Giants 6, Rockies 4: Rodón’s 10 strikeouts secure a three-game sweep

For the 11th time this year, Carlos Rodón has exited a start with double-digit strikeouts.

Rodón is the league leader in strikeout percentage, his 33.4% a whole 1.2% ahead of second place. In that respect, Thursday night was business as usual for the established left-hander.

Paired with a five-run second inning, the San Francisco Giants showed little mercy for the majority of this two-hour, 57-minute contest. In the first eight innings, Colorado sent no more than four hitters to the plate in each frame. Rodón allowed just two baserunners for the duration of his six frames, and with a commanding early lead, this game’s win probability chart began to show vague resemblance to the Rockies’ flight elevation out of San Francisco this evening:

Colorado has now lost nine out of their last ten games, and a push for pre-Los Angeles momentum has instead yielded the Giants’ second sweep over the Rockies in as many weeks.