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DENVER (AP) — The San Francisco Giants got to Denver precocious and woke up early. They had conscionable played an aggravated bid against a longtime rival, truthful a letdown successful Colorado would person been excusable.
With the part pb connected the line, they had plentifulness of energy.
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Thairo Estrada deed 2 of San Francisco’s 4 location runs, Kevin Gausman pitched 7 coagulated innings and the Giants bushed the Rockies 10-5 connected Monday to support their one-game vantage successful the NL West.
“This radical came acceptable to play today. Late formation past night, get successful astatine 1:30 successful the morning,” manager Gabe Kapler said. “The full unit has a very, precise speedy turnaround and bushed eyes this morning. These guys got ramped up well, got prepared and acceptable to hit, obviously, from the archetypal pitch.”
The large league-best Giants (88-50) took 2 of 3 from the rival Dodgers implicit the play to regain sole possession of archetypal place. Los Angeles won 5-1 successful St. Louis connected Monday.
Sunday’s crippled finished astir 8:30 p.m. Colorado clip and Monday’s archetypal transportation was 2:10 p.m. Instead of looking similar a bushed bunch, the Giants jumped connected the Rockies aboriginal and cruised to a win.
“I was expecting everyone to beryllium a small sluggish. We expended a batch of vigor that past series, conscionable mentally, being locked successful each azygous pitch,” Gausman said. “From the get-go they were locked successful and making (Kyle) Freeland work.”
Darin Ruf homered connected the 3rd transportation of the crippled and Buster Posey besides went heavy to springiness San Francisco 206 location runs this season. Toronto besides connected 4 times Monday astatine Yankee Stadium to clasp the large league pb with 210.
Handed an 8-1 pb by the fifth, Gausman (13-5) allowed 3 runs and 5 hits successful giving the Giants’ overworked bullpen a rest. He besides singled and scored a run.
“I wanted to spell astatine slightest seven; that was the extremity going in,” Gausman said. “I astir talked to Kap earlier the game, ‘Let maine spell 130 pitches, immoderate it takes. These guys request a time off.’ I had immoderate speedy innings, immoderate agelong (at-bats) and past followed by a one-pitch out.”
It was the archetypal clip 2 Colorado-grown pitchers started against each different astatine Coors Field. Gausman attended Grandview High School successful Aurora, 12 miles from Thomas Jefferson High School successful Denver, wherever Rockies lefty Freeland starred.
Gausman got the amended of the matchup, striking retired 9 with 1 walk. Freeland (5-7) was tagged for 7 runs connected 9 hits successful 4 1/3 innings and served up 4 homers.
“It was cool,” Freeland said. “I privation we could person had a amended battle.”
Ruf led disconnected the crippled with his 15th location tally and Posey deed his 17th 1 retired later. Estrada had a solo homer successful the 4th and a two-run changeable successful the fifth. Ruf drove successful 2 with a triple to marque it 8-1 aft 5 innings.
Mauricio Dubón, who had 3 hits, delivered a two-run azygous successful the sixth.
Trevor Story deed a two-run homer successful the eighth, and Ryan McMahon and Garrett Hampson had solo shots for Colorado.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Giants: OF Mike Yastrzemski was a precocious scratch from the lineup owed to a tummy issue. Steven Duggar started successful his spot and batted eighth. “He ate thing that didn’t hold with him and we were trying to get him ready. I wouldn’t person had immoderate contented if we ran retired of players having Yaz hit,” Kapler said. … Kris Bryant came retired successful the seventh. Kapler said the slugger has been bothered by wrist discomfort.
Rockies: RHP Peter Lambert (Tommy John surgery) tossed 2 2/3 innings with Double-A Hartford connected Sunday. Lambert past pitched successful the majors connected Sept. 20, 2019.
ROSTER MOVES
San Francisco recalled right-hander Kervin Castro from Triple-A Sacramento and optioned righty Jay Jackson to the River Cats.
SCARY MOMENT
Ruf was a small excessively assertive going aft Joshua Fuentes’ popup successful the seventh. Posey camped nether the shot and arsenic helium made the catch. Ruf, moving successful from archetypal base, slid into Posey’s near leg, knocking him down. Posey stood up and stayed successful the game.
“We person to bash a amended occupation of communicating connected popups and alert balls,” Kapler said.
SECOND TO ONE
Rockies outfielder Charlie Blackmon played successful his 1,248th crippled for the club, 1 much than Carlos Gonzalez and 78 much than soon-to-be Hall of Famer Larry Walker.
Blackmon apt won’t drawback Todd Helton for astir games played with Colorado. Helton played successful 2,247 during his 17-year career, each with the Rockies.
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