Month: April 2017

Astros vs Athletics Sunday finale postponed due to rain – looking ahead to the Rangers

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By Charlie O. Mallonee

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OAKLAND–The third and final game of the series between the Houston Astros and the Oakland Athletics that was scheduled to begin at 1:05 pm on Sunday has been postponed due inclement weather. A quick check of the records appear to make this the first postponement in Oakland since April 4, 2014 when a Mariners – A’s game had to be canceled due to a wet infield. The tarp was not put on the infield the night before and a rainstorm drenched the field.

In some ways, this may be a relief for the Athletics. The Astros mastery of the A’s continued on Saturday as they overcame a strong pitching performance by Sean Manaea that included 5-plus no-hit innings to comeback and win the game 10-6.

Houston is now 2-0 versus the Athletics in 2017 and have won nine consecutive games  from the A’s dating back to last season.

The make up date has not been announced. The Astros next visit to Oakland is June 19-22 for a four-game series. It is highly unlikely that it would be turned into a five-game series due to pitching rotations. That would make the three-game series scheduled for September 8-10 the best candidate for a day-night doubleheader. Oakland has an off day on September 7 and a travel day on the 11th.

The A’s and Astros in the standings

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The Athletics started the day in third place in the American League West with a record of 5-7. They are three games back of the Astros. Oakland is 4-6 in their last 10 games and have lost three games in a row.

The Astros currently lead the AL West with eight wins and four losses. That is the best record in the American League. Houston is 6-4 in their last 10 games and have won four consecutive games.

Up next

The Athletics are scheduled to begin a three-game series with the Texas Rangers on Monday night in Oakland. The A’s are 1-2 versus the Rangers so far this season.

A’s manager Bob Melvin has announced that the plan is to push the pitching rotation back a game so the probables will be as follows:

Mon 4/17 vs TEX   RHP Jharel Cotton (1-1, 3.97) vs. RHP A.J. Griffin (1-0, 6.75) 7:05

Tue 4/18 vs TEX    RHP Andrew Triggs (2-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Yu Darvish (1-1, 2.33) 7:05

Wed 4/19 vs TEX RHP Jesse Hahn (0-1, 3.75) vs. LHP Martin Perez (1-1, 2.20) 12:35

Roster moves for the Athletics

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Chad Pinder

Shortstop Marcus Semien has been placed on the 10-day disabled list retroactive to Saturday due to a right wrist contusion. Semien is scheduled to have more testing on the wrist performed on Monday.

Infielder Chad Pinder has been recalled by the A’s from Triple-A Nashville to take Semien’s place on the roster.

Pinder was batting .324 for the Sounds with one RBI in nine games. He had played six games at second base and three games at shortstop for Nashville. Pinder made his Major League debut with the A’s last season batting .235 with four RBI in 22 games.

Barracuda suffer 3-2 overtime loss, lose out on MacGregor Kilpatrick Trophy

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Bakersfield — The San Jose Barracuda concluded the regular season on a negative note with a 3-2 overtime loss to the Bakersfield Condors at Rabobank Arena on Saturday night.

Both teams skated to a scoreless tie after 20 minutes. Shots were 9-3 in favor of the Barracuda.

The Barracuda took a 1-0 lead 1:42 into the second period. Buddy Robinson finished a tic-tac-toe play from Danny O’Regan and Julius Bergman. Robinson scored his 17th goal of the season and tied the entire Condors team with three shots on goal apiece during the first 24 minutes of the game.

The Condors tied the game 1-1 at 12:33 when Josh Currie dangled on Tim Heed and forced it past Troy Grosenick for the short-handed goal and 20th of the season.

The Barracuda outshot the Condors 23-7 and the score was tied 1-1 after 40 minutes.

Currie scored his second goal of the game and 21st of the season to put the Condors ahead 2-1 at 18:40 of the third period.

The Barracuda tied the game 2-2 just 23 seconds later. Nick DeSimone scored his first AHL goal and point. DeSimone collected a pass from Noah Rod and managed to beat Grosenick.

Neither team was able to get ahead and both teams were tied 2-2 after 60 minutes. The Barracuda outshot the Condors 37-14.

