San Francisco 9, Colorado 3
When: 4:05 PM ET, Saturday, August 11, 2012
Where: AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
Temperature:
71°
Umpires:
Home -
Greg Gibson, 1B -
Manny Gonzalez, 2B -
Gerry Davis, 3B -
Phil Cuzzi
Attendance:
42483
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Giants 9, Rockies 3: Matt Cain snapped a two-game losing streak with 7 1/3 solid innings and red-hot Buster Posey hit a two-run homer as San Francisco won for only the second time in its last 10 games at home.
Cain
(11-5), who was honored prior to Friday's game for pitching the first
perfect game in franchise history June 13, won for the first time since
July 15 and improved to 4-0 in his last five home starts against
Colorado. He allowed two runs, seven hits and struck out six, and helped
his own cause with an RBI single.
Hunter Pence stroked an RBI double
- his first hit at home as a Giant - and Angel Pagan delivered a
two-run triple as San Francisco beat Colorado for the 14th time in the
last 18 meetings.
The Giants went back in front of the Dodgers by one game in the National League West. Los Angeles lost at Miami 7-3 on Saturday.
Posey was 2-for-4 and leads the majors with a
.443 average since the All-Star break. He has nine homers and 32 RBIs
during that span.
Colorado rookie Drew Pomeranz (1-7) hasn't won
in six starts and suffered his fourth loss in that stretch. He allowed
four runs and six hits in four innings.
The Giants scored twice in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Joaquin Arias and Cain's two-out single to center.
Posey
made it 4-0 in the third inning when he hit a 1-1 pitch into the first
row in left-center field. Pence delivered a two-out double in the fifth.
The
Rockies loaded the bases with none out in the sixth inning, but scored
only once. After Josh Rutledge's RBI fielder's choice, Carlos Gonzalez
lined out hard to first baseman Brett Pill and Cain caught Ramon
Hernandez looking at a fastball on the outside corner.
San Francisco increased its lead to 8-1 in the sixth inning when Marco Scutaro followed Pagan's triple with an RBI single.
Rookie DJ LeMahieu hit his first major league homer in the eighth inning for Colorado.
GAME
NOTEBOOK: Cain, 27, and Pomeranz, 23, grew up in towns less than 10
miles apart in Tennessee. Cain attended Houston High School in
Germantown while Pomeranz went to Collierville HS ... Posey has hit in
14 of his last 15 games. His 13-game streak was halted Friday when he
flew out as a pinch-hitter. ... The Giants are 55-44 when Posey is in
the lineup, 7-8 when he is not. ... Cain improved to 14-7 with a 3.20
ERA in 27 starts against the Rockies. ... The Giants are second-worst in
the majors with 73 homers, and last with only 18 at home. ... Pence is
hitting .163 in 11 games with the Giants. ... Giants LF Melky Cabrera
went 1-for-5 with a run scored on his 28th birthday. ... Scutaro has 15
RBIs in 15 games with the Giants since he was acquired from the Rockies.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Colorado |
|
San Francisco |
|
Drew Pomeranz
|
Player |
Matt Cain
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
4.0 |
IP |
7.1 |
|
3 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
|
6 |
Hits |
7 |
|
9.00 |
ERA |
2.45 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Colorado
|
9 |
1 |
12 |
.257 |
18 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| San Francisco
|
13 |
1 |
21 |
.382 |
14 |
5 |
8 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
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