Logan Webb had all the breathing room he needed once the Giants turned the fourth inning into a rout.
San Francisco broke open Saturday afternoon’s matchup with six runs in the frame, then rode that surge to a 7-1 win over the Colorado Rockies at home. Drew Gilbert sparked the big inning with a homer and finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored and a career-high-tying three RBIs, while the Giants snapped into a 1-1 tie before blowing it open.
The game was still tight after both clubs scratched out a run in the third. Colorado got on the board first when Cole Carrigg drove in Ezequiel Tovar with an RBI single. San Francisco answered right back with Gilbert’s sixth homer, a solo blast that evened things up.
Then came the inning that changed everything.
Jung Hoo Lee and Osleivis Basabe opened the fourth with singles, Drew Cavanaugh drew a walk, and Turner Hill delivered a sacrifice fly in his major-league debut to put the Giants ahead for good. Michael Lorenzen then hit Buddy Kennedy and got Christian Koss to ground into a force play at the plate, but the damage kept piling up.
Gilbert followed with a two-run single to center, ending Lorenzen’s afternoon. Rafael Devers then greeted reliever Parker Mushinski with a ground-rule double to stretch the lead to 5-1, and a run-scoring wild pitch plus Bryce Eldridge’s RBI single capped the six-run burst.
By then, Webb could settle in and cruise. He went six innings, allowing one run and four hits while striking out seven.
The win moved him to 8-7 and gave him his first winning record of the season. Against Colorado, he’s now 12-4 in his career, which is four more wins than he has against any other opponent.
Lorenzen took the loss and was charged with six runs in 3 2/3 innings, giving up four hits and three walks while striking out one.
Lee added two singles for San Francisco, which evened the season series with Colorado at 6-6. The clubs meet one more time Sunday in the 13th and final game of the year between them.
Colorado managed just five hits, with Connor Norby’s double standing as its only extra-base hit. The Rockies’ lone run came in the third, and they were out-hit 10-5.
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