The Giants got a taste of their own medicine Thursday and missed a chance to head into Los Angeles tied for first place.
Uncharacteristic wildness by reliever Randy Rodriguez and an error by third baseman Casey Schmitt in the ninth inning helped contribute to a three-run ninth by the Colorado Rockies in an 8-7 win over the Giants at Coors Field.
Orlando Arcia lined a single to left to drive in the winning runs. Rodriguez gave up three runs in a 43-pitch ninth inning. The Giants had an opportunity to win the game on a double play, but an error by Casey Schmitt allowed the first run to score and set up the loss.
The loss ended a seven-game win streak for the Giants, who head into Dodger Stadium with a 40-29 record, a game behind the Dodgers as the longtime geographical rivals will play their first series of the season. The Giants have won 17 games this season while trailing by multiple runs and felt the sting of being on the other end.
Dominic Smith hit a three-run home run for the Giants in the fifth inning and appeared to put the Giants in command. Hayden Birdsong pitched the first six innings for the Giants, followed by Sean Hjelle, Erik Miller and Ryan Walker before Rodriguez came undone in the ninth to fall to 3-1.
Birdsong gave up three earned runs with two walks and six strikeouts.
Colorado, with the worst record in baseball, improved to 13-54 and broke a trend where the Giants have been beating up on teams with inferior records. The Giants fell to 21-7 against teams with records under .500. Seth Halvorson was the winning pitcher for Colorado, evening his record at 1-1.
Mickey Moniak homered off Birdsong with one out in the sixth inning, an opposite field drive to left field that kept carrying in the mile high altitude. It was his seventh of the season. Colorado got to reliever Sean Hjelle in the seventh on a two-run single by ex-Giant Thairo Estrada.
Smith’s home run against starter Antonio Senzatela (1-11) gave the Giants some breathing room after the Rockies had closed within two runs. It was a no-doubter into the upper deck in right field that traveled 433 feet and left the bat at 106.2 miles per hour for his first home run as a Giant.
It scored Mike Yastrzemski, who walked, and Wilmer Flores, who opened the inning with a double
Colorado scored twice in the fourth after Birdsong had recorded two quick outs. Brenton Doyle reached base on a blind stab attempt at a comebacker by Birdsong — which probably would have been fielded for an out had he let it go — with Moniak hitting a single to right and Orlando Acacia drawing a walk.
Ryan Ritter then singled in two runs with a hard grounder that got past a backhand attempt by Willie Adames at shortstop.
The Giants struck for four runs in the second against 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 point, Senzatela had already thrown 50 pitches and didn’t get the last out of the inning until a twisting fly by Wilmer Flores was caught in right by Moniak in foul territory.
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