DENVER -- Kyle Freeland gave up hits and even got hit, but the rookie gave the surging Colorado Rockies the outing they needed.
Freeland pitched six solid innings and shook off a liner off his pitching arm, Tony Wolters drove in two runs and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Francisco Giants again, 5-1 on Saturday.
The Rockies are 9-1 against San Francisco this season and have won the last eight against the Giants. Colorado had 14 hits but only one for extra bases, a double by pinch-hitter Pat Valaika in the seventh inning.
"A lot of singles today. That tells me there was some pretty good pitching," Rockies manager Bud Black said.
Freeland (8-4) wasn't as sharp as his seven shutout innings against San Francisco on April 23 but he held the Giants to one run and eight hits despite pitching in traffic in every inning. The rookie left-hander left with a 2-1 lead and pumped his fist after striking out pinch-hitter Brandon Belt to end the sixth with a runner on second.
"He pumped me up," Wolters said. "He jumped off that mound, started fist pumping. I love that energy about him."
Freeland had a scary moment in the fourth when Joe Panik's line drive up the middle hit him near his elbow and then glanced off his biceps. The trainer looked at him and after one warmup pitch he said he was fine.
"A little knotted up but I'll be alright," Freeland said. "I didn't know if it was going to swell up immediately or have structural damage but they ran a couple of tests out there and it was fine."
Giants starter Matt Cain took a shot off Carlos Gonzalez's bat in the fourth but staye in the game.
Nolan Arenado made it 3-1 with a single in the sixth and Wolters and Valaika had two-out hits in the seventh to stretch the lead to 5-1. All six runs in the game were scored with two outs.
Cain (3-6), winless since May 15, lost for the fifth time in six starts and Joe Panik had three hits for the Giants, who have lost five straight and 14 of 18.
Panik was denied a fourth hit when first baseman Mark Reynolds caught his liner and stepped on first to double off Kelby Tomlinson to end the game.
"We're not doing enough to win the ballgames," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "We score 17 runs in the first two games and we can't get a win, and we get a pretty good pitching job and we get one run today. That's kind of how it's gone for us."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Giants: LHP Madison Bumgarner (left AC shoulder strain) threw a 40-pitch bullpen session in Arizona on Saturday. Bochy said he will have another session in a few days. ... C Buster Posey started at 1B to take stress off his sore left ankle.
Rockies: LHP Tyler Anderson (left knee inflammation) was scheduled to throw 75 pitches in a rehab start for Triple-A Albuquerque and RHP Jon Gray (stress fracture, right foot) is slated for a rehab start for Albuquerque on Monday. If things go well both could rejoin the Rockies rotation next week.
STREAK SNAPPED
Arenado's misplay of Nick Hundley's grounder in the second inning was his first error of the season. Arenado's 71-game errorless streak, which included the last three games of 2016, was the third longest by a third baseman in club history. Vinny Castilla went 75 games without an error in 2004 and Jeff Cirillo's 85-game errorless streak in 2001 tops the list.
Arenado quickly atoned by fielding Aaron Hill's grounder to start a double play.
FRIENDLY FIRE
Hundley had a minor collision with Wolters in the fourth inning. Hundley scored on a single and glanced off Wolters as he crossed the plate.
When Wolters came to bat in the bottom of the inning Hundley gave him a fist bump to express no hard feelings.
"I was trying to deke him, got close and then just bumped," Wolters said. "There wasn't anything from it. He's my big brother. He was here and helped me out."
UP NEXT
Giants: LHP Ty Blach (4-4, 4.24 ERA) will make his first start and fifth appearance against the Rockies on Sunday. The Denver native has tossed six scoreless innings in his career against the Rockies.
Rockies: RHP Tyler Chatwood (6-7, 4.16 ERA) will start for the third time against the Giants on Sunday. Chatwood is 2-4 with a 7.03 ERA at home this season.
San Francisco Giants
Freeland pitched six solid innings and shook off a liner off his pitching arm, Tony Wolters drove in two runs and the Colorado Rockies beat the San Francisco Giants again, 5-1 on Saturday.
The Rockies are 9-1 against San Francisco this season and have won the last eight against the Giants. Colorado had 14 hits but only one for extra bases, a double by pinch-hitter Pat Valaika in the seventh inning.
"A lot of singles today. That tells me there was some pretty good pitching," Rockies manager Bud Black said.
