DENVER -- Jorge De La Rosa was asked about his hitting, but all he wanted to talk about was his pitching.
It was understandable after he struggled in his first two outings, but the left-hander bounced back with a vintage Coors Field start.
De La Rosa had two hits, drove in two runs and pitched into the seventh inning to lead the Colorado Rockies over the San Francisco Giants 11-6 on Thursday.
De La Rosa (1-1) allowed four runs -- three earned -- struck out seven and walked one in 6 2/3 innings to win his 49th game at Coors Field. He was coming off a Saturday outing against San Diego in which he gave up seven runs in four innings.
"That was more like Jorge," manager Walt Weiss said. "I thought he used his fastball a little better today. He still had his changeup, a real good one, but I thought that he pitched with his fastball better than he had the previous two outings. We needed some length out of that start today."
Weiss said De La Rosa's slow start has "been part of his history" but that he picks it up after a couple of starts. He proved that Thursday by dropping his ERA from 12.46 to 8.80.
"I feel like I threw much better than the first two games," De La Rosa said. "Command was much better today."
Brandon Belt homered for the second straight game for the Giants, who are dealing with multiple injuries after this series. Reliever Sergio Romo, who flew back to San Francisco to get his sore elbow examined, was diagnosed with a strained right flexor tendon. Shortstop Brandon Crawford left the game in the seventh with a sore left hip.
"He has a left hip flexor and it flared up on him," manager Bruce Bochy said.
Catcher Buster Posey returned to the lineup after missing two games with a bruised right foot. He left the game in the bottom of the seventh as a precaution.
The Giants might have felt better by winning the series, but De La Rosa was tough on their lineup. He didn't give up a hit through the first three innings to keep up with San Francisco starter Matt Cain, who retired 12 of his first 13 batters.
De La Rosa's bases-loaded wild pitch put San Francisco ahead in the fourth, and two defensive gems by third baseman Nolan Arenado and another by first baseman Mark Reynolds prevented more runs.
Colorado then scored nine runs in the fifth, when Gerardo Parra led off with his first homer for the Rockies. Reynolds had two doubles, the second a three-run drive to center, and Arenado had a two-run double off the wall in left.
De La Rosa helped himself when he blooped a two-run single into right for a 3-1 lead.
"We got the lead with that single," he said. "It's always good to get RBI."
Cain allowed six runs and six hits in 4 2/3 innings, and Colorado scored three more runs off Chris Heston. The nine runs were the Rockies' most in one inning against San Francisco.
"The inning caught up with him," Bochy said of Cain.
San Francisco chased De La Rosa in its three-run seventh and loaded the bases against Justin Miller. Posey had a chance to make it a one-run game with a home run but grounded out.
Belt's two-run homer in the eighth -- awarded after video review -- made it 9-6, but Carlos Gonzalez answered with a two-run double in the bottom half. Gonzalez pumped his fist in celebration after trotting into second.
"They know how to come back and win games," Gonzalez said. "To get that big hit, it's about getting two on the board and feeling comfortable again."
Gonzalez has hit safely in all nine games this season and extended his hitting streak to 19 games dating back to last year.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Giants: 2B Joe Panik didn't start because of a sore hip. He came in as a defensive replacement in the eighth and walked in the ninth. ... Romo hasn't been placed on the disabled list yet, but Bochy said that move would be likely, although it doesn't appear he will need surgery.
Rockies: OF Charlie Blackmon was placed on the 15-day DL with turf toe in his left foot. He hurt the toe diving back into second in the eighth inning of Wednesday's game and didn't play the field in the ninth. "He's had turf toe in the past and it sounds like he aggravated that," Weiss said. ... C Nick Hundley is being evaluated for a possible concussion after taking a foul ball off the mask Wednesday. Tony Wolters started Thursday and Dustin Garneau was recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque to serve as the third catcher.
UP NEXT
Giants: LHP Madison Bumgarner (1-0, 3.27 ERA) is to face Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw when the teams open a three-game series in Los Angeles on Friday.
Rockies: RHP Chad Bettis (1-0, 4.38) will attempt to build on his seven-inning outing in a win against San Diego when he opens Colorado's three-game series against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on Friday.
It was understandable after he struggled in his first two outings, but the left-hander bounced back with a vintage Coors Field start.
De La Rosa had two hits, drove in two runs and pitched into the seventh inning to lead the Colorado Rockies over the San Francisco Giants 11-6 on Thursday.
De La Rosa (1-1) allowed four runs -- three earned -- struck out seven and walked one in 6 2/3 innings to win his 49th game at Coors Field. He was coming off a Saturday outing against San Diego in which he gave up seven runs in four innings.
"That was more like Jorge," manager Walt Weiss said. "I thought he used his fastball a little better today. He still had his changeup, a real good one, but I thought that he pitched with his fastball better than he had the previous two outings. We needed some length out of that start today."
Weiss said De La Rosa's slow start has "been part of his history" but that he picks it up after a couple of starts. He proved that Thursday by dropping his ERA from 12.46 to 8.80.
