SF Giants slide continues in 5-2 loss to Kris Bryant's Rockies

The SF Giants offense remained quiet in Coors Field, allowing the team be swept in a doubleheader against the Colorado Rockies.

The SF Giants lost their third consecutive game to the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night 5-2. After losing 9-5 earlier in the day, the Giants once again could not defeat the last place team in the National League West. In the blink of an eye, the Giants are one loss away from falling back to .500. They are 75-74 on the season and now 2.5 games back of the final National League Wild Card.

Scott Alexander was charged with two runs as the Giants opener, allowing an RBI double to former Giants slugger Kris Bryant before he was replaced by Jakob Junis. Junis allowed an inherited runner to score, putting the Giants in a 2-0 hole.

A fielding error by Paul DeJong and a throwing error by Patrick Bailey were responsible for several unearned runs over the course of the day, but the Giants' defensive struggles and nondominant pitching performance were not responsible for the loss.

It was the offense. It was not new. It was not unsurprising. The Giants remain what they have been all season, a team just an average offense away from making the playoffs. But that offense continued to fall short.

The Giants scratched one run across the scoreboard in the top of the second inning when back-to-back-to-back singles by Patrick Bailey, Luis Matos (Giants Top 4 Prospect), and Mike Yastrzemski against Kyle Freeland cut the deficit to 2-1. Before San Francisco would add another run on a sacrifice fly by Wilmer Flores in the sixth, the Rockies had extended their lead to 4-1.

The Rockies added an insurance run against Tyler Rogers in the bottom of the seventh when Bryant singled home Charlie Blackmon. Blackmon had doubled earlier in the inning.

The Giants brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth against Tyler Kinley thanks to one-out singles by Bailey and Joc Pederson. Kinley struck out Mike Yastrzemski but walked Brandon Crawford to load the bases for Blake Sabol. The rookie has had some heroic blasts this season but was unable to deliver on Saturday night. Kinley retired Sabol to end the game and record his fourth save of the season.

The SF Giants were probably facing a must-win game on Saturday night and lost. They were in a position to control their own destiny and win their way to the playoffs. Now, they will need multiple teams ahead of them in the standings to stumble. They will look to avoid an embarrassing sweep in Colorado on Sunday. Sean Manaea is slated to face Chris Flexen with first pitch set for 12:10 PM Pacific at Coors Field.