DENVER -- The Colorado Rockies got their first walkoff win of the season, thanks to a rookie.
Raimel Tapia hit a run-scoring single in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Rockies recovered from blowing a late lead to beat the San Francisco Giants 10-9 on Thursday night.
"This cat has confidence," Rockies manager Bud Black said of Tapia, who has multiple hits in each of his last three starts. "I thought over time the Triple-A numbers would translate. We've seen that the last couple days. He's been swinging well."
Nolan Arenado doubled three times and drove in four runs, while D.J. LeMahieu added four hits. The Rockies won for the 10th time in 14 games this month despite allowing the Giants to come back from an eight-run deficit.
"Scrappy win," Black added. "We needed that. We couldn't let that one get way."
Mark Reynolds began the tiebreaking rally by singling off Hunter Strickland (1-2) to start the ninth. After Ian Desmond popped out, pinch-hitter Carlos Gonzalez, the Rockies veteran slugger who has been in a slump, walked to bring up Tapia, who came through with his second hit of the night.
"I feel really good in those situations, when they're pitching around someone to get to you," Tapia said through a translator. "You know you have the opportunity to come up and make an impact."
Buster Posey connected for his ninth home run, a two-drive in the seventh off reliever Scott Oberg, but then left the game with ankle soreness. Eduardo Nunez also left the game with hamstring tightness after legging out a leadoff infield single in the seventh. The team said both players' status was day to day.
Nick Hundley, who replaced Posey at catcher, had a pinch-hit home run to ignite a five-run eighth. Pitcher Ty Blach, in a rare pinch-hitting appearance, also had an RBI single. Brandon Crawford then drove a 2-2 offering from Jake McGee into the left-field bleachers for a three-run homer that pulled the Giants, who trailed 9-1 earlier, within a run.
Austin Slater singled off closer Greg Holland to lead off the ninth for his fourth hit of the game. Holland fanned Hundley but Denard Span singled and Gorkys Hernandez delivered a game-tying sacrifice fly, marking the first blown save of the season for Holland (1-0). He had converted a franchise-record 23 in a row to start the year.
With Giants position players depleted, Jeff Samardzija became the second Giants pitcher to be used as a pinch-hitter. While he was up, Span, who had stolen third, broke for the plate when a pitch trickled out of the glove of catcher Tom Murphy. Murphy quickly grabbed it and flipped the ball to Holland covering home, and the sliding Span was tagged out in a bang-bang play that survived replay review.
Span said afterward that he did not immediately get a clear view of ball coming out of the catcher's glove and rolling backward past the umpire.
"I hesitated a split-second and I think that was the difference between me being safe and out," he said.
Giants starter Matt Moore went three innings and allowed eight runs on 11 hits.
The Rockies did most of their damage early, scoring seven runs in the first two innings. Arenado had an RBI double in the first and a two-run double in the second. He had another run-scoring double in the sixth.
FLYING CATCH
A stunning defensive play by Rockies shortstop Trevor Story helped keep the Giants in check early in the game. With the bases loaded and two outs in the second inning, Span hit a liner that seemed headed for left field. Story ranged to his right in a dead run and then made a sideways leap to snag the liner in midair, keeping the ball snugly in his glove despite hitting the ground with a thud. "I was just like, `You've got to be kidding me," Span said. "That's just the type of season that's been going on for us."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Giants: LHP Madison Bumgarner (left shoulder sprain) is scheduled to pitch a simulated game Sunday morning before the team's series finale against the Rockies. A minor league rehab assignment will follow if all goes well.
Rockies: C Ryan Hanigan was optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque to make roster room for C Tom Murphy, who was reintstated from the 10-day disabled list after recovering from a broken right forearm sustained March 11 during a spring training game. ... RHP Jon Gray (stress fracture, left foot) is slated to make his second rehab start Monday for Albuquerque and throw 75-80 pitches. ...LHP Tyler Anderson (left knee inflammation) is scheduled to make a rehab start Sunday for Albuquerque and throw about 75 pitches.
UP NEXT
Giants: Samardzija (2-8, 4.31 ERA) has gone 0-2 with an 8.03 ERA in two previous starts against Colorado this season.
Rockies: Rookie RHP Antonio Senzatela (8-2, 3.84) has won six of his seven decisions this season at Coors Field.
San Francisco Giants
Raimel Tapia hit a run-scoring single in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Rockies recovered from blowing a late lead to beat the San Francisco Giants 10-9 on Thursday night.