"I feel like I threw much better than the first two games," De La Rosa said. "Command was much better today."
Brandon Belt homered for the second straight game for the Giants, who are dealing with multiple injuries after this series. Reliever Sergio Romo, who flew back to San Francisco to get his sore elbow examined, was diagnosed with a strained right flexor tendon. Shortstop Brandon Crawford left the game in the seventh with a sore left hip.
"He has a left hip flexor and it flared up on him," manager Bruce Bochy said.
Catcher Buster Posey returned to the lineup after missing two games with a bruised right foot. He left the game in the bottom of the seventh as a precaution.
The Giants might have felt better by winning the series, but De La Rosa was tough on their lineup. He didn't give up a hit through the first three innings to keep up with San Francisco starter Matt Cain, who retired 12 of his first 13 batters.
De La Rosa's bases-loaded wild pitch put San Francisco ahead in the fourth, and two defensive gems by third baseman Nolan Arenado and another by first baseman Mark Reynolds prevented more runs.
Colorado then scored nine runs in the fifth, when Gerardo Parra led off with his first homer for the Rockies. Reynolds had two doubles, the second a three-run drive to center, and Arenado had a two-run double off the wall in left.
De La Rosa helped himself when he blooped a two-run single into right for a 3-1 lead.
"We got the lead with that single," he said. "It's always good to get RBI."
Cain allowed six runs and six hits in 4 2/3 innings, and Colorado scored three more runs off Chris Heston. The nine runs were the Rockies' most in one inning against San Francisco.
"The inning caught up with him," Bochy said of Cain.
San Francisco chased De La Rosa in its three-run seventh and loaded the bases against Justin Miller. Posey had a chance to make it a one-run game with a home run but grounded out.
Belt's two-run homer in the eighth -- awarded after video review -- made it 9-6, but Carlos Gonzalez answered with a two-run double in the bottom half. Gonzalez pumped his fist in celebration after trotting into second.
"They know how to come back and win games," Gonzalez said. "To get that big hit, it's about getting two on the board and feeling comfortable again."
Gonzalez has hit safely in all nine games this season and extended his hitting streak to 19 games dating back to last year.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Giants: 2B Joe Panik didn't start because of a sore hip. He came in as a defensive replacement in the eighth and walked in the ninth. ... Romo hasn't been placed on the disabled list yet, but Bochy said that move would be likely, although it doesn't appear he will need surgery.
Rockies: OF Charlie Blackmon was placed on the 15-day DL with turf toe in his left foot. He hurt the toe diving back into second in the eighth inning of Wednesday's game and didn't play the field in the ninth. "He's had turf toe in the past and it sounds like he aggravated that," Weiss said. ... C Nick Hundley is being evaluated for a possible concussion after taking a foul ball off the mask Wednesday. Tony Wolters started Thursday and Dustin Garneau was recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque to serve as the third catcher.
UP NEXT
Giants: LHP Madison Bumgarner (1-0, 3.27 ERA) is to face Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw when the teams open a three-game series in Los Angeles on Friday.
Rockies: RHP Chad Bettis (1-0, 4.38) will attempt to build on his seven-inning outing in a win against San Diego when he opens Colorado's three-game series against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on Friday.
3:10PM,EDT,April 14,2016
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Span struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Pagán lined out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Posey struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Matt Cain pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| LeMahieu popped out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Story struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| González popped out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Pence safe at first on error by pitcher De La Rosa. | 0 | 0 |
| Belt lined into double play, second to first, Pence doubled off first. | 0 | 0 |
| Duffy struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Matt Cain pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Arenado flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Parra struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Crawford struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Cain struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Tomlinson grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Matt Cain pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Paulsen struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Wolters grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| De La Rosa singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| LeMahieu grounded into fielder's choice to second, De La Rosa out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Span singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Pagán walked, Span to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Posey grounded into fielder's choice to first, Span safe at third on error by pitcher De La Rosa, Pagán to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Span scored, Pagán to third, Posey to second on wild pitch by De La Rosa. | 1 | 0 |
| Pence grounded out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Belt lined out to first. | 1 | 0 |
| Duffy grounded out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Matt Cain pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Story struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| González grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 0 |
| Arenado flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Crawford struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Cain struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Tomlinson flied out to right. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Matt Cain pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Parra homered to right (397 feet). | 1 | 1 |
