DENVER–The air at Coors Field is thin, but the Giants’ odds of defeating the Rockies at the mile-high destination have appeared much thinner of late.
Facing a 7-2 deficit in the sixth inning, the Giants once again appeared doomed in Denver, but a stunning late-inning comeback that featured back-to-back eighth inning home runs put the club in position to steal a game from a Rockies team battling for a playoff berth.
Instead, after the Giants rattled off six straight runs, reliever Tony Watson allowed two in the eighth and San Francisco dropped a 9-8 game in heartbreaking fashion.