"This cat has confidence," Rockies manager Bud Black said of Tapia, who has multiple hits in each of his last three starts. "I thought over time the Triple-A numbers would translate. We've seen that the last couple days. He's been swinging well."
Nolan Arenado doubled three times and drove in four runs, while D.J. LeMahieu added four hits. The Rockies won for the 10th time in 14 games this month despite allowing the Giants to come back from an eight-run deficit.
"Scrappy win," Black added. "We needed that. We couldn't let that one get way."
Mark Reynolds began the tiebreaking rally by singling off Hunter Strickland (1-2) to start the ninth. After Ian Desmond popped out, pinch-hitter Carlos Gonzalez, the Rockies veteran slugger who has been in a slump, walked to bring up Tapia, who came through with his second hit of the night.
"I feel really good in those situations, when they're pitching around someone to get to you," Tapia said through a translator. "You know you have the opportunity to come up and make an impact."
Buster Posey connected for his ninth home run, a two-drive in the seventh off reliever Scott Oberg, but then left the game with ankle soreness. Eduardo Nunez also left the game with hamstring tightness after legging out a leadoff infield single in the seventh. The team said both players' status was day to day.
Nick Hundley, who replaced Posey at catcher, had a pinch-hit home run to ignite a five-run eighth. Pitcher Ty Blach, in a rare pinch-hitting appearance, also had an RBI single. Brandon Crawford then drove a 2-2 offering from Jake McGee into the left-field bleachers for a three-run homer that pulled the Giants, who trailed 9-1 earlier, within a run.
Austin Slater singled off closer Greg Holland to lead off the ninth for his fourth hit of the game. Holland fanned Hundley but Denard Span singled and Gorkys Hernandez delivered a game-tying sacrifice fly, marking the first blown save of the season for Holland (1-0). He had converted a franchise-record 23 in a row to start the year.
With Giants position players depleted, Jeff Samardzija became the second Giants pitcher to be used as a pinch-hitter. While he was up, Span, who had stolen third, broke for the plate when a pitch trickled out of the glove of catcher Tom Murphy. Murphy quickly grabbed it and flipped the ball to Holland covering home, and the sliding Span was tagged out in a bang-bang play that survived replay review.
Span said afterward that he did not immediately get a clear view of ball coming out of the catcher's glove and rolling backward past the umpire.
"I hesitated a split-second and I think that was the difference between me being safe and out," he said.
Giants starter Matt Moore went three innings and allowed eight runs on 11 hits.
The Rockies did most of their damage early, scoring seven runs in the first two innings. Arenado had an RBI double in the first and a two-run double in the second. He had another run-scoring double in the sixth.
FLYING CATCH
A stunning defensive play by Rockies shortstop Trevor Story helped keep the Giants in check early in the game. With the bases loaded and two outs in the second inning, Span hit a liner that seemed headed for left field. Story ranged to his right in a dead run and then made a sideways leap to snag the liner in midair, keeping the ball snugly in his glove despite hitting the ground with a thud. "I was just like, `You've got to be kidding me," Span said. "That's just the type of season that's been going on for us."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Giants: LHP Madison Bumgarner (left shoulder sprain) is scheduled to pitch a simulated game Sunday morning before the team's series finale against the Rockies. A minor league rehab assignment will follow if all goes well.
Rockies: C Ryan Hanigan was optioned to Triple-A Albuquerque to make roster room for C Tom Murphy, who was reintstated from the 10-day disabled list after recovering from a broken right forearm sustained March 11 during a spring training game. ... RHP Jon Gray (stress fracture, left foot) is slated to make his second rehab start Monday for Albuquerque and throw 75-80 pitches. ...LHP Tyler Anderson (left knee inflammation) is scheduled to make a rehab start Sunday for Albuquerque and throw about 75 pitches.
UP NEXT
Giants: Samardzija (2-8, 4.31 ERA) has gone 0-2 with an 8.03 ERA in two previous starts against Colorado this season.
Rockies: Rookie RHP Antonio Senzatela (8-2, 3.84) has won six of his seven decisions this season at Coors Field.