Currie completed his hat trick with the game-winning goal, his 22nd of the season, at 1:25 of the overtime period. The Condors beat the Barracuda 3-2 in overtime. Nick Ellis finished with 35 saves for Bakersfield.

The Barracuda (43-16-4-5) dropped a 3-2 decision to the Condors (33-29-5-1). Grosenick made 12 saves in a losing effort for San Jose. They were just one point shy of winning the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy. The Wikes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (50-20-3-2) won the award.

Notes
After being named to the first AHL All-Star Team last week, Grosenick collected some more hardware on Monday, earning the Aldege “Baz” Bastien Memorial Award as the AHL’s outstanding goaltender for the 2016-17 season.

The AHL announced Wednesday that Barracuda head coach Roy Sommer was voted the winner of the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award as the AHL’s outstanding coach for 2016-17.

The AHL announced Thursday that O’Regan has been named the winner of the Dudley (Red) Garrett Memorial Award as the AHL’s outstanding rookie for 2016-17.

Heed wasn’t selected to the AHL All-Star Game in Lehigh Valley in late January, but was voted to the second AHL All-Star Team last week.

Up Next
The Barracuda will host the Stockton Heat in Game 1 in their first-round series of the Calder Cup Playoffs. The action starts next Friday in SAP Center at 7:00 p.m. PST on AHL Live and AM 1220 KDOW.

Manaea dazzles then fizzles as Astros beat Athletics 10-6 on Saturday 

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By Charlie O. Mallonee

Here’s your 2:20 Game Wrap

  • Manaea is the first A’s starting pitcher to allow no hits without pitching a complete game since Chris Codiroli was removed after 5.1 innings versus the White Sox on June 27, 1986
  • The A’s have lost their last nine games versus the Astros which carries back to last season
  • Khris Davis’ home run was his sixth of the season and second in this series
  • The A’s allowed five stolen bases in the game on Saturday
  • At 8-4, this is the Astros best 12-game start since 2006

Bob Melvin was not happy about the results of the game for his Athletics

April 15th is Jackie Robinson Day – we salute you Mr. Robinson

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All major league players wore #42 on Saturday in honor of Jackie Robinson Photo: Andrew Villa USA Today Sports

Same two teams on Sunday

The Astros and Athletics will close out this three-game series on Sunday with 1:05 PM game. RHP Charlie Morton (0-1, 4.09) will go for Houston while RHP Jharel Cotton (1-1, 3.97) will take the hill for Oakland.

 

MLB Podcast The Show with Matt Harrington: When will Mad Bum get some run support besides himself?; A’s pitchers Manaea and Cotton throwing heaters

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San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner throws to the Colorado Rockies during the first inning of a baseball game, Thursday, April 13, 2017, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

On the podcast with Matt:

It seems when San Francisco pitcher Madison Bumgarner goes out and pitches he goes through all his paces but can’t win on his pitching day for the lack of better word hitting. It’s almost like Matt Cain de ja vue all over again, the Giants just can’t score any runs and three runs over seven innings and the Giants couldn’t put any runs on the board for Bumgarner. It’s weird not seeing a win next to his name, it’s still early in the season but this many games under he still hasn’t picked up a W and thats because the bats haven’t backed him at all.

The numbers aren’t that bad on the offense, Joe Panik is hitting .306, Hunter Pence is hitting .340, Brandon Crawford .325, Eduardo Nunez .357, and Nick Hundley .286. Their getting the hits their just not getting the timely hits. With Posey being out for a little bit, Crawford with the death of his sister in law, it’s been tough for San Francisco not to have impact bats all in the line up.

On Friday night it was a pitchers duel for the first five innings with the A’s Kendall Graveman going five innings, one run earned and two walks. The A’s on defense third baseman Trevor Plouffe had trouble throwing to first base and first baseman Ryon Healy had had trouble fielding the throws. The A’s took a 7-2 loss against the Astros. Putting Healy at first base doesn’t seem to help he’s having trouble either seeing the ball which end is up.

Matt does the A’s podcasts each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

 

 

San Francisco Giants Saturday game wrap: Chatwood tosses rare 5-0 shutout at AT&T

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Colorado Rockies pitcher Tyler Chatwood throws against the San Francisco Giants during a baseball game in San Francisco, Saturday, April 15, 2017. Both teams wore number 42 in tribute of Jackie Robinson. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-This was Tyler Chatwood’s world and the San Francisco Giants were just standing in his way.

