Colorado Rockies at San Francisco Giants

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COL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
SF	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	—	7	10	0

Webb (7-7, 3.52 ERA) came in fresh off 8 innings against Detroit with just 1 earned run allowed, exactly the form the Giants need with their rotation getting thinner by the week. Lorenzen (3-10, 7.08) had the tougher draw. He hadn't gotten out of the 5th inning in his last 3 starts, an ugly stretch that's turned every Rockies outing into a bullpen game before it's halfway done.

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Postgame

The Giants won going away, 7-1, exactly the kind of laugher the price implied. Webb delivered again and Lorenzen's ugly recent stretch showed up right on schedule, allowing 6 runs before he could finish the 4th. The one pregame worry — a Giants offense that had gone cold — never mattered because Colorado's pitching collapsed first.

Pregame

San Francisco's price at home says Webb and the Giants should handle business, and he's been the one reliable arm on this staff all year. But the sharp money tracked on this game has piled almost entirely onto Colorado, and Lorenzen's actual splits this season have favored him away from home more than his ERA suggests. It's a live dog price on the road side of this one.

Colorado is already without Jose Quintana and Chase Dollander for the year, so a short Lorenzen start matters more than it normally would — there's no reinforcement waiting behind him. San Francisco has its own holes, with shortstop Willy Adames out with a back strain and third baseman Matt Chapman done for the season after core-muscle surgery. None of that stopped the market from installing the Giants as heavy favorites.

Michael Lorenzen

(3-11)·7.08 ERA

Aug 9 @ Cardinals

ND

4.1IP

2ER

1K

3BB

97P

08/15 Lineup

Logan Webb

(8-8)·3.75 ERA

Aug 9 vs Tigers

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8.0IP

1ER

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1BB

100P

08/15 Lineup

It played out that way. San Francisco tied it with a solo homer in the 3rd, then buried Colorado with a 6-run 4th that included a 2-run single, a wild pitch and a bases-clearing double, turning a tight game into a laugher before the 5th inning even started. Webb cruised behind the cushion and the Rockies never threatened to make it interesting.

Little of this was really about today. Colorado is buried in one of the worst records in baseball and leaning into player development — outfielder Zac Veen got the call-up this past week after a scorching stretch at Triple-A, part of the young core the front office is building around long after this season stops mattering. San Francisco went the other direction at the deadline, selling off Luis Arraez, Robbie Ray and Tyler Mahle for pitching prospects, a clear sign from new baseball-ops boss Buster Posey that this roster isn't the priority either.

Colorado Rockies

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Aug 15W@ Giants5-2

Aug 12W@ Diamondbacks6-4

Aug 12W@ Diamondbacks3-2

Aug 11L@ Diamondbacks0-9

Aug 9L@ Cardinals4-7

San Francisco Giants

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Aug 15Lvs Rockies2-5

Aug 12Lvs Astros1-2

Aug 12Wvs Astros4-1

Aug 11Lvs Astros3-6

Aug 9Lvs Tigers1-3

That selloff is a big reason the Giants have been rough to watch lately — they've dropped 9 of their last 21 games since mid-July and their playoff hopes are essentially dead. Adames' back trouble is the latest domino, and Marcelo Mayer's rehab assignment at Sacramento, where he's already gone deep once, can't come soon enough for a lineup that just lost its shortstop and its third baseman inside the same week.

Colorado Rockies

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• 7-day ilKyle Karros (3B) — Karros went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Diamondbacks.08/12
• 10-Day-ILTyler Freeman (RF) — The Rockies placed Freeman on the 10-day injured list Monday due to lumbar pain.08/10
• 15-Day-ILJaden Hill (RP) — Hill (shoulder) completed a bullpen session Saturday, MLB.com reports.08/09
• 60-Day-ILJose Quintana (SP) — Quintana (elbow) is scheduled to throw a bullpen session Wednesday, MLB.com reports.08/12
• 60-Day-ILChase Dollander (SP) — Dollander underwent an internal brace procedure on his right elbow Monday, Kevin Henry of The Denver Gazette reports.06/23
• 60-Day-ILWelinton Herrera (RP) — Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer announced Monday that Herrera (elbow) has been diagnosed with a torn UCL and will miss the remainder of the season, Jack Janes of MLB.com reports.06/02
• 60-Day-ILMcCade Brown (SP) — Brown (shoulder) had been scheduled to throw a live bullpen session this weekend, MLB.com reports.06/01
• 60-Day-ILRJ Petit (RP) — The Rockies transferred Petit (elbow) to the 60-day injured list Thursday, Thomas Harding of MLB.com reports.05/08
• 60-Day-ILPierson Ohl (RP) — The Rockies placed Ohl (elbow) on the 60-day injured list Wednesday.05/08
• 60-Day-ILKris Bryant (DH) — Bryant said Tuesday that the ongoing pain in his back continues to prevent him from participating in baseball activities, though he's still consulting with doctors and trainers for potential rehab options, Thomas Harding of MLB.com reports.05/08

San Francisco Giants

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• Day-To-DayWilly Adames (SS) — Adames (back) isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Rockies, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.08/15
• 10-Day-ILMarcelo Mayer (2B) — Mayer (forearm) went 1-for-2 with a walk and a solo home run Thursday in his first rehab game with Triple-A Sacramento.08/14
• 10-Day-ILDaniel Susac (C) — Susac (knee) was placed on the 10-day injured list Monday.08/11
• 10-Day-ILHarrison Bader (CF) — Giants manager Tony Vitello said Thursday that Bader (foot) won't return from the 10-day injured list before the end of the season, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.08/02
• 10-Day-ILJesus Rodriguez (C) — The Giants placed Rodriguez on the 10-day injured list Saturday due to right elbow neuritis, John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.08/02
• 10-Day-ILCasey Schmitt (LF) — Schmitt (knee) underwent a debridement of his lateral meniscus Friday, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.07/31
• 60-Day-ILMatt Chapman (3B) — The Giants transferred Chapman (abdomen) to the 60-day injured list Thursday.08/14
• 60-Day-ILTrevor McDonald (SP) — McDonald is scheduled to undergo UCL reconstruction surgery in early August, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.08/13
• 60-Day-ILJoel Peguero (RP) — Peguero (hamstring) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento on Tuesday, walking all three batters he faced and getting charged with three runs.08/12
• 60-Day-ILMatt Gage (RP) — Gage (elbow) threw a bullpen session Monday, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.08/11
• 60-Day-ILRowan Wick (RP) — The Giants placed Wick (elbow) on the 60-day injured list Sunday, Justice delos Santos of The San Jose Mercury News reports.05/08
• 60-Day-ILHayden Birdsong (RP) — Birdsong underwent successful UCL reconstruction surgery on his right elbow Wednesday, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.05/08
• 60-Day-ILRandy Rodriguez (RP) — The Giants placed Rodriguez (elbow) on the 60-day injured list Tuesday, Justice delos Santos of The San Jose Mercury News reports.05/08
• 60-Day-ILJose Butto (RP) — The Giants transferred Butto (arm) to the 60-day injured list Tuesday.05/08

None of it changed what mattered Saturday. Webb was too good, Lorenzen wasn't nearly good enough, and a Giants team playing out the string still found a way to make it look easy.