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The San Francisco Giants knew that they were going to be in for a dogfight against the Colorado Rockies in a four-game series at Oracle Park, starting on Thursday night.
The Giants, though, took their Wheaties before first pitch and had the offense cooking. Throw in a less-than-stellar effort from Colorado's pitching staff, add some homers, and it's a winning recipe. San Francisco pocketed an 8-2 victory.
Casey Whisenhunt, just recalled from the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats, picked up the win in a game he started in place of Robbie Ray. Giants manager Tony Vitello will have Ray start Friday night's second game of this series.
Whisenhunt worked 5.2 innings, raising his record this season to 2-0. He gave up three hits, two earned runs, walked four, struck out four, and gave up a home run. Relievers JT Brubaker and Eric Schmitt picked up holds in their relief efforts. Caleb Kilian came on in a non-save situation and sent the Rockies back to their hotel rooms.
Rockies starter Ryan Feltner falls to 3-3 this season. He worked 4.1 innings, giving up six hits, four earned runs, four walks, three strikeouts, and two home runs to Giants' hitters. Victor Vodnik worked 1.2 innings in relief of Feltner and kept the San Francisco offense in check.
That all changed, though, when TJ Shook was sent out by Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer to keep the game close at 4-2. What did Shook do? In two innings of work, he gave up six hits, four earned runs, walked one, struck out three, and gave up a home run.
Willy Adames saw a tasty pitch from Shook and didn't miss it, sending it way over the left-field wall for a three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Casey Schmitt hit a first-inning solo home run, his 18th homer this season, to put San Francisco up 1-0. In the top of the fourth inning, Colorado's Willi Castro connected for a two-run home run, putting the Rockies in front 2-1.
That didn't last long as San Francisco scored another run in the bottom of the fourth inning. Bryce Eldridge connected for his eighth homer, a blast over the right-field wall that splashed into McCovey Cove, named for Giants legend Willie McCovey.
Luis Arraez's double in the bottom of the fifth scored Drew Cavanaugh and put San Francisco up 3-2. Rafael Devers added an RBI single, making it 4-2 and the Giants never looked back from this point forward.
What about that eighth inning? Oh boy, Shook proved to be the guy that San Francisco sized up and made him pay. Schmitt's double drove in Arraez, making it 5-2. Adames then followed with his two-run blast, coming on the heels of the Giants putting the score at 6-2. His two-run dinger made it 8-2.
San Francisco had plenty of chances to add more runs. The Giants were 4-for-10 with runners in scoring position and left 11 total runners on base. Their offensive onslaught against the Rockies also ensured that the Giants remained in fourth place in the National League West.
Colorado could come back and win the next three games, but the Rockies are going to need more fight out of their hitters in scoring chances.
The second game of this four-game series goes down at Oracle Park on Friday night.
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The Giants, though, took their Wheaties before first pitch and had the offense cooking. Throw in a less-than-stellar effort from Colorado's pitching staff, add some homers, and it's a winning recipe. San Francisco pocketed an 8-2 victory.
Casey Whisenhunt, just recalled from the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats, picked up the win in a game he started in place of Robbie Ray. Giants manager Tony Vitello will have Ray start Friday night's second game of this series.
Nice start for Whisenhunt
Whisenhunt worked 5.2 innings, raising his record this season to 2-0. He gave up three hits, two earned runs, walked four, struck out four, and gave up a home run. Relievers JT Brubaker and Eric Schmitt picked up holds in their relief efforts. Caleb Kilian came on in a non-save situation and sent the Rockies back to their hotel rooms.
Rockies starter Ryan Feltner falls to 3-3 this season. He worked 4.1 innings, giving up six hits, four earned runs, four walks, three strikeouts, and two home runs to Giants' hitters. Victor Vodnik worked 1.2 innings in relief of Feltner and kept the San Francisco offense in check.
That all changed, though, when TJ Shook was sent out by Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer to keep the game close at 4-2. What did Shook do? In two innings of work, he gave up six hits, four earned runs, walked one, struck out three, and gave up a home run.
Willy Adames saw a tasty pitch from Shook and didn't miss it, sending it way over the left-field wall for a three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Casey Schmitt started home run barrage
Casey Schmitt hit a first-inning solo home run, his 18th homer this season, to put San Francisco up 1-0. In the top of the fourth inning, Colorado's Willi Castro connected for a two-run home run, putting the Rockies in front 2-1.
That didn't last long as San Francisco scored another run in the bottom of the fourth inning. Bryce Eldridge connected for his eighth homer, a blast over the right-field wall that splashed into McCovey Cove, named for Giants legend Willie McCovey.
Luis Arraez's double in the bottom of the fifth scored Drew Cavanaugh and put San Francisco up 3-2. Rafael Devers added an RBI single, making it 4-2 and the Giants never looked back from this point forward.
What about that eighth inning? Oh boy, Shook proved to be the guy that San Francisco sized up and made him pay. Schmitt's double drove in Arraez, making it 5-2. Adames then followed with his two-run blast, coming on the heels of the Giants putting the score at 6-2. His two-run dinger made it 8-2.
San Francisco had plenty of chances to add more runs. The Giants were 4-for-10 with runners in scoring position and left 11 total runners on base. Their offensive onslaught against the Rockies also ensured that the Giants remained in fourth place in the National League West.
Colorado could come back and win the next three games, but the Rockies are going to need more fight out of their hitters in scoring chances.
The second game of this four-game series goes down at Oracle Park on Friday night.
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