SAN FRANCISCO – Well, what do you know? All this time, stretching really was the issue for the Giants this season.
They hadn’t stretched enough singles into doubles or doubles into triples. They hadn’t stretched enough scoring rallies with two-out hits. They hadn’t gotten the add-on runs to stretch their occasional leads.
They did all of the above Monday night, and their offensive output allowed Jeff Samardzija’s season-long dominance to finally pierce through the clouds in a 9-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies in front of an engaged and active crowd at AT&T Park.
Samardzija held the Rockies to two runs in 6 1/3 innings while Brandon Belt and Denard Span hit RBI triples as the Giants beat the Rockies for just the second time in 12 games this season.