Sunday, July 28th, 2024

By Troy Ewers

San Francisco, CA – After sweeping Saturday’s doubleheader the San Francisco Giants took Sunday’s game 5-4 to finish off the four-game series sweep with a win in the finale against the Colorado Rockies. Last time SF swept any team in a four-game series was September 19-22, 2022, also against Colorado at Coors Field. The last time SF swept a four-game series at home was June 14-17, 2021 vs. Arizona. 

Erik Miller (3-3, 3.47) opened Sunday’s game for the Giants on the mound against Austin Gomber (2-6, 4.70). SF is 5-4 in games Miller has opened this season, with Miller posting a 0.93 ERA (1er, 9.2ip) with nine strikeouts as an opener.

With Saturday night’s win, the Giants improved to 26-5 vs. the Rockies here at Oracle Park since the beginning of the 2021 season, outscoring Colorado 181-86 (+95). The 26-5 mark is the best home record by any team vs. a divisional opponent since 2021. 

Tyler Fitzgeral continued his push for NL Player of the Week with another home run yesterday. Since Monday, Fitzgerald is batting .407 with nine runs, a double, a triple, five home runs, nine RBIs and a 1.074 slugging percentage. 

The first run of the game was a big one as Casey Schmitt hit a solo home run, his third of the season and the Giants went up early 1-0. 

Randu Rodriguez replaced Erik Miller in the second inning on the mound for SF. 

The Giants kept the pressure on the Rockies in the very next inning. Michael Conforto hit a two out double and then Derek Hill followed him up with a triple in triple’s alley that scored Conforto, 2-0 Giants. Right after that with a crowd still on their feet, Jorge Soler followed up Hill with a ground rule double that scored Hill and the Giants ended the inning up 3-0 and the momentum heavily in their favor. 

The Rockies finally got on the board in the fourth inning. A lead off double from Ezequiel Tovar got the battery in Colorado, but then Tovar scored after Charlie Blackmon hit a laser of a single, 3-1. 

In the sixth inning, Hunter Goodman scored Tovar on an RBI single which cut SF’s lead to 1, 3-2. 

SF responded with a rally of their own in the sixth. Hill and Soler got on base each with singles, then bases loaded after Fitzgerald got on base with an error. This set up a big two run RBI single from Matt Chapman that scored Hill and Soler, Giants take a 5-2 lead and the Giants fans see their chances growing. 

Michael Toglia attempted a rally with a big solo HR that silenced the crowd, but Jordan Hicks got the Giants out of the inning seemingly unscathed. Giants still up, 5-3. 

Camillo Doval came in for the save opportunity and started off rocky, giving up back to back singles.Jacob Stallings grounded out, but that scored Toglia and the gap was closed to 5-4. With the tying run on second base, Doval struck out Sam Hilliard and then with a full count, Tovar grounded out and the Giants won. 

The Giants improve to 53-55 and Randy Rodriguez gets the W, he’s now 3-1. Austin Gomber records a loss, his record becomes 2-7 and Doval secures his 20th save this season. 

It’s an off day for the Giants on Monday and then they are back in Oracle Park for the Battle of the Bay against the Oakland A’s on Tuesday night. Neither Oakland or San Francisco has announced a starter.

Troy Ewers is a staff writer for http://www.sportsradioservice.com