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Why a battle of the bullpens looms large in Giants-Rockies matchups

SAN FRANCISCO–Colorado Rockies relievers own a combined 4.50 ERA this season, but it wasn’t much of a surprise when four bullpen arms blanked the Giants over six innings in Thursday’s series-opener.

After securing a playoff berth but losing the National League Wildcard Game in 2017, the Rockies dumped massive sums of money into their bullpen as the club added closer Wade Davis and set-up man Bryan Shaw while re-signing lefty Jake McGee.

“They have a good bullpen, they obviously went out and that was something that they wanted to improve on this offseason and they looked good,” shortstop Brandon Crawford said.