Freeland (8-4) wasn't as sharp as his seven shutout innings against San Francisco on April 23 but he held the Giants to one run and eight hits despite pitching in traffic in every inning. The rookie left-hander left with a 2-1 lead and pumped his fist after striking out pinch-hitter Brandon Belt to end the sixth with a runner on second.
"He pumped me up," Wolters said. "He jumped off that mound, started fist pumping. I love that energy about him."
Freeland had a scary moment in the fourth when Joe Panik's line drive up the middle hit him near his elbow and then glanced off his biceps. The trainer looked at him and after one warmup pitch he said he was fine.
"A little knotted up but I'll be alright," Freeland said. "I didn't know if it was going to swell up immediately or have structural damage but they ran a couple of tests out there and it was fine."
Giants starter Matt Cain took a shot off Carlos Gonzalez's bat in the fourth but staye in the game.
Nolan Arenado made it 3-1 with a single in the sixth and Wolters and Valaika had two-out hits in the seventh to stretch the lead to 5-1. All six runs in the game were scored with two outs.
Cain (3-6), winless since May 15, lost for the fifth time in six starts and Joe Panik had three hits for the Giants, who have lost five straight and 14 of 18.
Panik was denied a fourth hit when first baseman Mark Reynolds caught his liner and stepped on first to double off Kelby Tomlinson to end the game.
"We're not doing enough to win the ballgames," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "We score 17 runs in the first two games and we can't get a win, and we get a pretty good pitching job and we get one run today. That's kind of how it's gone for us."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Giants: LHP Madison Bumgarner (left AC shoulder strain) threw a 40-pitch bullpen session in Arizona on Saturday. Bochy said he will have another session in a few days. ... C Buster Posey started at 1B to take stress off his sore left ankle.
Rockies: LHP Tyler Anderson (left knee inflammation) was scheduled to throw 75 pitches in a rehab start for Triple-A Albuquerque and RHP Jon Gray (stress fracture, right foot) is slated for a rehab start for Albuquerque on Monday. If things go well both could rejoin the Rockies rotation next week.
STREAK SNAPPED
Arenado's misplay of Nick Hundley's grounder in the second inning was his first error of the season. Arenado's 71-game errorless streak, which included the last three games of 2016, was the third longest by a third baseman in club history. Vinny Castilla went 75 games without an error in 2004 and Jeff Cirillo's 85-game errorless streak in 2001 tops the list.
Arenado quickly atoned by fielding Aaron Hill's grounder to start a double play.
FRIENDLY FIRE
Hundley had a minor collision with Wolters in the fourth inning. Hundley scored on a single and glanced off Wolters as he crossed the plate.
When Wolters came to bat in the bottom of the inning Hundley gave him a fist bump to express no hard feelings.
"I was trying to deke him, got close and then just bumped," Wolters said. "There wasn't anything from it. He's my big brother. He was here and helped me out."
UP NEXT
Giants: LHP Ty Blach (4-4, 4.24 ERA) will make his first start and fifth appearance against the Rockies on Sunday. The Denver native has tossed six scoreless innings in his career against the Rockies.
Rockies: RHP Tyler Chatwood (6-7, 4.16 ERA) will start for the third time against the Giants on Sunday. Chatwood is 2-4 with a 7.03 ERA at home this season.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| San Francisco - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Kyle Freeland pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Tomlinson walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Tomlinson picked off first. | 0 | 0 |
| Panik singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Pence singled to left, Panik to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Posey struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Slater struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Matt Cain pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Tapia grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| LeMahieu popped out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Arenado struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Kyle Freeland pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Hundley safe at first on error by third baseman Arenado. | 0 | 0 |
| Hill grounded into double play, third to second to first, Hundley out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| Hernández singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Cain grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Matt Cain pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Reynolds struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Desmond grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| González singled to deep left. | 0 | 0 |
| Story singled to right center, González to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Wolters singled to right center, González scored, Story to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Freeland struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Kyle Freeland pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Tomlinson grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 1 |
| Panik reached on infield single to pitcher. | 0 | 1 |
| Pence grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Panik out at second. | 0 | 1 |
| Posey grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Pence out at second. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Matt Cain pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Tapia flied out to left. | 0 | 1 |
| LeMahieu singled to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Arenado lined out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Reynolds walked, LeMahieu to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Desmond reached on infield single to shortstop, LeMahieu to third, Reynolds to second. | 0 | 1 |
| González grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Desmond out at second. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Freeland pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Slater grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 1 |