8:40PM,EDT,June 15,2017
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jeff Hoffman pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Span struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Núñez grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Belt grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Matt Moore pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Blackmon reached on infield single to catcher, Blackmon to second on throwing error by catcher Posey. | 0 | 0 |
| LeMahieu singled to center, Blackmon scored. | 0 | 1 |
| Arenado doubled to deep right center, LeMahieu scored. | 0 | 2 |
| Reynolds singled to left, Arenado scored. | 0 | 3 |
| Desmond singled to left center, Reynolds to second. | 0 | 3 |
| Story flied out to right, Reynolds to third. | 0 | 3 |
| Desmond stole second. | 0 | 3 |
| Tapia struck out swinging. | 0 | 3 |
| Murphy intentionally walked. | 0 | 3 |
| Hoffman struck out swinging. | 0 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 5 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jeff Hoffman pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Posey grounded out to third. | 0 | 3 |
| Pence walked. | 0 | 3 |
| Crawford fouled out to third. | 0 | 3 |
| Panik singled to center, Pence to second. | 0 | 3 |
| Slater reached on infield single to third, Pence to third, Panik to second. | 0 | 3 |
| Moore walked, Pence scored, Panik to third, Slater to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Span lined out to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Matt Moore pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Blackmon walked. | 1 | 3 |
| LeMahieu singled to deep right, Blackmon to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Arenado doubled to deep left center, Blackmon and LeMahieu scored. | 1 | 5 |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 1 | 5 |
| Desmond doubled to right, Arenado scored. | 1 | 6 |
| Story struck out swinging. | 1 | 6 |
| Tapia singled to center, Desmond scored. | 1 | 7 |
| Tapia to second on wild pitch by Moore. | 1 | 7 |
| Tapia safe at third on throwing error by catcher Posey. | 1 | 7 |
| Murphy flied out to left. | 1 | 7 |
| 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jeff Hoffman pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Núñez flied out to right. | 1 | 7 |
| Belt grounded out to first. | 1 | 7 |
| Posey doubled to deep center. | 1 | 7 |
| Pence reached on infield single to shortstop, Posey to third. | 1 | 7 |
| Crawford flied out to right. | 1 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Matt Moore pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Hoffman struck out swinging. | 1 | 7 |
| Blackmon tripled to deep right. | 1 | 7 |
| LeMahieu singled to right, Blackmon scored. | 1 | 8 |
| Arenado struck out swinging. | 1 | 8 |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 1 | 8 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jeff Hoffman pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Panik grounded out to second. | 1 | 8 |
| Slater singled to right. | 1 | 8 |
| Hill hit for Moore. | 1 | 8 |
| Hill walked, Slater to second. | 1 | 8 |
| Span lined out to right. | 1 | 8 |
| Núñez flied out to center. | 1 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| George Kontos pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Kontos relieved Moore. | 1 | 8 |
| Desmond struck out swinging. | 1 | 8 |
| Story grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 8 |
| Tapia flied out to left. | 1 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jeff Hoffman pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Belt flied out to left. | 1 | 8 |
| Posey singled to center. | 1 | 8 |
| Pence struck out looking. | 1 | 8 |
| Crawford singled to center, Posey to second. | 1 | 8 |
| Panik flied out to left. | 1 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| George Kontos pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Murphy struck out swinging. | 1 | 8 |
| Amarista hit for Hoffman. | 1 | 8 |
| Amarista grounded out to first. | 1 | 8 |
| Blackmon fouled out to right. | 1 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Scott Oberg pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Oberg relieved Hoffman. | 1 | 8 |
| Slater singled to center. | 1 | 8 |
| Tomlinson hit for Kontos. | 1 | 8 |
| Tomlinson grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Slater out at second. | 1 | 8 |
| Span grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Cory Gearrin pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Gearrin relieved Kontos. | 1 | 8 |
| LeMahieu singled to deep right. | 1 | 8 |
| Arenado doubled to deep center, LeMahieu scored. | 1 | 9 |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 1 | 9 |
| Desmond struck out swinging. | 1 | 9 |
| Story struck out swinging. | 1 | 9 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Scott Oberg pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Núñez reached on infield single to shortstop. | 1 | 9 |
| Hernández ran for Núñez. | 1 | 9 |
| Belt struck out looking. | 1 | 9 |
| Posey homered to left center (438 feet), Hernández scored. | 3 | 9 |
| Pence grounded out to second. | 3 | 9 |
| Crawford doubled to left. | 3 | 9 |
| Valaika at shortstop. | 3 | 9 |
| Dunn relieved Oberg. | 3 | 9 |
| Panik walked. | 3 | 9 |
| Slater grounded out to second. | 3 | 9 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Josh Osich pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Hernández in left field. | 3 | 9 |