Chris Marrero broke up Chatwood’s bid at perfection in the bottom of the sixth inning, as the Colorado Rockies shutout the Giants 5-0 before a sellout crowd of 42,371, the 495th consecutive regular season sellout at AT&T Park.

Chatwood looked dominant from the get go, as he mowed down the first 17 batters he faced until Marrero hit a sharp single to right field in the bottom of the sixth inning.

The right-hander struck out four and walked one, as his lowered his earned run average from a whopping 6.35 down to a respectable 3.54.

Chatwood joins Jeff Francis and Ubaldo Jimenez as the only pitchers to throw a shutout over the Giants at AT&T Park.

Joe Panik picked up the only other hit for the Giants in the bottom of the seventh, and Panik was the only Giants baserunner to reach second base during the two hour 25-minute game.

Nolan Arenado supplied all the offense that Chatwood would need, as he hit his fourth home run of the season in the top of the third inning.

The Rockies blew the game wide open in the top of the fourth inning, as Charlie Blackmon hit a two-run single, Dustin Garneau hit a RBI double. Stephen Cardullo rounded out the scoring with a single in the top of the fifth inning.

Jarrett Parker was forced to leave the game after the top of the fourth inning after making a great catch, as he crashed into the left field wall. Parker ran all the way up towards the infleld, where he was grimacing in pain, as trainer Dave Groeschner, manager Bruce Bochy and his teammates looked on. After leaving the game, Parker was replaced in left field by Aaron Hill.

Matt Moore went only 5.2 innings, allowing five runs on 10 hits, while walking three and striking out five.

NOTES: Jeff Samardzija looks for his first win of the 2017 season, as he takes the mound in the series finale for the Giants, while the Rockies will send Antonio Senzatela to the mound.

Francis’ shutout over the Giants came on August 29, 2007 against Noah Lowry, while Jimenez’s shutout was on May 31, 2010, as he defeated then two-time reigning Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.

Both the Giants and Rockies on-field personnel wore the number 42, as they honored Jackie Robinson, who made his major league debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers on this date in 1947.

The number 42 is retired throughout Major League Baseball, and today marked the 20th anniversary of the number being retired by then Commissioner Bud Selig, President Bill Clinton and Rachel Robinson at Shea Stadium in New York.

Raiders close to deal with Marshawn Lynch; Seahawks still holds RB’s rights

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Marshawn Lynch, right, a former NFL football running back with the Seattle Seahawks greets Sheri Schultz, left, the wife of Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, Thursday, May 5, 2016, before he spoke at a job fair in Seattle sponsored by the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative, an organization backed by Starbucks and other companies that seeks to increase employment and education opportunities for youth aged 16-24. The Seahawks announced Thursday that Lynch has been placed on the reserve/retired list. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

By Joe Hawkes-Beamon
Sports Radio Service Writer

OAKLAND — “Beast Mode” back on the football field?

Almost a done deal.

NFL Network’s Michael Silver and Mike Garafolo reported Friday that Marshawn Lynch is nearing a new contract agreement with the 30-year-old running back.

But before Lynch can officially play for his hometown Raiders, Seattle must trade Lynch as they still hold his rights as he retired after the Seahawks’ Super Bowl 50 loss to the New England Patriots at the end of the 2014 season.

Sources close to the situation told Garafolo that Oakland and Seattle are optimistic that a deal can be struck, the two sides have yet to engage in trade talks for one of the NFL’s most punishing running backs when healthy.

Lynch sat out all of 2016 after an injury-filled 2015 (where he dealt with hamstrings/hernia injuries) but has been durable for the majority of his nine-year career. Three years removed from a Super Bowl championship (a season that Lynch rushed for 1,204 yards and 12 touchdowns), it’s fair to ask how much football does the former Oakland Tecbnical High School product have left?

The rumors have been swirling for weeks that Lynch was itching to resurrect his career and Oakland was his preferred choice, not Seattle. Lynch took to Twitter to clear the air of those rumors:

“If u kno me you kno my business is my business,” Lynch tweeted, “and if u don’t kno me that’s a fun fact for ya… when (expletive) get REAL I’ll let you kno!!!!”

