SF GIANTS 101

The San Francisco Giants dug themselves out of a 6-0 hole Thursday night, rallying to defeat the Colorado Rockies 8-6.

Both starting pitchers Jhoulys Chacin and Matt Cain had quick first innings. With one out in the bottom of the second, catcher Wilin Rosario singled and first baseman Todd Helton smacked a two-run homer as the Rockies struck first. Third baseman Nolan Arenado followed with a homer of his own, extending the lead to 3-0. Cain escaped the second with just those three runs.

The Rockies attacked leading off the bottom of the third as Cain walked shortstop left fielder Carlos Gonzalez and yielded a single to shortstop Troy Tulowitzki. Catcher Wilin Rosario drilled a three-run home run, increasing the Rockies lead to 6-0. Cain settled down after the third inning, retiring the next 13 of 15 batters.

The Giants began the comeback trail leading off the top of the fourth as Marco Scutaro singled, extending his hitting streak to 15-games. During Pablo Sandoval's at-bat, Chacin threw a wild pitch allowing Scutaro to move to second. Sandoval walked and Buster Posey lined out. Hunter Pence singled loading the bases for Brandon Belt, who walked scoring Scutaro and keeping the bases loaded for Brandon Crawford. Crawford cleared the bases with a three-run RBI double, getting the Giants right back in the game. Cain helped his own cause connecting with an RBI single scoring Crawford. Angel Pagan flied out to end the inning and the Giants exploded for five runs in the sixth. They now trailed 6-5. 

For the second straight game, the first inning derailed the San Francisco Giants once again as the Toronto Blue Jays won 11-3 Wednesday night. 

Angel Pagan led off the game with a ground-rule double and moved to third on a Marco Scutaro sacrifice bunt. Facing a 0-2 count, Pablo Sandoval delivered with an RBI sacrifice fly scoring Pagan, giving the Giants a quick 1-0 lead.

Ryan Vogelsong retired left fielder Melky Cabrera and right fielder Jose Bautista reached first on a fielding error by Scutaro, who couldn't make the catch. Designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion walked and catcher J,P. Arcencibia reached second on another fielding error by the Giants as Pagan was unable to make the catch. The Blue Jays led 2-0 and first baseman Adam Lind connected with a two-run home run, extending the lead to 4-0. Third baseman Brett Lawrie singled and center fielder Colby Rasmus walked. Second baseman Emilio Bonifacio singled home another run and shortstop Munenori Kawasaki lined into a double play ending the inning. The Blue Jays offense was ignited early once again and Vogelsong threw 33 pitches in the bottom of the first. The score was 5-1 Blue Jays. 

The San Francisco Giants six-game road trip began in ugly fashion as errors and a six run first inning doomed them in a 10-6 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays Tuesday night. 

R.A. Dickey breezed through the first three Giants batters in the top of the first. Barry Zito took the mound facing designated hitter and former Giant Melky Cabrera, who reached second base on a throwing error by Pablo Sandoval. Prior to the game, Cabrera received his 2012 World Series ring in a private ceremony. Zito walked right fielder Jose Bautista and first baseman Edwin Encarnacion singled home Cabrera and reached second as Hunter Pence overthrow the cut-off man. Coming into the at-bat, Encarnacion had great success against Zito, going 4-for-7 with two home runs. With runners on second and third, second baseman and former Giant Mark DeRosa singled home two more runs, extending the Blue Jays lead to 3-0. Third baseman Brett Lawrie singled and shortstop Maicer Izturis reached first on a force out as the Giants should have completed a double play, but Nick Noonan couldn't get a clean grip on the ball and was unable to make the throw to first. Center fielder Colby Rasmus singled home DeRosa and catcher Henry Blanco struck out. Left fielder Emilio Bonifacio and Cabrera both singled home two more runs, increasing the lead to 6-0. Bautista lined out to Sandoval, who made a great diving catch. The Blue Jays erupted for six runs in the first, the most runs they scored in any inning this season. Zito threw 36 pitches in the inning.