By Jeremy Harness

After getting swept in three games by the Dodgers, the Giants are clearly running out of time.

They did not get a good start in getting things back on track in Colorado, as they fell hard to the Rockies at Coors Field, 11-3, Thursday night.

The Giants got off to a horrible start, as the Rockies jumped on starter Ryan Vogelsong for four runs in the first inning, and things did not get much better for him as the game went along. The right-hander lasted only three innings and gave up eight runs – seven earned – on 11 hits and struck out only one hitter.

On the bright side, Vogelsong did not walk anyone, and he hit his first major-league home run in the third inning off Rockies starter Chris Rusin, a two-run shot that at the time cut the Rockies’ lead in half.

Meanwhile, Rusin went the distance for Colorado, giving up three earned runs on six hits, walking one hitter and striking out five.

The only other Giants run was scored in the sixth inning, as Matt Duffy grounded into a double play, a play on which Angel Pagan scored.

The Giants have three more games in Colorado before going to Arizona for three games against the Diamondbacks, after which they will return home to AT&T Park for a nine-game homestand against the Padres, Reds as well as the Diamondbacks.