By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-Brandon Barnes did something in the top of the ninth inning that no Rockies ever accomplished before in the top of the ninth inning.

Barnes hit a an inside-the-park home run with two outs in the top of the ninth inning off of Sergio Romo, as the Rockies came back to defeat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 before 41,704 , the 283rd cosecutive sellout at AT&T Park.

It was the first time in the Rockies 21-year history that a player hit two inside-the-park home runs in the same season.

Buster Posey broke up the tie with a sacrifice fly to right field in the bottom of the seventh inning that scored Angel Pagan from third base, after the centerfielder went to third on a Hunter Pence single.

Hunter Pence got the Giants on the board in the bottom of the first inning, as he hit his ninth home run of the season just out of the reach of a leaping Charlie Blackmon in centerfield.

Ryan Wheeler tied up the game in the top of the second inning, as he doubled in Michael McKenry, who led off the inning with a single off of Ryan Vogelsong.

After two outs by DJ LeMahieu and Christian Bergmann, Blackmon broke the tie when he singled off of Vogelsong to score Wheeler
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Josh Rutledge gave the Rockies a two-run lead in the top of the third inning, as he doubled in Justin Morneau, who doubled just prior to Rutledge.

Posey then tied up the game with one swing of the bat, as he hit his ninth home run of the season that also scored Pence, who was safe on a Fielders’ Choice that retired Pagan at second base.

Vogelsong went five innings, alowing three runs on seven hits, walking just one and striking out two; however he did not fare in the decision.

Bergmann went six innings, allowing three runs on eight hits, he did not walk a batter and struck out three and like Vogelsong, did not fare in the decision.

Barnes was not the only Rockies player to accomplish a first for the team on this day, as Rex Brothers did something that was only accomplished 76 times since 1876.

Brothers struck out the side on nine pitches in the bottom of the eighth inning, becoming the first Rockies pitcher in team history to do that rare feat.

This was the first time that the Giants were on the receiving end of this rare feat since Spetember 11, 1979 , when Joey McLaughlin of the Atlanta Braves struck out Larry Herndon, Greg Johnston and Johnnie LeMaster.

Just two weeks prior on August 25, 1979, Lynn McGlothen of the Chicago Cubs struck out Herndon, Joe Strain and Jack Clark on nine pitches.

The last time a Giants pitcher completed this feat was on June 16, 1998, when Orel Hershiser struck out Ellis Burks, Vinny Castilla and Todd Helton of the Rockies.