Kyle Freeland super-sharp as Rockies beat Giants in San Francisco

Early on, you could archer that it was a Kyle Freeland benignant of night.

The Rockies’ gritty left-hander took the mound successful the archetypal inning Saturday and struck retired Austin Slater connected 3 pitches. Then helium got Kris Bryant to alert retired to near connected a first-pitch changeup. Freeland finished disconnected the inning by striking retired Buster Posey by utilizing each 4 pitches successful his arsenal.

With that connection made, the Rockies took attraction of concern and bushed San Francisco, 4-1, to drawback a four-game losing streak.

The Giants outhit the Rockies, 6-5, and the Rockies were 0-for-6 with runners successful scoring position. But Colorado combined timely hits, hustle and productive outs to get the occupation done.

A scary enarthrosis wounded successful outpouring grooming acceptable Freeland back. When helium returned May 25, the rust was apparent. He was 0-2 with a 9.58 ERA done his archetypal 5 starts of the season.

But present Freeland is performing similar the pitcher from 2018 who posted a 2.85 ERA and finished 4th successful the voting for the National League Cy Young Award. In different words, he’s been brilliant.

In six innings, helium allowed 1 tally connected 5 hits — each singles. He struck retired six, walked 2 and induced 2 groundball treble plays — 1 successful the 5th and 1 successful the sixth. Over his past 10 starts, the Denver-born lefty has a 2.41 ERA, with 51 strikeouts and 11 walks.

San Francisco’s lone tally disconnected Freeland came successful the second. Longoria led disconnected with a high, wind-blown pop-up that drifted backmost into just territory and fell down archetypal baseman C.J. Cron for a single. A locomotion by Wilmer Flores and an RBI azygous by Donovan Solano gave the Giants their run.

Colorado’s discourtesy yet busted its roadworthy hex successful the sixth. Brendan Rodgers led disconnected with a azygous disconnected reliever Dominic Leone, extending his career-high hitting streak to 16 games. Trevor Story ripped a treble to close and Charlie Blackmon drew a locomotion to load the bases.

Cron, who deed his 19th homer of the play with a solo changeable to pb disconnected the second, deed a chopper to Brandon Crawford to people Rodgers. Cron’s grounder had the look of a treble play, but Cron, not the swiftest of runners, hustled up the enactment to bushed the throw.

Next, Ryan McMahon grounded to Solano astatine 2nd for different imaginable treble play. But Solano booted the shot and Story scored to enactment the Rockies up 3-1.

Story deed different treble successful the eighth and scored connected different groundout by McMahon to agelong Colorado’s pb to 4-1.

The Rockies, 1-4 connected their six-game roadworthy trip, volition effort to divided the four-game bid with the Giants connected Sunday afternoon.