By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-Brandon Crawford grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and a fan of the San Francisco Giants, but what he did in the finale of this series was probably extra special.

Crawford hit his first home run of the season off of Rex Brothers, as the Giants defeated the Colorado Rockies 5-4 in 10 innings before a sellout crowd of 41,490, the 252nd consecutive sellout at AT&T Park.

It was the first ever walk-off home run for the shortstop, and to make it even more special, the home run landed in McCovey Cove, the 64th Splash Hit since the ballpark opened on April 11, 2000

Tim Hudson pitched 7.1 strong innings, allowing three runs on five hits, walking no one and striking out five; however he did not fare in the decision.

Wilin Rosario got the Rockies on the board in the top of the second inning, he launched a Hudson pitch into the left field seats for his first home run of the 2014 season.

Angel Pagan hit a two-run single in the bottom of the fifth inning, putting the Giants into the lead and then Pablo Sandoval hit his second home run of the season.

Crawford drove in the Giants first run of the afternoon with a sacrifice fly to center field that score Hunter Pence from third base.

After falling behind the Giants by three runs entering the top of the seventh inning, Rockies newcomer Justin Morneau hit his first home run of the season.

The Rockies got back into the game in the top of the eighth inning, as Nolan Arenado doubled down the left field line, and then D.J. LeMahieu doubled in Arenado, after a groundout by pinch-hitter Brandon Barnes that advanced LeMahieu to third base and then Drew Stubbs singled out of the reach of Sandoval to tie up the game.

With Stubbs on first base, Carlos Gonzalez drove a ball into the hole; however Brandon Hicks was able to snag the ball, regrouped and threw out Gonzalez at first base to end the inning.

Troy Tulowitzki walked to lead off the top of the ninth inning, Morneau then flew out for the first out of the inning and then Rosario hit into a inning-ending double play.

Gregor Blanco nearly pulled off the same exciting play in the bottom of the ninth that Angel Pagan did last May 25, as Blanco almost hit a walk-off inside-the-park home run; however he was thrown out at the plate on a great relay from Cuddyer to LeMahieu to Rosario, who tagged Blanco out at the plate.

Sergio Romo pitched the 10th inning to pickup his first win of the season, allowing a single to LeMahieu, but the second baseman was caught stealing when Buster Posey threw him out after Josh Rutledge struck out.