Orlando Arcia hit a two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the ninth, and the Colorado Rockies rallied to beat the San Francisco Giants, 8-7 in Denver on Thursday.
Colorado scored three times in the ninth for its first walk-off victory of the season and ended San Francisco’s streak of one-run wins at six. The Rockies (13-55) snapped a five-game slide.
The Rockies trailed 7-5 entering the ninth but loaded the bases with one out against Randy Rodriguez (3-1). Brenton Doyle’s sharp grounder to third base was bobbled by Casey Schmitt for an error, and Sam Hilliard scored.
Rodriguez fanned pinch hitter Hunter Goodman but Arcia singled to left on a full count to drive in the tying and winning runs.
Mickey Moniak homered among his two hits, Thairo Estrada had three hits and Jordan Beck contributed a pair for Colorado. Seth Halvorsen (1-1) got the win with an inning of relief.
Dominic Smith homered and singled twice and Wilmer Flores had two hits for the Giants, who had won seven in a row entering Thursday. They have played 30 one-run games, tops in the majors.
San Francisco (40-29) took a 4-0 lead in the second inning on an RBI single, a sacrifice fly and Heliot Ramos’s two-run base hit.
The Rockies cut the deficit in half in the fourth on rookie Ryan Ritter’s two-run single but Smith’s three-run home in the fifth, his first of the season, made it 7-2 and chased starter Antonio Senzatela.
Senzatela allowed seven runs on nine hits in four-plus innings.
Moniak’s seventh homer of the season made it 7-3 in the sixth but San Francisco starter Hayden Birdsong retired the next two batters to end his day.
Birdsong gave up three runs on six hits in six innings, his longest outing of the season. He walked a pair and fanned six.
Colorado closed the gap against the Giants’ bullpen in the seventh. With one out, Beck singled, Sam walked and Estrada doubled to bring home both runners. Erik Miller relieved Sean Hjelle and walked Ryan McMahon to put the tying run on base but got the final two outs to keep it a two-run game.
San Francisco fell one game behind the idle Dodgers in the National League West. The two squads face off at Dodger Stadium in a three-game series beginning on Friday.
–Field Level Media
