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07/27 00:01 CDT Fitzgerald hits 2 home runs, Harrison strikes out 11 and Giants
beat Rockies 11-4
Fitzgerald hits 2 home runs, Harrison strikes out 11 and Giants beat Rockies
11-4
By ERIC HE
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) --- Tyler Fitzgerald continued his power surge with two home
runs, Kyle Harrison tied a career high with 11 strikeouts, and the San
Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 11-4 on Friday night.
Fitzgerald, with a pair of two-run blasts, became the first Giants player to
hit seven home runs in an eight-game span since Barry Bonds in 2004. The rookie
shortstop had a five-game homer streak that was snapped on Wednesday.
Harrison (6-4) held the Rockies to a run on one hit. He struck out six of the
last nine batters he faced, tipping his cap to the home crowd after he departed
following a two-out walk in the seventh.
Jorge Soler also had three hits, including a leadoff homer, reaching base all
five times. Soler drilled a hanging offspeed pitch from Rockies starter Kyle
Freeland (2-4) to start the game. He added RBI singles in the second and fourth
innings.
Freeland allowed six runs in four innings, though he had eight strikeouts to
surpass Ubaldo Jimnez for fourth most in Rockies history.
Fitzgerald followed Soler's two-out hit in the fourth with a two-run blast that
put the Giants ahead 6-1. He then homered in the sixth to push the lead to 8-1.
Heliot Ramos added a 3-run homer in the eighth.
Brenton Doyle knocked in two runs with a triple in the eighth inning for the
Rockies.
The Giants had dropped five of seven since the All-Star break, including two of
three in Colorado to start the second half.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: OF Jordan Beck (broken hand) is moving his rehab assignment up to
Triple-A Albuquerque. ... OF Nolan Jones (back) is rehabbing at the team's
spring training facility in Scottsdale.
Giants: RHP Keaton Winn will undergo season-ending elbow surgery next week. ...
IF Thairo Estrada (wrist) was placed on the 10-day injured list, and IF Casey
Schmitt was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento. ... OF Jung Hoo Lee (shoulder),
who underwent season-ending surgery earlier in the year, is progressing well
and almost ready to play catch. He is expected to be ready to take part in
spring training next year.
UP NEXT
The teams will play a scheduled doubleheader on Saturday. LHP Blake Snell (0-3,
5.83 ERA) pitches for the Giants against RHP Ryan Feltner (1-10, 5.19 ERA) for
the Rockies in Game 1. Game 2 starters were not yet announced.
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