In home games, the Giants traditionally expect good pitching and good defense. It has gotten to the point that home runs are a bonus.
When they don’t get them, it’s business as usual. When they do, it can make a huge difference.
Friday night, Chris Marrero hit his first career homer and Brandon Crawford also homered to ignite an 8-2 victory over the Rockies that left pitcher Johnny Cueto with a 3-0 record.
On a team that’s 5-7.
The Giants went homerless in their first two games at AT&T Park and had 134 homerless at-bats at home before Marrero came to the plate in the second inning and easily cleared the left-field wall.