Just a day after Jeff Samardzija had the Coors Field definition of a dream start, Jake Peavy pitched the Coors Field definition of a nightmare start as Colorado rocked him all throughout his brief appearance, allowing six runs and both a career-high and San Francisco Giant high ten extra-base hits over four innings as the Giants lost 10-6.
Peavy's control was nearly nonexistent, leaving most of his pitches right over the plate, and with the combination of Colorado's offense and the altitude of Coors, it's no shock that the Rockies lit up Peavy.
This start followed a shoddy start against the Dodgers, where Peavy allowed four runs and ten hits over five innings in the San Francisco home-opener. The Giants ended up getting the win, but it was due in large part to Buster Posey's good friend Hunter Pence and the rest of the San Francisco offense scoring 12 runs to erase the deficit.
San Francisco's offense tried to keep the Giants in the game, scoring six runs on seven hits, but to no avail. Trevor Brown and Brandon Belt were the few bright spots tonight, both having two-hit games with an RBI apiece. Span knocked in two, and Panik and the birthday boy Pence knocked in one apiece, but even with more than enough runs to win, the pitching staff couldn't keep San Francisco in the game.
Arenado torched San Francisco's pitchings staff all night, totaling a career-high seven total RBIs, five of which came off of a two-run home run off of Peavy and a three-run home run off of Osich.
Trevor Story continued to mash, totaling three hits, including two triples that would have been home runs eight and nine, if not for the extended walls. Gonzalez had himself a day of his own, going 3 for 4 including with an RBI.
The Recap
The Rockies wasted no time jumping on Peavy; Charlie Blackmon tripled on a one-hopper off of the newly-raised outfield wall and was driven in on a Trevor Story sacrifice fly, then Cargo hit a triple of his own in the right field corner and was driven in on an Arenado ground out. Colorado had three extra-base hits total in the first inning, the third coming off of the bat of Gerardo Para.
In typical Coors Field fashion, the score didn't stay the same for long.
Span drove in Angel Pagan and Trevor Brown on a double to tie up the game at two apiece in the top of the third, but Arenado came right back with two RBIs of his own on a two-run dinger, driving in Cargo along with himself to give the Rockies a 4-2 lead. Ben Paulsen doubled to drive in Para in the same inning, and Arenado continued to hurt Peavy by doubling in Story, pushing the lead to 6-2.
Brown continued to stay hot, doubling in Pagan on a hit-and-run to trim the deficit to 6-3. Blanco, pinch-hitting for Peavy, advanced Brown to third by grounding out, and Panik knocked him in with a sacrifice fly to close the gap to 6-4. The birthday boy Pence continued to chip away at the lead, knocking Span in to bring the Colorado lead to one.
Gonzalez increased to Colorado lead to 7-5 by singling in Story in the bottom of the sixth, but Belt brought the Rockies' lead right back to one with a solo home run in the top of the eighth.
Arenado broke the game open in the bottom of the eight, slugging a three-run home run off of Josh Osich to extend the Colorado lead to 10-6.
Jake McGee closed the game out for the Rockies in the 9th, snapping the trend of the team who scores first losing for the Giants.
Going Forward
Matt Cain and the G-Men will be looking to take the final game of the three-game series in an afternoon special. Cain is coming off of a solid start against the Dodgers, going six quality innings while only allowing two runs.
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