By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-Madison Bumgarner came within six outs of baseball immortality, but Justin Morneau put a stop to that.

Morneau hit a leadoff double off of Bumgarner in the top of the eighth inning and that was the only hit that the left-hander allowed, as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Colorado Rockies 3-0 before a crowd of 41,050 at AT&TPark.

Bumgarner threw a complete game, not allowing a run on just one hit did not walk a batter and struck out a career-high tying 13.

The previous time Bumgarner struck out 13 in a game came on September 5, 2011 against the San Diego Padres at PetcoPark.

Buster Posey gave Bumgarner all the run support he needed in the bottom of the sixth inning, as he took a 3-1 offering from Rockies starter Jorge De La Rosa and put it into the left-center field bleachers to score Hunter Pence right in front of him.

It was the 16th home run of the season for Posey, and he extended his hitting streak to six games.

Posey added a second home run in the bottom of the eighth inning, as he hit a Brooks Brown pitch into the left-center field seats.

It was the 17th home run of the season for the 2012 National League Most Valuable Player and the second multi-home run game of his career.

Posey also hit two home runs in the same game on July 7, 2010 against the Milwaukee Brewers at MillerPark.

In the 2012 National League Division Series against the Cincinnati Reds, Posey hit two home runs, helping the Giants comeback from a 2-0 deficit to take the series.

Pence walked against De La Rosa to lead off the inning, and then immediately after the home run to Posey, De La Rosa was forced to leave the game with a left thumb contusion.

Before leaving with the thumb injury, De La Rosa went five innings, allowing two runs, while scattering four hits, walking two and striking out five.

Gregor Blanco made the defensive play of the game in the top of the first inning, as he robbed Drew Stubbs of a sure extra base hit.

Blanco leaped to rob Stubbs of extra bases for the second out of the first inning, and of course Blanco is old hat at making great plays in big games.

It was in Matt Cain’s perfect game on June 13, 2012 that Blanco made a diving catch in the top of the eighth inning to preserve Cain’s perfect game.

Brandon Crawford made a great defensive play in the top of the fifth inning, as he went deep in the hole to snag a ball hit by Matt McBride and then Crawford threw off balance to get McBride at first by a step.

Rockies manager Walt Weiss came out to speak to first base umpire Jim Joyce about the play; however after speaking to Joyce, Weiss decided not to challenge the call and the inning came to an end.