The Giants bought a style of their very own medication Thursday and missed an opportunity to move into Los Angeles tied for first place.
Uncharacteristic wildness by reliever Randy Rodriguez and an error by third baseman Casey Schmitt within the ninth inning helped contribute to a three-run ninth by the Colorado Rockies in an 8-7 win over the Giants at Coors Area.
Orlando Arcia lined a single to left to drive within the successful runs. Rodriguez gave up three runs in a 43-pitch ninth inning. The Giants had a chance to win the sport on a double play, however an error by Casey Schmitt allowed the primary run to attain and arrange the loss.
The loss ended a seven-game win streak for the Giants, who head into Dodger Stadium with a 40-29 document, a sport behind the Dodgers because the longtime geographical rivals will play their first sequence of the season. The Giants have received 17 video games this season whereas trailing by a number of runs and felt the sting of being on the opposite finish.
Dominic Smith hit a three-run dwelling run for the Giants within the fifth inning and appeared to place the Giants in command. Hayden Birdsong pitched the primary six innings for the Giants, adopted by Sean Hjelle, Erik Miller and Ryan Walker earlier than Rodriguez got here undone within the ninth to fall to 3-1.
Birdsong gave up three earned runs with two walks and 6 strikeouts.
Colorado, with the worst document in baseball, improved to 13-54 and broke a pattern the place the Giants have been beating up on groups with inferior data. The Giants fell to 21-7 towards groups with data beneath .500. Seth Halvorson was the successful pitcher for Colorado, night his document at 1-1.
Mickey Moniak homered off Birdsong with one out within the sixth inning, an reverse area drive to left area that saved carrying within the mile excessive altitude. It was his seventh of the season. Colorado bought to reliever Sean Hjelle within the seventh on a two-run single by ex-Large Thairo Estrada.
Smith’s dwelling run towards starter Antonio Senzatela (1-11) gave the Giants some respiratory room after the Rockies had closed inside two runs. It was a no-doubter into the higher deck in proper area that traveled 433 ft and left the bat at 106.2 miles per hour for his first dwelling run as a Large.
It scored Mike Yastrzemski, who walked, and Wilmer Flores, who opened the inning with a double
Colorado scored twice within the fourth after Birdsong had recorded two fast outs. Brenton Doyle reached base on a blind stab try at a comebacker by Birdsong — which most likely would have been fielded for an out had he let it go — with Moniak hitting a single to proper and Orlando Acacia drawing a stroll.
Ryan Ritter then singled in two runs with a tough grounder that bought previous a backhand try by Willie Adames at shortstop.
The Giants struck for 4 runs within the second towards the beleaguered Senzatela, with Tyler Fitzgerald hitting a sacrifice fly, Logan Porter hitting a run-scoring single, and Ramos hitting a two-run single.
At that time, Senzatela had already thrown 50 pitches and didn’t get the final out of the inning till a twisting fly by Wilmer Flores was caught in proper by Moniak in foul territory.
Dodgers matchups
How the pitching rotation shapes up for a three-game sequence in Los Angeles towards the Dodgers:
Friday, Logan Webb (5-5, 2.58) vs. Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-4, 2.20), 7:10 p.m.
Saturday, Landen Roupp (4-4, 3.29) vs. Clayton Kershaw (1-0, 4.35), 7:10 p.m.
Sunday, Kyle Harrison (1-1, 4.56) vs. Dustin Could (3-4, 4.46)
Initially Printed: June 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM PDT
