SF Giants come back from deficit, beat Rockies 5-4

The SF Giants came away victorious in a Logan Webb start, finally able to provide run support for the franchise ace, albeit after he exited the game. They took their second game against the Rockies Wednesday evening 5-4.

Webb pitched a solid first inning, but ran into trouble in the second, giving up a walk, three singles and a double to put the Rockies up 3-0. The Giants, on the other hand, were unable to record a hit until the sixth inning, when LaMonte Wade Jr. singled to left field. They were unable to score that inning but got themselves out of no-hitter danger.

The Rockies piled on their lead when Nolan Jones homered to right center in the bottom of the sixth, putting the team at 4-0. Logan Webb exited the game after giving up the homer and Tristan Beck came in as relief to get the final two outs of the inning.

Awakened by Wade's single in the sixth inning, the Giants' offense attacked in the seventh. Michael Conforto drew a walk to start off the inning, followed by a Mitch Haniger single. The Rockies removed Connor Seabold from the game after he allowed just two hits, two walks and one batter hit. Brent Suter came in to relieve Seabold, allowing three straight singles to bring the score to 4-3 Rockies. Justin Lawrence came in to get all three outs of the seventh.

But the Giants weren't done there; in the eighth they struck again. Joc Pederson drew a walk to start the inning off, showing that plate discipline has been integral to the Giants scoring strategy. Haniger was then hit by a pitch, and Austin Slater hit an RBI single to score Pederson from second. Patrick Bailey hit a sacrifice dribbler to bring the Giants' final damage to 5-4 going into the bottom of the eighth.

The Giants' bullpen was solid, going 3.2 innings without allowing a run. Though the Giants can take great joy in this win, the Rockies are not the type of formidable opponent they should be preparing to show out similarly against. This series finishes tomorrow at 12:10 PM Pacific.