San Francisco Giants third baseman J.D. Davis, right, puts the tag on Colorado Rockies’ Charlie Blackmon who got hung up between third and home trying to score on a grounder hit by Randal Grichuk in the bottom of the third inning at Coors Field on Sat Aug 20, 2022 (AP News photo)

Rockies Beat Giants In Tenth Inning 4-3.

By Barbara Mason

Saturday evening the San Francisco Giants (59-60) were back at Coors Field taking on the Colorado Rockies (53-69) in game two of their three game series and just couldn’t hold on and lost in ten innings 4-3. Friday night the Giants lost game one 7-4 despite a valiant effort in the seventh inning scoring three runs.

Saturday game recap: The Rockies were first up on the scoreboard in the third inning scoring twice for the 2-0 lead. Brendan Rogers doubled driving in Jose Iglesias for the first run. Ryan McMahon would follow that up with a single that drove in Rogers.

San Francisco would tie up this game 2-2. Both runs came off solo homers; the first in the sixth inning off the bat of Joey Bart. In the seventh inning Brandon Crawford homered to right center field and we had a tie ball game.

The Rockies wasted no time regaining the lead in the bottom of the seventh. Wynton Bernard singled driving in Sam Hiliard going back on top 3-2. Colorado would take the 3-2 lead into the ninth inning. The Giants were three outs away from losing game two of this series.

Tommy LaStella hit a single in the top of the ninth inning and San Francisco was still alive with two outs. Austin Slater came in to run for LaStella. Brandon Crawford doubled driving in Slater and the Giants had tied up the game 3-3. San Francisco held the Rockies in the bottom of the ninth with a six pitch inning and this game was going into extra innings.

The Rockies won this game in the tenth inning, a walk off for the 4-3 win. Brandon Rodgers singled to center and Wynton Bernard crossed home plate for their second win in this series. San Francisco had lost their fourth game in a row. San Francisco only had five hits in the game while Colorado had 12. The Giants offense continues to struggle. They got some monster hits from Brandon Crawford in this game but it was just not enough.

San Francisco will play a day game Sunday to finish off this series. They will try to avoid the sweep sending Jakob Junis to the mound with a 3.53 ERA and a 4-3 win loss record. Colorado will send Kyle Freeland 7-8 with a 4.82 ERA, the best pitcher that the Giants have faced in this series. First pitch is scheduled for 12:10 PM PT.