| Hundley doubled to deep right. | 0 | 1 |
| Hill flied out to left. | 0 | 1 |
| Hernández singled to right, Hundley scored. | 1 | 1 |
| Cain grounded out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Matt Cain pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Story popped out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolters grounded out to first. | 1 | 1 |
| Freeland singled to right center. | 1 | 1 |
| Tapia singled to right, Freeland to second. | 1 | 1 |
| LeMahieu lined out to center. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Freeland pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Tomlinson grounded out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Panik singled to shallow right. | 1 | 1 |
| Pence grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Panik out at second. | 1 | 1 |
| Posey lined out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Matt Cain pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Arenado flied out to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Reynolds flied out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Desmond singled to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Desmond stole second. | 1 | 1 |
| González walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Desmond to third on passed ball by Hundley. | 1 | 1 |
| Story singled to center, Desmond scored, González to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Wolters grounded out to second. | 1 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Freeland pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Slater singled to right. | 1 | 2 |
| Hundley grounded out to third, Slater to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Hill lined out to shortstop. | 1 | 2 |
| Hernández intentionally walked. | 1 | 2 |
| Belt hit for Cain. | 1 | 2 |
| Belt struck out swinging. | 1 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Bryan Morris pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Morris relieved Cain. | 1 | 2 |
| Amarista hit for Freeland. | 1 | 2 |
| Amarista flied out to center. | 1 | 2 |
| Tapia singled to center. | 1 | 2 |
| LeMahieu grounded out to second, Tapia to second. | 1 | 2 |
| Arenado singled to center, Tapia scored. | 1 | 3 |
| Arenado caught stealing second, catcher to second. | 1 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Scott Oberg pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Oberg relieved Freeland. | 1 | 3 |
| Tomlinson struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| Panik grounded out to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Pence singled to shallow center. | 1 | 3 |
| Posey singled to deep center, Pence to third. | 1 | 3 |
| Slater struck out looking. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Bryan Morris pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Reynolds singled to center. | 1 | 3 |
| Desmond sacrificed to third, Reynolds to second. | 1 | 3 |
| González intentionally walked. | 1 | 3 |
| Story lined out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| Wolters singled to right, Reynolds scored, González to second. | 1 | 4 |
| Valaika hit for Oberg. | 1 | 4 |
| Valaika doubled to right, González scored, Wolters to third. | 1 | 5 |
| Osich relieved Morris. | 1 | 5 |
| Tapia struck out looking. | 1 | 5 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Adam Ottavino pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Ottavino relieved Oberg. | 1 | 5 |
| Hundley struck out looking. | 1 | 5 |
| Hill flied out to left. | 1 | 5 |
| Hernández struck out swinging. | 1 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Cory Gearrin pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Gearrin relieved Osich. | 1 | 5 |
| LeMahieu flied out to center. | 1 | 5 |
| Arenado lined out to center. | 1 | 5 |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 1 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Jake McGee pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| McGee relieved Ottavino. | 1 | 5 |
| Span hit for Gearrin. | 1 | 5 |
| Span struck out swinging. | 1 | 5 |
| Tomlinson walked. | 1 | 5 |
| Panik lined into double play, to first, Tomlinson doubled off first. | 1 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
San Francisco Giants
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomlinson SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 | .261 | .320 | .261 |
| Panik 2B | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .274 | .341 | .412 |
| Pence RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .247 | .289 | .335 |
| Posey 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .354 | .439 | .539 |
| Slater LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .386 | .449 | .523 |
| Hundley C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .237 | .258 | .395 |
| Hill 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .150 | .257 | .267 |
| Hernández CF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | .214 | .290 | .282 |
| Cain P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .095 | .095 | .143 |
a-Belt PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .220 | .339 | .412 |
Morris P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Osich P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Gearrin P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
b-Span PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .264 | .309 | .418 |
| Totals | 35 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 147 | |||
| a-struck out swinging for M Cain in the 6th b-struck out swinging for C Gearrin in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Hundley (12, Freeland) RBI: Hernández (10) 2-out RBI: Hernández GIDP: Hill Giants RISP: 1-7 (Hill 0-2, Posey 0-1, Hernández 1-1, Belt 0-1, Slater 0-2) Team LOB: 10 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING Picked Off: Tomlinson (1st base by Freeland) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING PB: Hundley. | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Coors Field, Denver, CO |
| Attendance | 48,035 (95.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:01 |
| Weather | 81 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 8 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Gabe Morales, First Base - Adrian Johnson, Second Base - Eric Cooper, Third Base - Gary Cederstrom |
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