| Reynolds doubled to deep center. | 1 | 1 |
| Paulsen struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolters singled to shallow left, Reynolds to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolters stole second. | 1 | 1 |
| De La Rosa singled to right, Reynolds and Wolters scored. | 1 | 3 |
| LeMahieu doubled to deep right, De La Rosa to third. | 1 | 3 |
| Story struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| González walked. | 1 | 3 |
| Heston relieved Cain. | 1 | 3 |
| Arenado doubled to deep left, De La Rosa and LeMahieu scored, González to third. | 1 | 5 |
| Parra intentionally walked. | 1 | 5 |
| Reynolds doubled to deep center, González, Arenado and Parra scored. | 1 | 8 |
| Paulsen singled to left, Reynolds scored, Paulsen to second on throwing error by left fielder Pagán. | 1 | 9 |
| Wolters struck out swinging. | 1 | 9 |
| 9 Runs, 8 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Span grounded out to first. | 1 | 9 |
| Pagán popped out to first. | 1 | 9 |
| Posey flied out to left. | 1 | 9 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Chris Heston pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| De La Rosa grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 9 |
| LeMahieu walked. | 1 | 9 |
| Story walked, LeMahieu to second. | 1 | 9 |
| González grounded out to second, LeMahieu to third, Story to second. | 1 | 9 |
| Arenado lined out to third. | 1 | 9 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Parra in left field. | 1 | 9 |
| Barnes in center field. | 1 | 9 |
| Pence grounded out to third. | 1 | 9 |
| Belt singled to deep right. | 1 | 9 |
| Duffy doubled to deep right, Belt scored. | 2 | 9 |
| Crawford flied out to right. | 2 | 9 |
| Adrianza hit for Heston. | 2 | 9 |
| Adrianza doubled to left, Duffy scored. | 3 | 9 |
| Miller relieved De La Rosa. | 3 | 9 |
| Tomlinson reached on infield single to pitcher, Adrianza to third. | 3 | 9 |
| Span singled to left, Adrianza scored, Tomlinson to second. | 4 | 9 |
| Pagán singled to left, Tomlinson to third, Span to second. | 4 | 9 |
| Posey grounded out to third. | 4 | 9 |
| 3 Runs, 6 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Javier Lopez pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| López relieved Heston. | 4 | 9 |
| Brown catching. | 4 | 9 |
| Adrianza at shortstop. | 4 | 9 |
| Parra singled to left. | 4 | 9 |
| Reynolds grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Parra out at second. | 4 | 9 |
| Barnes flied out to left. | 4 | 9 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Chad Qualls pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Qualls relieved Miller. | 4 | 9 |
| Pence safe at first on error by pitcher Qualls. | 4 | 9 |
| Belt homered to left (379 feet), Pence scored. | 6 | 9 |
| Duffy singled to right. | 6 | 9 |
| Brown grounded out to second, Duffy to second. | 6 | 9 |
| Adrianza lined out to shortstop. | 6 | 9 |
| Tomlinson grounded out to third. | 6 | 9 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Javier Lopez pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Wolters reached on infield single to third. | 6 | 9 |
| Adames hit for Qualls. | 6 | 9 |
| Panik at second base. | 6 | 9 |
| Strickland relieved López. | 6 | 9 |
| Tomlinson at shortstop. | 6 | 9 |
| Adames struck out swinging, Wolters stole second. | 6 | 9 |
| LeMahieu grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Wolters out at third. | 6 | 9 |
| Story singled to left, LeMahieu to second. | 6 | 9 |
| González doubled to deep right, LeMahieu and Story scored. | 6 | 11 |
| Arenado flied out to center. | 6 | 11 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Boone Logan pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Logan relieved Qualls. | 6 | 11 |
| Span flied out to left. | 6 | 11 |
| Pagán flied out to center. | 6 | 11 |
| Panik walked. | 6 | 11 |
| Pence lined out to second. | 6 | 11 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco Giants | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Span CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .244 | .256 | .366 |
| Pagán LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | .371 | .450 | .600 |
| Posey C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .333 | .387 | .593 |
López P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Panik 2B
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .235 | .289 | .441 |
| Pence RF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .237 | .318 | .395 |
| Belt 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .333 | .429 | .667 |
| Duffy 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .225 | .262 | .425 |
| Crawford SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .242 | .324 | .455 |
Brown C
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .385 | .385 | 1.154 |
| Cain P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Heston P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Adrianza PH-SS
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .300 | .364 | .700 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| Tomlinson 2B-SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .222 | .222 | .222 |
| Totals | 38 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 158 | |||
| a-doubled to left for C Heston in the 7th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Duffy (2, De La Rosa); Adrianza (1, De La Rosa) HR: Belt (3, 8th inning off Qualls 1 on, 0 Out) RBI: Duffy (8), Adrianza (2), Span (9), Belt 2 (7) 2-out RBI: Adrianza, Span Giants RISP: 4-12 (Adrianza 1-2, Span 1-1, Pagán 1-1, Pence 0-1, Posey 0-2, Duffy 0-1, Belt 0-1, Crawford 0-1, Tomlinson 1-2) Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Pagán (1, throw) DP: 1 (Adrianza-Tomlinson-Belt). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Coors Field, Denver, CO |
| Attendance | 21,226 (42.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:26 |
| Weather | 72 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 12 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Carlos Torres, First Base - Gerry Davis, Second Base - Sam Holbrook, Third Base - Rob Drake |
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