DENVER -- Ian Desmond picked a good time to get his first home run at Coors Field as a member of the Colorado Rockies.
Desmond hit a game-changing three-run homer in the fifth and finished with four RBI to help the Rockies beat the San Francisco Giants 10-8 on Friday night.
Colorado rookie Antonio Senzatela battled through six innings to tie for the major league lead in wins, and DJ LeMahieu had four hits for the second straight game for the Rockies, who have won seven straight over the Giants.
Desmond, who signed a five-year, $70 million contract in the offseason, hasn't showed much power after starting the season on the disabled list. Friday's homer was just his fifth but it gave the Rockies a lead they never ceded.
"Our pitchers have been carrying us all year long and I just want to pick them up," Desmond said. "That's all we want to do. To be able to deliver with two strikes, we needed that. For me it was nice to help out Senzatela and the team."
Senzatela (9-2) tied Clayton Kershaw, Dallas Keuchel and Jason Vargas for the most wins despite giving up three home runs. Joe Panik, who also doubled twice, and Denard Span had solo shots and starter Jeff Samardzija (2-9) hit a two-run homer that gave the Giants a 4-1 lead in the fifth.
"It wasn't a really good game for me but we won. That's good," Senzatela said. "I tried to keep the game close and we were hitting good. I pitched six innings but I put the team in a bad situation but they support me and put us back in the game."
The Rockies rallied for five runs in the bottom of the fifth, three on Desmond's homer. Trevor Story hit a pinch-hit homer in the sixth and Desmond had a sacrifice fly in Colorado's three-run seventh.
The Giants got two in the eighth and one more in the ninth off closer Greg Holland, who earned his major league best 24th save.
San Francisco has lost four straight and 13 of 17 to fall 17 games below .500.
"We had the winning run up there," manager Bruce Bochy said. "We just can't finish it off."
Bochy was ejected by home plate umpire Gary Cederstrom in the top of the seventh for arguing balls and strikes after Samardzija walked LeMahieu in a seven-pitch battle.
"Listen, we're in the seventh inning. Lot of emotions," Samardzija said. "I was out there fighting. That's the way it goes sometimes."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Giants: LHP Madison Bumgarner is scheduled to throw a bullpen session in Arizona on Saturday. He has been out since mid-April with a left shoulder AC strain suffered in a dirt bike accident in Colorado.
Rockies: RHP Chad Bettis threw a 20-pitch bullpen session Friday in his road back from cancer treatment. Bettis, who led the Rockies pitchers in wins last season, has been out while receiving chemotherapy for testicular cancer. "He's feeling good, there's a smile on his face," manager Bud Black said. "We love having him around."
BEST-CASE SCENARIO
Giants catcher Buster Posey and infielder Eduardo Nunez were feeling fine after both left Thursday's game with injuries. Posey hurt his left ankle hitting a home run but didn't need an MRI or X-ray. He walked as a pinch-hitter Friday.
"I don't know if we could have gotten better news because he was in a lot of pain," Bochy said. "I thought it was going to be quite a while but we got the news much later that he's doing so much better. It was a little bit of an impingement, maybe some scar tissue."
UP NEXT
Giants: RHP Matt Cain (3-5, 5.22 ERA) will make his 39th career start against the Rockies, the most by any pitcher in major league history. He is 17-10 with a 3.52 ERA all-time against Colorado.
Rockies: Rookie RHP Kyle Freeland (7-4, 3.57 ERA) tossed seven shutout innings in his only start against San Francisco on April 23 at Coors Field.
San Francisco Giants
Desmond hit a game-changing three-run homer in the fifth and finished with four RBI to help the Rockies beat the San Francisco Giants 10-8 on Friday night.
Colorado rookie Antonio Senzatela battled through six innings to tie for the major league lead in wins, and DJ LeMahieu had four hits for the second straight game for the Rockies, who have won seven straight over the Giants.
Desmond, who signed a five-year, $70 million contract in the offseason, hasn't showed much power after starting the season on the disabled list. Friday's homer was just his fifth but it gave the Rockies a lead they never ceded.
"Our pitchers have been carrying us all year long and I just want to pick them up," Desmond said. "That's all we want to do. To be able to deliver with two strikes, we needed that. For me it was nice to help out Senzatela and the team."
Senzatela (9-2) tied Clayton Kershaw, Dallas Keuchel and Jason Vargas for the most wins despite giving up three home runs. Joe Panik, who also doubled twice, and Denard Span had solo shots and starter Jeff Samardzija (2-9) hit a two-run homer that gave the Giants a 4-1 lead in the fifth.
"It wasn't a really good game for me but we won. That's good," Senzatela said. "I tried to keep the game close and we were hitting good. I pitched six innings but I put the team in a bad situation but they support me and put us back in the game."
