San Francisco Giants Matt Chapman (26) forearm bashes Heliot Ramos (17) in the top of the sixth inning after hitting a home run against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver on Wed Sep 3, 2025 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The San Francisco Giants (71-69) beat the Colorado Rockies (39-101) sweeping them in a 10-8 win in game three of their series. They hit three home runs in tonight’s game keeping their streak going strong. Matt Chapman had two homers in the game more than making up for the time he missed after getting ejected in Tuesday’s game. Chapman was suspended one day for making contact with Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeman during a bench emptying brawl in the top of the first inning on Tuesday. Chapman has appealed the suspension.

The first a solo shot and the second a three run home run. Drew Gilbert hit the third home run in the seventh inning.

Game recap: San Francisco got this game going early jumping all over the Rockies taking a 4-0 lead into the bottom of the fourth inning. Matt Chapman more then made up for the time he missed in yesterday’s game hitting a solo home run to center in the second inning for the early 1-0 lead.

San Francisco continued to pile on the runs scoring three more runs in the third inning taking a 4-0 lead. Rafael Devers singled Patrick Bailey home extending their lead to 2-0. It turned into a very busy inning for the Giants. Willie Adames sacrificed Heliot Ramos home. San Francisco followed that up with a Wilmer Flores singled driving Rafael Devers home looking very much in control of this game with the 4-0 lead.

The Rockies finally got up on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth inning 1-4 but still had a lot of work to do. Brenton Doyle hit a single driving Ezequiel Tovar home from third base for the one-run inning.

Colorado had more in store not only tying up the game but taking their first lead of the game 5-4 in the bottom of the fifth inning. Tyler Freeman singled Kyle Karros home as the Rockies began to pile on the runs. Hunter Goodman singled and another Colorado run came in; Freeman scored off a San Francisco error. Jordan Beck came to the plate and singled a couple or runners home, Ezequiel Tovar and Hunter Goodman, giving the Rockies a 5-4 lead. The challenge now for the Rockies would be to protect the one-run lead going into the sixth inning.

It had been a good game for San Francisco starting pitcher Robbie Ray going into the fifth inning but that came to an end when Colorado started fireworks of their own hitting lights out. Ray finished going 4 2/3 innings allowing 7 hits, 4 earned runs, 1 walk and 8 strikeouts. He was relieved by Joel Peguero who got the Giants out of the inning and going on to pitch into the sixth inning.

The Giants were up for the challenge robbing the Rockies of their short-lived lead in the sixth inning. Patrick Bailey got the party started hitting a single driving Casey Schmitt home tying up the game 5-5. Heliot Ramos came to the plate hitting another single driving in Luis Matos giving the Giants the lead back 6-5 lead. Matt Chapman hit his second home run of the game, a 3-run home run, driving in Patrick Bailey and Heliot Ramos. When the dust had settled San Francisco had a 9-5 lead going into the seventh inning.

San Francisco would tack on one more home run off the bat of Drew Gilbert, a solo shot to right and the Giants had their third home run of the game taking a 10-5 lead. San Francisco’s home run streak was alive and well as the Giants continued to send balls soaring out of ball parks across the league.

San Francisco took the 10-5 lead into the top of the ninth inning. They were three outs away from another win and a series sweep. The Rockies made quite a bit of noise in the bottom of the ninth inning loading the bases and sacrificing a run home still trailing 10-6. They were not finished and the Giants were struggling with getting that final out. Two more runs would score before this game was all said and done; Colorado had not made it easy on the Giants. The final was 10-8. The Giants now have 24 home runs in their last 11 games showing no signs of letting down. They had done their damage at Coors Field as they head off to St. Louis after hitting 10 home runs in the series with the Rockies.

Game notes: After winning game two in their series with the Rockies Tuesday night 7-4 the Giants were primed for another sweep and swept the Rockies on Wednesday. It was a tough loss for the Rockies Tuesday night reaching a milestone no one ever wants to see registering their 100th loss of the season.

For San Francisco they were finally back over .500 by a game and playing some terrific baseball that has been obvious over their last four series. Their last losing series was against the San Diego Padres played back on August 18. The Giants after Wednesday’s game are now two games over .500 and with the win have closed the gap towards a shot at the last NL Wild Card position to just four games.

Thursday the Giants will have the day off before taking on the Cardinals in St. Louis. This will be a big series for both teams; the Giants with a 71-69 record and the Cardinals with a 70-71 record. Starters for Friday’s contest at Busch Stadium in St Louis, for the Giants Carson Seymour (0-2 ERA 4.74) for the Cardinals probable starter is Michael McGreevy. McGreevy has a 6-2 win/loss record and a 4.17 ERA. First pitch for this matchup is scheduled for 5:15 PM PT.