a lot of grief," said Story, who raised his average to .343. "People telling me I don't have backside pop. I guess I don't right now. That's all right."
The Giants got one back in the eighth on Brandon Belt's solo home run off reliever Miguel Castro. It was just the second hit allowed by Castro in five appearances.
ONE PITCH SHORT
Rockies starter Jordan Lyles was an out away from completing five innings and qualifying for the win, but Weiss pulled him after the Giants rallied to make it 6-5. San Francisco had a runner on first and Belt coming up, so Weiss went with the left-hander Rusin to play the matchup.
"I never want to go get a pitcher when he's one out away from a win, I just didn't feel good about the Belt matchup," Weiss said.
Rusin struck out Belt looking and then threw two more perfect innings.
BIRTHDAY BOY
Giants right fielder Hunter Pence celebrated his 33rd birthday with an RBI single in the fifth. It was just his second career hit in 22 at-bats on his birthday.
Pence, a notorious bad-ball hitter, has an admirer in Weiss.
"Sometimes you're better off throwing it down the middle because he's one of those guys if it's letter-high he might hit it in the seats in right field," Weiss said. "He might hit a home run on a pitch that bounces. You never know. I hate seeing him come up in big situations. When he's on deck he makes me uncomfortable because he's very difficult to pitch to."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Giants: RHP Sergio Romo was unavailable to pitch due to a tender elbow and will return to San Francisco on Thursday to be examined. Romo pitched on Tuesday night but woke up Wednesday "a little achy," manager Bruce Bochy said. "For his peace of mind, he needs to get it looked at." ... Posey tested his bruised right instep with some running on the field but wasn't in the lineup. Posey may sit out Thursday's game for more rest, but Bochy doesn't think it's a long-term situation. "Right now we think he'll be fine because of how much he's improving," he said. "There's always concern if it's still there."
UP NEXT
Giants: RHP Matt Cain (0-0, 3.00 ERA) is 17-8 with a 3.23 ERA in 35 career games against Colorado. Rockies hitters are batting .203 lifetime against Cain.
Rockies: LHP Jorge De La Rosa (0-1, 12.46) had his start moved up a day and will now pitch the final game of the three-game series against the Giants.
Arenado homered twice, doubled and singled to drive in a career-high seven runs, rookie Trevor Story had two triples and the Colorado Rockies tied a franchise record with 12 extra-base hits, beating the San Francisco Giants 10-6 on Wednesday night.
The Rockies set a team record with four triples. Story had three of Colorado's 18 hits.
Arenado came into the game hitting just .222 after a torrid spring training. He broke out of a weeklong slump by doubling his home run total a night after Jeff Samardzija dominated the Rockies.
"I know I can play at this level and I've always had confidence in myself," said Arenado, who hit 42 home runs last season. "Obviously it's never fun to scuffle or not produce for your team. I was working hard, working on what I've got to do to get better and obviously today was a great day."
Arenado was one RBI shy of the club mark done four times. He hit a two-run homer in the third inning and added a three-run shot in the eighth that broke open a one-run game.
"It's a matter of time," manager Walt Weiss said. "He's a great player."
This was the third time the Rockies have had 12 extra-base hits and the first time since July 30, 2010, against the Chicago Cubs.
San Francisco starter Jake Peavy (0-1) allowed a franchise-high 10 of those extra-base hits. It is the most allowed by a pitcher since Curt Schilling gave up 10 for Boston on Aug. 10, 2006, against Kansas City.
"The stuff was there, execution was just simply poor," Peavy said. "Just hate giving the team that kind of hill to climb."
Chris Rusin (1-0) threw 2 1/3 innings to get the win.
Giants rookie Trevor Brown followed Tuesday's two-homer game with two more hits in place of catcher Buster Posey, who sat out his second straight game with a bruise on his right instep.
Story nearly hit two more homers but was kept in the park by the newly raised fence in right-center field and settled for triples each time. His first one hit low on the fence in the third and he scored on Arenado's double.
Story's second drive nearly cleared the screen in the sixth. He looked like he was going to try for an inside-the-park homer, but he put on the brakes after rounding third when coach Stu Cole gave him the stop sign. He scored on Carlos Gonzalez's infield single that made it 7-5.
He took some good-natured ribbing from his teammates when he didn't clear the fence that was raised 8 feet, 9 inches before the start of the season.
"Just because they hit the fence that weren't normally there I got a lot of grief," said Story, who raised his average to .343. "People telling me I don't have backside pop. I guess I don't right now. That's all right."
