San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin said he was pleased with all the Giants hitting going on against the Colorado Rockies Fri May 17, 2024 at Oracle Park in San Francisco (AP News photo)

On the SF Giants podcast with Stephen:

#1 The Giants got a win to open the three game series with the Colorado Rockies on Friday night here at Oracle Park 10-5 and they got a three run home from Thairo Estrada in the fifth inning to take the lead.

#2 The Giants Luis Matos drove in five runs against Rockies pitching for the most RBIs in his career. Matos on the homestand made a spectacular catch against the centerfield wall he was shook up a bit but recovered and stayed in the game. He’s been impressive.

#3 Matos said that the club is hitting now and it was coming, Matos said he could feel it coming on in the dugout that the team would have a breakout game and get some runs and hits as the Giants scored ten runs on Friday night.

#4 Giants manager Bob Melvin said they never look back and never gave up and said the Giants haven’t done a ton of that this season and it was good to see a lot of quality at bats Friday night.

#5 The Giants take on the Rockies for game 2 of the three game series today at Oracle Park. With the win on Friday the Giants snapped the Rockies seven game win streak and were clobbered by Giants hitting. The Rockies will start LHP Ty Blach (1-1, ERA 3.00) and going for the Giants LHP Kyle Harrison (3-1, ERA 3.42) first pitch 1:05pm

Stephen Ruderman is an MLB beat writer for http://www.sportsradioservice.com