The Rockies rallied for five runs in the bottom of the fifth, three on Desmond's homer. Trevor Story hit a pinch-hit homer in the sixth and Desmond had a sacrifice fly in Colorado's three-run seventh.
The Giants got two in the eighth and one more in the ninth off closer Greg Holland, who earned his major league best 24th save.
San Francisco has lost four straight and 13 of 17 to fall 17 games below .500.
"We had the winning run up there," manager Bruce Bochy said. "We just can't finish it off."
Bochy was ejected by home plate umpire Gary Cederstrom in the top of the seventh for arguing balls and strikes after Samardzija walked LeMahieu in a seven-pitch battle.
"Listen, we're in the seventh inning. Lot of emotions," Samardzija said. "I was out there fighting. That's the way it goes sometimes."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Giants: LHP Madison Bumgarner is scheduled to throw a bullpen session in Arizona on Saturday. He has been out since mid-April with a left shoulder AC strain suffered in a dirt bike accident in Colorado.
Rockies: RHP Chad Bettis threw a 20-pitch bullpen session Friday in his road back from cancer treatment. Bettis, who led the Rockies pitchers in wins last season, has been out while receiving chemotherapy for testicular cancer. "He's feeling good, there's a smile on his face," manager Bud Black said. "We love having him around."
BEST-CASE SCENARIO
Giants catcher Buster Posey and infielder Eduardo Nunez were feeling fine after both left Thursday's game with injuries. Posey hurt his left ankle hitting a home run but didn't need an MRI or X-ray. He walked as a pinch-hitter Friday.
"I don't know if we could have gotten better news because he was in a lot of pain," Bochy said. "I thought it was going to be quite a while but we got the news much later that he's doing so much better. It was a little bit of an impingement, maybe some scar tissue."
UP NEXT
Giants: RHP Matt Cain (3-5, 5.22 ERA) will make his 39th career start against the Rockies, the most by any pitcher in major league history. He is 17-10 with a 3.52 ERA all-time against Colorado.
Rockies: Rookie RHP Kyle Freeland (7-4, 3.57 ERA) tossed seven shutout innings in his only start against San Francisco on April 23 at Coors Field.
8:40PM,EDT,June 16,2017
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Antonio Senzatela pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Span grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Panik homered to right (377 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| Belt struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| Pence grounded out to first. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Jeff Samardzija pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Blackmon struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| LeMahieu singled to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Arenado hit a ground rule double to deep center, LeMahieu to third. | 1 | 0 |
| González lined out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Desmond struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Antonio Senzatela pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Crawford grounded out to first. | 1 | 0 |
| Hundley struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Hill flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jeff Samardzija pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Tapia singled to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Amarista grounded out to pitcher, Tapia to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Tapia caught stealing third, pitcher to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Wolters flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Antonio Senzatela pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Slater grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Samardzija struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Span homered to right (378 feet). | 2 | 0 |
| Panik grounded out to first. | 2 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jeff Samardzija pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Senzatela grounded out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Blackmon doubled to left. | 2 | 0 |
| LeMahieu doubled to deep right, Blackmon scored. | 2 | 1 |
| Arenado popped out to second. | 2 | 1 |
| González grounded out to first. | 2 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Antonio Senzatela pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Belt struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| Pence singled to right. | 2 | 1 |
| Crawford struck out swinging. Pence caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jeff Samardzija pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Desmond lined out to center. | 2 | 1 |
| Tapia grounded out to second. | 2 | 1 |
| Amarista flied out to left. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Antonio Senzatela pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Hundley reached on infield single to shortstop. | 2 | 1 |
| Hill grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Hundley out at second. | 2 | 1 |
| Slater walked. | 2 | 1 |
| Samardzija homered to center (446 feet), Slater scored. | 4 | 1 |
| Span grounded out to pitcher. | 4 | 1 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jeff Samardzija pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Wolters singled to center. | 4 | 1 |
| Senzatela sacrificed to pitcher, Wolters to second. | 4 | 1 |
| Blackmon tripled to deep left center, Wolters scored. | 4 | 2 |
| LeMahieu singled to center, Blackmon scored. | 4 | 3 |
| Arenado singled to right, LeMahieu to second. | 4 | 3 |
| González flied out to center. | 4 | 3 |
| Desmond homered to right (373 feet), LeMahieu and Arenado scored. | 4 | 6 |
| Tapia grounded out to second. | 4 | 6 |