Oakland, who have second-year running backs Jalen Richard and DeAndre Washington slated to share the load in the backfield after letting starter Latavius Murray (and his 12 rushing touchdowns) depart for Minnesota via free agency, may believe Lynch is an upgrade and will add more bite to a deep running back corps.

NFL Network’s Steve Wyche noted that he was in Alameda this week and sources told him that one possible sticking point in a deal coming together between Oakland and Lynch, would be the compensation that Oakland would need to give Lynch. Wyche got indication that Oakland really wants to get a deal done and see Lynch as a key piece to a potential Super Bowl participant this season, but want some assurances from Lynch before the NFL Draft on Apr. 27.

According to Spotrac.com, Oakland is sixth in the NFL with roughly $33 million in salary cap space and have key core players who are up for hefty extensions, most notably quarterback Derek Carr and defensive end Khalil Mack.

Wyche was adamant that the Raiders didn’t want to dip to heavy into that cash to overpay for Lynch. Sources told Wyche that Oakland wants to, “take care of the horses.”

Carr and Mack are two of the Raiders’ biggest “horses” who’ve earned new contracts.

Should Lynch and the Raiders come to an agreement, it would give the Silver & Black some much needed great news, in wake of the organization’s announcement to relocate to the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas in the next two years.

 

 

 

San Jose Earthqukes Friday game wrap: Quakes stop FC Dallas from a win in closing minutes for a 1-1 draw

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sjearthquakes.com photo: Jahmir Hyka celebrates with teammate Florian Jungwirth after scoring his first MLS goal in stoppage time

By–London Marq

SAN JOSE–The unbeatens’ remain unbeaten as FC Dallas travels to San Jose. Entering play FC Dallas was undefeated (3-0-1) and while the Earthquakes had suffered two losses on the road, they had yet to be defeated on the home pitch at San Jose’s Avaya Stadium.

Shots were taken early and often, and it was thrilling to watch as both teams seemed evenly matched. The first two attempts on goal came in just the third minute, the third attempt came in the 13th. That ten minute gap was the longest period of time between goal attempts for the rest of the match.

Despite the goal being peppered with attempts, the first goal wasn’t scored until the 78th minute. Kellyn Acosta, who many believe could be a key figure in US National Soccer in the coming years, scored the Dallas goal on a brilliant pass in the 78th minute.

The game wouldn’t be without dramatics, however, as the Earthquakes valiantly tried to pull the game back even. As the end regulation came and went, the added five minutes was action packed. Dallas was hit with two yellow cards and San Jose fought on. With less than a minute before the the game was going to be whistled dead, Jahmir Hyka slotted a goal in to steal the win from FC Dallas.

It may not have been a win for San Jose, but they did a good job of making sure that Dallas didn’t leave Avaya stadium with three points for a 1-1 draw. In the process, they added a point to their standing and keep an impressive run of homes games alive. On Wednesday the 19th of April, they will try and continue the run when they visit New England sportsradioservice.com’s Joe Lami will be on hand for coverage of that game.

Oakland A’s Friday game wrap: Astros Take Advantage of Sloppy A’s in 7-2 Win

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Houston Astros’ Alex Bregman, right, and Carlos Correa (1) celebrate after scoring against the Oakland Athletics during the seventh inning of a baseball game Friday, April 14, 2017, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

By Matthew Harrington

OAKLAND, Calif. – In the battle of rebounding ace versus emerging rotation leader Dallas Keuchel and the Houston Astros scored the first victory, beating Kendall Graveman’s Oakland A’s 7-2 Friday night at the Oakland Coliseum. Keuchel (2-0, 0.86 ERA) pitched seven innings, giving up just four hits while striking out seven.

“He keeps the ball down,” said A’s Manager Bob Melvin. “When you feel like you get a decent swing on him the ball is down at the knees with decent movement and you’re beating the ball into the ground.”

Khris Davis hit his 5th home run of the season and Trevor Plouffe added his first despite a rough night in the field and at the plate for the A’s (5-6), but Nori Aoki of the Astros answered with a homer of his own off Graveman as part of a two RBI night. Oakland’s bullpen, arguably its biggest strength, gave up six runs including three unearned in the seventh inning and two unearned in the eight to give Houston (7-4) the win.