The Giants got one back in the eighth on Brandon Belt's solo home run off reliever Miguel Castro. It was just the second hit allowed by Castro in five appearances.
ONE PITCH SHORT
Rockies starter Jordan Lyles was an out away from completing five innings and qualifying for the win, but Weiss pulled him after the Giants rallied to make it 6-5. San Francisco had a runner on first and Belt coming up, so Weiss went with the left-hander Rusin to play the matchup.
"I never want to go get a pitcher when he's one out away from a win, I just didn't feel good about the Belt matchup," Weiss said.
Rusin struck out Belt looking and then threw two more perfect innings.
BIRTHDAY BOY
Giants right fielder Hunter Pence celebrated his 33rd birthday with an RBI single in the fifth. It was just his second career hit in 22 at-bats on his birthday.
Pence, a notorious bad-ball hitter, has an admirer in Weiss.
"Sometimes you're better off throwing it down the middle because he's one of those guys if it's letter-high he might hit it in the seats in right field," Weiss said. "He might hit a home run on a pitch that bounces. You never know. I hate seeing him come up in big situations. When he's on deck he makes me uncomfortable because he's very difficult to pitch to."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Giants: RHP Sergio Romo was unavailable to pitch due to a tender elbow and will return to San Francisco on Thursday to be examined. Romo pitched on Tuesday night but woke up Wednesday "a little achy," manager Bruce Bochy said. "For his peace of mind, he needs to get it looked at." ... Posey tested his bruised right instep with some running on the field but wasn't in the lineup. Posey may sit out Thursday's game for more rest, but Bochy doesn't think it's a long-term situation. "Right now we think he'll be fine because of how much he's improving," he said. "There's always concern if it's still there."
UP NEXT
Giants: RHP Matt Cain (0-0, 3.00 ERA) is 17-8 with a 3.23 ERA in 35 career games against Colorado. Rockies hitters are batting .203 lifetime against Cain.
Rockies: LHP Jorge De La Rosa (0-1, 12.46) had his start moved up a day and will now pitch the final game of the three-game series against the Giants.
8:40PM,EDT,April 13,2016
Coors Field, Denver, Colorado
Coors Field, Denver, Colorado
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| San Francisco - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan Lyles pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Span grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Panik popped out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Pence grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Jake Peavy pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Blackmon tripled to deep right center. | 0 | 0 |
| Story hit sacrifice fly to right, Blackmon scored. | 0 | 1 |
| González tripled to deep right. | 0 | 1 |
| Arenado grounded out to shortstop, González scored. | 0 | 2 |
| Parra doubled to right. | 0 | 2 |
| Hundley flied out to left. | 0 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jordan Lyles pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Belt flied out to left. | 0 | 2 |
| Duffy grounded out to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Crawford popped out to second. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jake Peavy pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Paulsen struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| LeMahieu singled to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Lyles flied out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Blackmon doubled to right, LeMahieu tagged out at third. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jordan Lyles pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Pagán walked. | 0 | 2 |
| Brown singled to center, Pagán to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Peavy sacrificed to pitcher, Pagán to third, Brown to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Span doubled to deep right center, Pagán and Brown scored. | 2 | 2 |
| Panik flied out to left. | 2 | 2 |
| Pence struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jake Peavy pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Story struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| González doubled to deep center. | 2 | 2 |
| Arenado homered to left (394 feet), González scored. | 2 | 4 |
| Parra doubled to deep left center. | 2 | 4 |
| Hundley struck out swinging. | 2 | 4 |
| Paulsen doubled to deep right, Parra scored. | 2 | 5 |
| LeMahieu intentionally walked. | 2 | 5 |
| Lyles struck out looking. | 2 | 5 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jordan Lyles pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Belt singled to left. | 2 | 5 |
| Duffy grounded into double play, third to second to first, Belt out at second. | 2 | 5 |
| Crawford grounded out to first. | 2 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jake Peavy pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Blackmon grounded out to first. | 2 | 5 |
| Story tripled to deep right center. | 2 | 5 |
| González struck out swinging. | 2 | 5 |
| Arenado doubled to left, Story scored. | 2 | 6 |
| Parra flied out to right. | 2 | 6 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jordan Lyles pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Pagán reached on infield single to second. | 2 | 6 |
| Brown doubled to deep left, Pagán scored. | 3 | 6 |
| Blanco hit for Peavy. | 3 | 6 |
| Blanco grounded out to first, Brown to third. | 3 | 6 |
| Span walked. | 3 | 6 |
| Panik hit sacrifice fly to left, Brown scored, Span to second. | 4 | 6 |
