San Francisco Giants starter Blade Tidwell (46) gets the nod against the Colorado Rockies Sun Aug 16, 2026 (photo from Yahoo Sports)

San Francisco Giants podcast Stephen Ruderman:

#1 Stephen if the San Francisco Giants win this game against the Colorado Rockies that would make them .500 at 8-8 in rubber game for the 2026 season.

#2 The Giants in their season series with the Rockies are 6-6 in their 12 match ups San Francisco are 4-2 at Oracle Park and 2-4 at Coors Field in Denver.

#3 The Giants lead the Rockies with five straight series wins going back to 2021. The last time the Giants lost a series to the Rocks was going back to 2020. The Giants going back to 2019 have won six of the seven completed season series vs. the Rockies.

#4 Drew Gilbert connected for three hits including a home run on Saturday. For the season Gilbert is hitting .319, 11 runs scored, seven RBIs over the last 18 games since July 24.

#5 Starting pitchers for Sunday’s contest for Coloardo RHP Gabe Hughes (0-4 ERA 5.61) and for San Francisco RHP Blade Tidwell (0-0 ERA 2.78)

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