San Francisco Giants vs Colorado Rockies Match Player Stats On Sep 04, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Sep 4, 2017

DENVER -- Carlos Gonzalez drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs in the ninth Monday, lifting the Colorado Rockies to a 4-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Monday.

The victory increased the Rockies' lead to 1 1/2 games over Milwaukee for the second wild-card spot in the National League. The Brewers suffered a walk-off 5-4 loss at Cincinnati when Billy Hamilton homered in the ninth.

The Rockies are 8-0 against the Giants at Coors Field this season and have beaten them there nine straight times.

Charlie Blackmon led off the ninth with a double as left fielder Mac Williamson made an unsuccessful sliding attempt to catch the ball, which glanced off his glove. Blackmon stayed at second when DJ LeMahieu hit a hard grounder to first.

After Nolan Arenado was intentionally walked, Steven Okert (1-1) walked Gerardo Parra on four pitches. Cory Gearrin came on to face pinch hitter Pat Valaika and struck him out on three pitches but walked Gonzalez on four pitches.

The last one was well outside, and Gonzalez triumphantly raised his bat.

Greg Holland (3-5) pitched the ninth as the Rockies used four relievers to blank the Giants for 4 2/3 innings and break a four-game losing streak.

Rockies starter Chad Bettis gave up three runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Joe Panik hit his 10th homer in the first, connecting on Bettis' 1-1 fastball. Denard Span's homer, also his 10th, came on a 2-2 changeup in the third to make it 2-0.

The Rockies made it 2-1 in the bottom of the second when Blackmon hit his 33rd homer into the Giants' bullpen in right-center field on Chris Stratton's 2-0 changeup.

Bettis tied the game at 2 when he grounded a single to right with two outs in the fourth. The RBI was the first for Bettis in six at-bats this year and just his fourth in 98 career at-bats.

Bettis then put the Rockies ahead 3-2 when he scored on a single up the middle by LeMahieu.

Stratton needed 98 pitches to work four innings and gave up three runs on eight hits and three walks with four strikeouts in four innings.

Bettis didn't face a batter with a runner in scoring position until Span led off the sixth with a double to left field after Parra made a diving attempt for the ball near the foul line. Panik followed with a run-scoring single up the middle to tie the game at 3.

Jake McGee gave up consecutive one-out singles in the eighth to Span and Panik but got Buster Posey to ground into an inning-ending double play.

NOTES: Giants 3B Pablo Sandoval went 0-for-4 extending his string of consecutive hitless at-bats to 33. ... Rockies RHP Tyler Chatwood will make his first start Tuesday since Aug. 2 and his third start since the All-Star break. ... Rockies SS Ian Desmond made his first start at the position since Oct. 4, 2015, while playing for Washington but moved to first base in the sixth. ... Giants RHP Matt Cain is away due to a family matter and unlikely to rejoin the Giants until they begin a homestand next Monday. ... Rockies CF Charlie Blackmon became the 10th player in team history with 60 multi-hit games in a season and first since Todd Helton in 2003. ... Rockies 2B DJ LeMahieu extended his season-high hitting streak to 12 games.