Jose Altuve went 3-for-3 with two walks to reach base in 11 consecutive plate appearances over three games. Brian McCann (3 RBI) and Norichika Aoki (2 RBI) knocked in five runs combined.

“We’re not the only team that has that problem,” Said Melvin on keeping Altuve off base. “He uses the whole field, pulling the ball between the hole and third and short, hits one the other way to right field. On top of that you know he’s going to be able to steal bases and affect the pitchers tempo. He’s one of the better players in the league for a reason.”

Davis kept his McGwirean pace, launching his fifth homer of the season off the camera well in centerfield to open the second. Davis fell behind 2-2 but worked a full count before lifting Keuchel’s 88 mile-per-hour cutter to left center for a 1-0 lead. While Davis won’t likely maintain his 80 homer season pace, he may be the first Athletic to hit 50 in a season since Big Mac in 1996.

The Astros tagged Graveman back from a surprising source of power in the top of the fifth. The nine-hole hitter Norichika Aoki punished a belt-high sinker on a 1-0 count, hitting his first homer of the season onto the stairs over the right field wall. Aoki hit four long balls last year, with two coming against the A’s.

Graveman exited the game with the no-decision after just 5 innings and 74 pitches and one run. The opening day starter has given up just four runs over 18 innings this season, but Friday marked his shortest outing of the year after pitching 6-plus innings in his previous two starts.

“His first couple games, he threw a lot of pitches for the amount of time he was out there,” said Melvin. “He didn’t feel great. I wasn’t going to mess around with it.”

Graveman is expected to make his next scheduled start, but said that the cold was keeping him from getting and staying loose.

He gave way to Ryan Madson, another pitcher who had trouble with Nori Aoki. After the Astros put runners on second and third with two outs in the sixth, the light-hitting outfielder again picked up a run scoring hit for a 2-1 lead.

Madson (0-1, 2.25 ERA) exited the game with two outs in the sixth on the line for the loss, making way for Ryan Dull. A throwing error by Trevor Plouffe allowed Jose Altuve to score from second base. After Bregman reached base on a walk, Melvin went to the lefty Daniel Coulombe. Coulombe couldn’t escape the jam, giving up a two-run double to Brian McCann with two outs. In total, Houston scored 3 runs in the 7th, all unearned to take a 5-1 lead.

“We’re always concerned about our defense,” said Melvin. “We haven’t been consistent, as a matter of fact we’ve been inconsistent here recently. IT’s an area of concern. You can’t give away runs and extra outs to a team like that.”

Chris Devenski came in for the Astros, pitching a scoreless eighth inning despite giving up a leadoff double to Marcus Semien. He then punched out Rajai Davis, Jed Lowrie and Khris Davis. Houston tacked on a run in the ninth after Altuve walked to open the inning, moved to second on a balk off Raul Alcantara and scored on Plouffe’s second throwing error of the game. McCann would pick up a sacrifice fly in the inning as well.

Plouffe atoned for his earlier errors, taking Michael Feliz deep for his first homer of the season with one out in the ninth. He was previously 0-for-3 with three strikeouts, two looking.

The A’s will look to get back to .500 Saturday, sending Sean Manaea to the mound for game two of the series. Manae is coming off a stellar start against the potent Texas Rangers, going seven innings and allowing just two hits and one run. He’ll be opposed by Lance McCullers Jr. The Houston lefty is 1-0 with a 2.77 ERA.

 

Stanley Cup Playoffs & San Jose Sharks game #2 wrap: Short handed goals help shutout Sharks 2-0; Series even at 1-1

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~ (Picture from The Mercury News by Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)

~ By Pearl Allison Lo

~The Edmonton Oilers scored two shorthanded as San Jose was shutout 2-0 Friday in Game 2. Zack Kassian got his first goal of the playoffs at 42 seconds in the first period short-handed with an assist by Mark Letestu his first of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. At 10:31 in the third period Connor McDavid scored the short-handed goal which was good enough for the evening’s scoring for the Oilers with assists from Darnell Nurse and Cam Talbot.

This was a 2-0 game in which the Sharks would not come back.

Edmonton scored on one third of the San Jose power plays in the game as they tied the series at one apiece. The pandemonious crowd celebrated their first playoff win since 2006.

