Top of the third inning San Francisco Giants hitter Joey Bart watches the flight of his triple against the Colorado Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland at Coors Field in Denver on Tue Sep 20, 2022 (AP News photo)

By Daniel Dullum

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

The San Francisco Giants, behind s timely nine-hit attack and a solid effort from the bullpen, defeated the Colorado Rockies 6-3 Tuesday at Coors Field in Denver.

Tyler Rogers (3-4) picked up the win in relief, throwing two scoreless innings after replacing Giants opener John Brebbia. Sean Hjelle gave up two runs on six hits in four innings, and Thomas Szapucki gave up the other Rockies run in the eighth.

Yunior Marte worked 2/3 of the ninth, and Jarlin Garcia got the final out for his first save of the season,

Colorado starter Kyle Freeland (9-10) took the loss, giving up three runs on five hits over six innings,

The Giants never trailed in the NL West contest. Mike Yastrzemski’s RBI single opened the scoring in the top of the third. In the San Francisco sixth, the Giants got run scoring doubles from Thairo Estrada and Evan Longoria. C.J. Cron’s solo home run in the bottom of the sixth put the Rockies on the scoreboard at 3-1.

San Francisco made it 5-1 in the top of the seventh on a solo home run by David Villar, and an RBI double by Austin Slater.

The Rockies pulled to within 5-3 in the bottom of the eighth when Cron doubled to deep center, driving in Alan Trejo and Yonathan Daza. But the Giants tacked on one more run in the top of the ninth on Estrada’a RBI single.

San Francisco and Colorado meet again on Wednesday. Logan Webb (13-9, 3.02) starts for the Giants, facing the Rockies’ German Marquez (8-11, 5.14).