MLB

Colorado Rockies at San Francisco Giants

· Major League Baseball
Colorado Rockies
43-118, 18-62 Away
Final
3 - 4
San Francisco Giants
80-81, 41-39 Home

Justin Verlander earns a win in final start of year as Giants hold off Rockies 4-3

Ezequiel Tovar rips a triple vs. Giants

Casey Schmitt hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the second inning to support Verlander (4-11), who received 62 total runs of support in his 29 starts.

T he 42-year-old right-hander signed a $15 million, one-year contract in January and wrapped up his 20th major league season with career start No. 555 — which ranks 27th all-time. He also tied Bob Feller and Eppa Rixey for 34th place on baseball’s career win list with 266.

Rafael Devers added a key RBI double in the eighth for insurance before Colorado's Jordan Beck homered in the ninth off Ryan Walker. Walker then surrendered Brenton Doyle's double and was done after walking Kyle Karros one out later.

Spencer Bivens entered and struck out Warming Bernabel, then plunked Ryan Ritter to load the bases. Third baseman Matt Chapman then made a tough catch in foul territory on Ezequiel Tovar's popup to end it as Bivens earned his second save.

Hunter Goodman homered in the first before Doyle connected the next inning for Colorado, which lost its fifth straight.

After Schmitt's home run, Kyle Freeland retired the next 12 San Francisco hitters in order until Heliot Ramos singled to start the sixth.

Freeland (5-17) was tagged for three runs on three hits in six innings.

The Rockies' 118th defeat is the most in NL since the 1962 Mets lost 120.

Key moment Tovar hit a two-out triple in the fifth before Verlander issued a four-pitch walk to Goodman. Then, Blaine Crim struck out swinging as Verlander escaped unscathed.

Key stat The Giants improved to 10-2 against the Rockies this season. Their best showing vs. Colorado came during the club's NL West-winning 2021 season when they went 15-4.

Up next RHP McCade Brown (0-4, 7.54 ERA) pitches the season finale for the Rockies opposite Giants All-Star RHP Logan Webb (14-11, 3.30), who is 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA and 13 strikeouts facing Colorado this year.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Tovar fouled out to third.
9th Inning Ritter hit by pitch, Karros to second.
9th Inning Bernabel struck out swinging.
9th Inning Bivens relieved Walker
9th Inning Karros walked.
9th Inning Fernández grounded out to second, Doyle to third.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
1 Hit By Pitch 0
10 Ground Balls 8
8 Strikeouts 7
3 Runs Batted In 4
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
7 Hits 4
0 Stolen Bases 0
3 Walks 2
0 Catcher Interference 0
3 Runs 4
1 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
33 At Bats 28
3 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
12 Runners Left On Base 5
1 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
1 Doubles 1
15 Fly Balls 13
0 Caught Stealing 0
138 Pitches 126
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 0
19 Total Bases 8
37 Plate Appearances 30
486.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
5 Extra Base Hits 2
5.5 Runs Created 1.4
.212 Batting Average .143
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.576 Slugging Percentage .286
.455 Secondary Average .214
.297 On Base Percentage .200
.873 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .486
0.7 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.6
5.5 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 1.6
32.5 Batter Rating 25.0
11.0 At Bats Per Home Run 28.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.73 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.20
.364 Isolated Power .143
0.38 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.29
.081 Walks Per Plate Appearance .067
.242 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .071
6.0 Runs Produced 8.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.7 Patience Ratio 0.3
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.2
83.5 MLB Rating 71.8
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Oracle Park

Location: San Francisco, California
Attendance: 38,201 | Capacity:

2025 National League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Los Angeles - 69 W5 0.5740741 93
San Diego 3 72 W3 0.5555556 90
San Francisco 12 81 W4 0.5 81
Arizona 13 82 L5 0.49382716 80
Colorado 50 119 L6 0.2654321 43
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