The Oiler’s Cam Talbot made 16 saves in his first playoff shutout.

The Sharks got on the power play for the second time late in the first period. It went the wrong way when Zack Kassian scored 42 seconds into the second.

In the third, Edmonton outhit San Jose 15-4. Their 4-1 shot advantage became 8-1 after Edmonton emerged from their first power play of the game.

A Sharks’ Brent Burns’ shot hit Oscar Klefbom, who had to leave the game later.

Things went awry again with 21 seconds left in the Sharks’ second power play of the period. Connor McDavid, with Marc-Edouard Vlasic to his right, scored past goalie Martin Jones to make it 2-0.

San Jose had a close opportunity when Talbot was forced to make a save with 2:10 left to go in the game.

Game notes: The Oilers outhit the Sharks 41-21. San Jose outblocked Edmonton 25-16. The Sharks’ Justin Braun had six blocks. Kassian and Adam Larson had six hits apiece. Quotes from San Jose after the game included, “We’ve got to work hard and help each other out,” by Burns and “We’ve got to get back to #SJSharks hockey” by Brenden Dillon. San Jose will look to do just that when they head back to SAP Center, Game 3 on Sunday at 7pm.

San Francisco Giants Friday game wrap: Marrero goes deep for first time in win 8-2

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San Francisco Giants’ Denard Span (2) scores a run on a single by Brandon Belt against the Colorado Rockies during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Friday, April 14, 2017, in San Francisco. Fans light up the stands with their phones. TheGiants won 8-2. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-It maybe just the second week of the season, but this was a huge win for the San Francisco Giants.

Chris Marrero hit his first major league home run, a two-run shot in the bottom of the third, helping the Giants to an 8-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies before a crowd of 42,738, the 494th consecutive regular season sellout at AT&T Park.

Marrero also singled in his second at-bat, as the Giants won for the third time in five games on their opening home stand.

The win by the Giants gave Johnny Cueto his third win in as many starts on the 2017 season, as the right-hander went seven innings, allowing two runs on six hits, while walking one and striking out six.

Hunter Pence drove in the Giants third run of the evening, as he singled in Span, who singled with one out in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Brandon Crawford returned to the Giants lineup after missing Thursday’s game due to a family emergency and hit a solo home run, his second of the season to lead-off the bottom of the fourth inning.

After reliever Jake McGee struck out the first two batters of the seventh inning, Span lengthened the inning, as he walked off of McGee. Brandon Belt then singled, and after a fielding error by Charlie Blackmon in center field, Span scored.

Carlos Estevez then replaced McGee, and Pence greeted him with a single that drove in Belt, then Nick Hundley singled to left field, then Crawford singled in Pence and on the throw, Hundley went to third base. Eduardo Nunez made it six consecutive hits, as he singled in Hundley.

Rockies pitcher Tyler Anderson lasted just four innings, as he allowed four runs on five hits, walking one, striking out one and also committed two balks.

Bud Black, who is in his first year as manager of the Rockies was ejected from the game in the top of the fifth inning by home plate umpire Mike Everitt for arguing.

Cueto was cruising along after allowing a single to D.J. LeMahieu in the top of the first inning, as he retired the next eight batters until LeMahieu singled again in the top of the fourth inning.

The Rockies finally got on the board in the top of the fifth inning, as Mark Reynolds led off the inning with a single, then Trevor Story walked and after a Raimel Tapia pop-out to Crawford at shortstop, pinch hitter Chris Cardullo reached on a Fielders’ Choice and a fielding error by Joe Panik.

On the Fielders’ Choice and error by Panik, both Reynolds and Story each scored to cut the Giants lead in half; however, that would be as close as the Rockies would get.

Derek Law pitched a perfect eighth inning, and Cory Gearrin celebrated his 31st birthday by pitching the ninth inning and retired the Rockies in order.

NOTES: Matt Moore makes his second start of the home stand on Saturday afternoon for the Giants, while Tyler Chatwood will take the mound for the Rockies, as he looks for his first win of the 2017 season.

On this date in 2010, former Giants first baseman Aubrey Huff hit his first career inside-the-park home run in a 6-0 shutout over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Lefthander Jonathan Sanchez went eight innings, and struck out 11 on his way to the victory.