| 5 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Antonio Senzatela pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Panik doubled to right. | 4 | 6 |
| Belt grounded out to first, Panik to third. | 4 | 6 |
| Pence grounded out to second, Panik scored. | 5 | 6 |
| Crawford struck out swinging. | 5 | 6 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jeff Samardzija pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Amarista grounded out to first. | 5 | 6 |
| Wolters struck out swinging. | 5 | 6 |
| Story hit for Senzatela. | 5 | 6 |
| Story homered to right center (431 feet). | 5 | 7 |
| Blackmon struck out swinging. | 5 | 7 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Adam Ottavino pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Ottavino relieved Senzatela. | 5 | 7 |
| Hundley struck out swinging. | 5 | 7 |
| Hill popped out to shortstop. | 5 | 7 |
| Slater struck out swinging. | 5 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jeff Samardzija pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| LeMahieu walked. | 5 | 7 |
| Manager B Bochy ejected by G Cederstrom in the 7th. | 5 | 7 |
| Tomlinson at third base. | 5 | 7 |
| Law relieved Samardzija. | 5 | 7 |
| LeMahieu to second on passed ball by Hundley. | 5 | 7 |
| Arenado struck out swinging. | 5 | 7 |
| González singled to right center, LeMahieu to third. | 5 | 7 |
| Desmond hit sacrifice fly to center, LeMahieu scored. | 5 | 8 |
| Tapia singled to right, González to second, González scored, Tapia to third on error by right fielder Pence. | 5 | 9 |
| Amarista doubled to deep right center, Tapia scored. | 5 | 10 |
| Amarista to third on wild pitch by Law. | 5 | 10 |
| Wolters struck out looking. | 5 | 10 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Chris Rusin pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Rusin relieved Ottavino. | 5 | 10 |
| Tomlinson grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 10 |
| Span tripled to deep right center. | 5 | 10 |
| Panik doubled to right, Span scored. | 6 | 10 |
| Belt flied out to center. | 6 | 10 |
| Pence singled to left, Panik scored, Pence to second on throwing error by left fielder Tapia. | 7 | 10 |
| Crawford flied out to left. | 7 | 10 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Sam Dyson pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Dyson relieved Law. | 7 | 10 |
| Valaika hit for Rusin. | 7 | 10 |
| Valaika struck out swinging. | 7 | 10 |
| Blackmon lined out to right. | 7 | 10 |
| LeMahieu singled to right. | 7 | 10 |
| LeMahieu stole second. | 7 | 10 |
| Arenado struck out swinging. | 7 | 10 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Greg Holland pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Holland relieved Rusin. | 7 | 10 |
| Hundley fouled out to first. | 7 | 10 |
| Hernández hit for Dyson. | 7 | 10 |
| Hernández tripled to deep center. | 7 | 10 |
| Slater singled to center, Hernández scored. | 8 | 10 |
| Posey hit for Tomlinson. | 8 | 10 |
| Posey walked, Slater to second. | 8 | 10 |
| Blach ran for Posey. | 8 | 10 |
| Span struck out swinging. | 8 | 10 |
| Panik grounded out to second. | 8 | 10 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
San Francisco Giants
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Span CF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .265 | .311 | .420 |
| Panik 2B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .267 | .336 | .407 |
| Belt 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .221 | .340 | .414 |
| Pence RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .242 | .285 | .331 |
| Crawford SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .249 | .294 | .399 |
| Hundley C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .236 | .259 | .391 |
| Hill 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .161 | .273 | .286 |
Law P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Dyson P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Hernández PH
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .202 | .276 | .272 |
| Slater LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | .400 | .467 | .550 |
| Samardzija P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .103 | .103 | .241 |
Tomlinson 3B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .279 | .311 | .279 |
b-Posey PH
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .356 | .443 | .545 |
Blach PR
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .280 | .238 |
| Totals | 36 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 145 | |||
| a-tripled to deep center for S Dyson in the 9th b-walked for K Tomlinson in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Panik 2 (15, Senzatela, Rusin) 3B: Span (2, Rusin); Hernández (1, Holland) HR: Panik (4, 1st inning off Senzatela 0 on, 1 Out); Span (4, 3rd inning off Senzatela 0 on, 2 Out); Samardzija (1, 5th inning off Senzatela 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: Panik 2 (20), Span (13), Samardzija 2 (2), Pence 2 (22), Slater (8) 2-out RBI: Span, Samardzija 2, Pence GIDP: Hill Giants RISP: 3-9 (Panik 1-2, Span 0-1, Pence 1-2, Belt 0-2, Crawford 0-1, Slater 1-1) Team LOB: 3 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: Pence (1, 2nd base by Senzatela/Wolters) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Pence (1, bobble) PB: Hundley. | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| MGR BOCHY EJECTED (ARGUING BALLS/STRIKES) BOT 7TH |
Game Information
| Stadium | Coors Field, Denver, CO |
| Attendance | 46,632 (92.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:09 |
| Weather | 93 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 2 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Gary Cederstrom, First Base - Gabe Morales, Second Base - Adrian Johnson, Third Base - Eric Cooper |
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