Kyle Karros delivered the swing that flipped Friday night in San Francisco, and the Rockies made it stand up.
Colorado erased a one-run deficit in the ninth and walked away with a 4-3 win over the Giants, getting the decisive blow from Karros on a two-run single before Cole Carrigg added a sacrifice fly to give the visitors enough breathing room.
The Giants had the game lined up for closer Caleb Kilian, but the ninth unraveled fast. Mickey Moniak opened the inning with a single, Troy Johnson drew a walk as a pinch hitter and Jake McCarthy dropped down a bunt single.
Kilian never recorded an out. That set the table for Karros, who punched a two-run single through a drawn-in infield to put Colorado in front.
Carrigg followed with a sacrifice fly to left off Erik Miller, Kilian’s replacement, and that extra run proved important.
Jordan Romano made it interesting in the bottom of the ninth. He allowed a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to Rafael Devers and then walked Willy Adames to reload the bases with two outs. Colorado turned to Juan Mejia, and he got Bryce Eldridge to ground out to second on his first pitch for his fourth save.
Antonio Senzatela, who worked a scoreless eighth, picked up the win and improved to 9-1.
The game had been tight for most of the night. After Colorado tied it in the fifth, the score stayed frozen until the seventh, when Luis Arraez singled with two outs, stole second, moved to third on a passed ball and scored on Devers’ single into right field.
Neither starter factored into the decision after both teams carried a 1-1 tie into the sixth.
Tanner Gordon gave the Rockies five innings, allowing one run on eight hits and a walk while striking out one. The lone damage came in the second, when Devers launched his 19th homer of the season into the right-field bleachers to open the scoring.
Robbie Ray was in line for a win after taking a shutout into the fifth, but Colorado answered with back-to-back two-out doubles from Ezequiel Tovar and McCarthy to even things up. Ray exited three batters into the sixth after walking all three he faced in the inning, though Dylan Smith cleaned up the mess by retiring the next three hitters. Ray allowed one run on four hits and six walks and struck out four.
Karros finished with three hits, McCarthy and TJ Rumfield added two apiece, and the Rockies beat their National League West rivals for the fifth time in eight meetings this season.
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