Kyle Freeland, the Rockies offensive comes to an end

A packed opportunity did not come once, but twice, in the first three innings against Madison Bumgarner, the ace of San Francisco. But the Colorado bats were empty every time, and it seemed the Rockies were about to lose another good start to Kyle Freeland.

But the Rockies' attack woke up and blew the match's momentum with a seventh inning, chasing Bumgarner and propelling Colorado to a 5-2 win, opening the series on the Giants Monday at Coors Field.

San Francisco scored the first goal of the game when outfielder Gorky Hernandez took a fast free-kick from Freeland on the right court to give the visitors a 1-0 lead. But the long ball did not put the southpaw in phase.

"You have to realize that there are still nine baseball heats to play, and a lot of throws to throw," Freeland said. "You just have to keep throwing and trusting in the attack that they're going to undergo."

The Giants nailed on another pass in the third through the intermediary of a Buster Posey double who scored Brandon Belt 2 -0. Meanwhile, the Rockies attack wasted two huge opportunities to get to Bumgarner.

Chris Iannetta came out on foul territory on the left to end the Colorado base's threat of response in the bottom of the first, and when the receiver came back to third, he went back to left. This time he hit a seed that found the glove of an Austin Slater dive to leave three stranded one more time.

"We put in some good battles against Bumgarner from the start of the match, and we put some pressure on him with the bases charged twice," said manager Bud Black. "He made a few shots, and Chris hit a ball in the end (the third) on a nice Slater game."

Even though the offense spat, Freeland took the lead, not allowing one of the executives en route to a third outing of seven hits for his fourth consecutive quality start.

Black noted that Freeland's continued progression of change played a crucial role on Monday, and in its recent global surge.

"It is a field in which he is very confident when he is behind the count, and even at the bottom of the count," Black said. "It has been a quick study, and there are a few things on the delivery side that he has incorporated to help with the change."

And when the seventh inning rolled, with Freeland cheering energetically for the top step of the hunt, Colorado charged the bases without outs on Bumgarner to bring in right-hander Reyes Moronta.

Moronta doubled Nolan Arenado to bring the score to 2-1, Trevor Story managed a double game to tie the mark, and then the Giants' stop-stop Brandon Crawford made a mistake throwing on a routine to give Colorado the 3-2 advantage. do not give up.

"It was an unexpected mistake of their shortstop to give us the green light," Black said. "But that's why you play – because you never know what's going to happen, but you keep fighting like our guys."

Tom Murphy added a double RBI and Charlie Blackmon made a sacrifice in the eighth, while Scott Oberg and Wade Davis clashed to kick off the last two scoreless innings.

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Looking to the future

The RHP giants Mark Stratton (8-5, 4.55 MPG) to Rocky RHP Antonio Senzatela (2-1, 6.23), 18.10, ATTRM; 850 AM

Senzatela makes his first start of 2018 with much anticipation after being called Saturday's Triple-A to replace Jon Gray in the Rockies' rotation. On April 10, outside the paddock, the right-hander had a 6.14 ERA and would probably have been recalled earlier to the majors if a minor injury to the groin had occurred. not slowed his progress. Senzatela has not seen the Giants this season yet, but has registered a 4.24 ERA in 23 innings and a third against San Francisco in 2017, while still averaging .224 and four homers. Meanwhile, the Rockies attack is aiming for the same result against Stratton as that obtained last week by Bay, when Colorado pursued it after four innings with eight hits and five points. – Kyle Newman, The Denver Post