| Pence singled to right, Span scored. | 5 | 6 |
| Rusin relieved Lyles. | 5 | 6 |
| Belt struck out looking. | 5 | 6 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Chris Heston pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Heston relieved Peavy. | 5 | 6 |
| Hundley grounded out to second. | 5 | 6 |
| Paulsen grounded out to third. | 5 | 6 |
| LeMahieu walked. | 5 | 6 |
| LeMahieu caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. | 5 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Chris Rusin pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Duffy popped out to third. | 5 | 6 |
| Crawford grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 6 |
| Pagán struck out looking. | 5 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Chris Heston pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Rusin popped out to shortstop. | 5 | 6 |
| Blackmon grounded out to first. | 5 | 6 |
| Story tripled to deep right center. | 5 | 6 |
| González reached on infield single to third, Story scored. | 5 | 7 |
| Arenado singled to left, González to second. | 5 | 7 |
| Parra struck out swinging. | 5 | 7 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Chris Rusin pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Brown lined out to center. | 5 | 7 |
| Tomlinson hit for Heston. | 5 | 7 |
| Tomlinson struck out swinging. | 5 | 7 |
| Span grounded out to second. | 5 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Cory Gearrin pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Gearrin relieved Heston. | 5 | 7 |
| Hundley grounded out to first. | 5 | 7 |
| Paulsen singled to right. | 5 | 7 |
| LeMahieu struck out swinging. | 5 | 7 |
| Raburn hit for Rusin. | 5 | 7 |
| Raburn grounded out to catcher. | 5 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Miguel Castro pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Castro relieved Rusin. | 5 | 7 |
| Panik flied out to center. | 5 | 7 |
| Pence grounded out to pitcher. | 5 | 7 |
| Belt homered to right (394 feet). | 6 | 7 |
| Duffy grounded out to first. | 6 | 7 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Josh Osich pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Osich relieved Gearrin. | 6 | 7 |
| Blackmon safe at first on error by second baseman Panik. | 6 | 7 |
| Story singled to right, Blackmon to second. | 6 | 7 |
| González struck out swinging. | 6 | 7 |
| Arenado homered to left (406 feet), Blackmon and Story scored. | 6 | 10 |
| Parra grounded out to third. | 6 | 10 |
| Hundley walked. | 6 | 10 |
| Paulsen singled to left, Hundley to second. | 6 | 10 |
| LeMahieu walked, Hundley to third, Paulsen to second. | 6 | 10 |
| Barnes hit for Castro. | 6 | 10 |
| Kontos relieved Osich. | 6 | 10 |
| Barnes flied out to center. | 6 | 10 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Jake McGee pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| McGee relieved Castro. | 6 | 10 |
| Barnes in center field. | 6 | 10 |
| Crawford struck out swinging. | 6 | 10 |
| Pagán walked. | 6 | 10 |
| Brown popped out to second. | 6 | 10 |
| Adrianza hit for Kontos. | 6 | 10 |
| Pagán to second on wild pitch by McGee. | 6 | 10 |
| Adrianza grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 10 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco Giants | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Span CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .222 | .237 | .361 |
| Panik 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .235 | .270 | .441 |
| Pence RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .273 | .359 | .455 |
| Belt 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .313 | .421 | .594 |
| Duffy 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .194 | .237 | .389 |
| Crawford SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .267 | .353 | .500 |
| Pagán LF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | .387 | .457 | .645 |
| Brown C | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .417 | .417 | 1.250 |
| Peavy P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
a-Blanco PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .200 | .200 | .200 |
Heston P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
b-Tomlinson PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .200 | .200 | .200 |
Gearrin P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Osich P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Kontos P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
c-Adrianza PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .333 | .625 |
| Totals | 31 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 126 | |||
| a-grounded to first for J Peavy in the 5th b-struck out swinging for C Heston in the 7th c-grounded to shortstop for G Kontos in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Span (2, Lyles); Brown (1, Lyles) HR: Belt (2, 8th inning off Castro 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: Span 2 (8), Brown (7), Panik (7), Pence (9), Belt (5) S: Peavy SF: Panik 2-out RBI: Pence, Belt GIDP: Duffy Giants RISP: 2-6 (Panik 0-1, Blanco 0-1, Span 1-1, Adrianza 0-1, Pence 1-2) Team LOB: 3 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Panik (1, ground ball) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Coors Field, Denver, CO |
| Attendance | 21,891 (43.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:07 |
| Weather | 68 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 7 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Rob Drake, First Base - Carlos Torres, Second Base - Gerry Davis, Third Base - Sam Holbrook |
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