| Slater at third base. | 3 | 9 |
| Hundley catching. | 3 | 9 |
| Osich relieved Gearrin. | 3 | 9 |
| Tapia flied out to left. | 3 | 9 |
| Murphy grounded out to third. | 3 | 9 |
| Valaika lined out to right. | 3 | 9 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Mike Dunn pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Hundley homered to right center (414 feet). | 4 | 9 |
| Span singled to deep right center. | 4 | 9 |
| Hernández grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Span out at second. | 4 | 9 |
| Belt walked, Hernández to second. | 4 | 9 |
| Qualls relieved Dunn. | 4 | 9 |
| Blach hit for Osich. | 4 | 9 |
| Blach singled to center, Hernández scored, Belt to second. | 5 | 9 |
| Pence lined out to center. | 5 | 9 |
| McGee relieved Qualls. | 5 | 9 |
| Crawford homered to left (385 feet), Belt and Blach scored. | 8 | 9 |
| Panik flied out to right. | 8 | 9 |
| 5 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Bryan Morris pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Morris relieved Osich. | 8 | 9 |
| Blackmon walked. | 8 | 9 |
| LeMahieu grounded into fielder's choice to second, Blackmon out at second. | 8 | 9 |
| Arenado struck out swinging. LeMahieu caught stealing second, catcher to second. | 8 | 9 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Greg Holland pitching for Colorado | SF | COL |
| Holland relieved McGee. | 8 | 9 |
| Slater singled to left. | 8 | 9 |
| Hundley struck out swinging. | 8 | 9 |
| Span singled to center, Slater to third. | 8 | 9 |
| Span to second on wild pitch by Holland. | 8 | 9 |
| Hernández hit sacrifice fly to center, Slater scored. | 9 | 9 |
| Belt intentionally walked. | 9 | 9 |
| Samardzija hit for Morris. | 9 | 9 |
| Span stole third. | 9 | 9 |
| Belt stole second. | 9 | 9 |
| Span out at home advancing on play. | 9 | 9 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Hunter Strickland pitching for San Francisco | SF | COL |
| Strickland relieved Morris. | 9 | 9 |
| Reynolds singled to left. | 9 | 9 |
| Desmond fouled out to first. | 9 | 9 |
| González hit for Holland. | 9 | 9 |
| González walked, Reynolds to second. | 9 | 9 |
| Tapia singled to right, Reynolds scored, González to second. | 9 | 10 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
San Francisco Giants
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Span CF | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .261 | .309 | .392 |
| Núñez 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .300 | .324 | .416 |
Hernández PR-LF
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .195 | .270 | .248 |
| Belt 1B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | .225 | .345 | .421 |
| Posey C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .356 | .440 | .545 |
Osich P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
c-Blach PH
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .190 | .280 | .238 |
Morris P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
d-Samardzija PH
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .074 | .074 | .111 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| Pence RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | .236 | .280 | .328 |
| Crawford SS | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .254 | .300 | .407 |
| Panik 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | .259 | .331 | .380 |
| Slater LF-3B | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .405 | .463 | .568 |
| Moore P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .095 | .136 | .095 |
a-Hill PH
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .170 | .286 | .302 |
Kontos P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
b-Tomlinson PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .318 | .286 |
Gearrin P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Hundley C
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .236 | .259 | .396 |
| Totals | 41 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 186 | |||
| a-walked for M Moore in the 4th b-grounded to shortstop for G Kontos in the 6th c-singled to center for J Osich in the 8th d-hit for B Posey in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Posey (11, Hoffman); Crawford (12, Oberg) HR: Posey (9, 7th inning off Oberg 1 on, 1 Out); Hundley (2, 8th inning off Dunn 0 on, 0 Out); Crawford (5, 8th inning off McGee 2 on, 2 Out) RBI: Moore (3), Posey 2 (25), Hundley (11), Blach (3), Crawford 3 (29), Hernández (9) SF: Hernández 2-out RBI: Moore, Crawford 3 GIDP: Tomlinson Giants RISP: 4-11 (Núñez 0-1, Panik 0-1, Span 0-2, Pence 1-2, Blach 1-1, Slater 1-2, Crawford 1-2) Team LOB: 12 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Span (1, 3rd base off Holland/Murphy); Belt (3, 2nd base off Holland/Murphy) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Posey 2 (6, throw 2) DP: 1 (Hundley-Panik). | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| 3B NÚÑEZ (LEFT LEG) LEFT GAME TOP 7TH |
| C POSEY (ANKLE) LEFT GAME BOT 7TH |
Game Information
| Stadium | Coors Field, Denver, CO |
| Attendance | 40,747 (80.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:55 |
| Weather | 86 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 8 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Eric Cooper, First Base - Gary Cederstrom, Second Base - Gabe Morales, Third Base - Adrian Johnson |
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