5/1-4/2025: Colorado at San Francisco

The San Francisco Giants edged closer to .500 in the replay after winning three of four games against the Colorado Rockies. After the teams split the first two games, the Giants had their two highest-scoring games of the season to capture the series and improve to 17-18.

Luis Matos led the way at the plate, going 7-for 13 (.538) with two homers. Lamonte Wade also homered twice in the series. Justin Verlander and Logan Webb were great in their starts.

replay 17-18, actual 22-13
May 1 – replay W 6-1 – actual L 3-4
May 2 – replay L 2-4 – actual W 4-0
May 3 – replay W 12-5 – actual W 6-3
May 4 – replay W 11-2 – actual W 9-3

May 1 (6-1 win): Justin Verlander had another excellent outing, giving up one run in six innings, to improve to 2-3. In real life, his second win didn’t come until August 26. A five-run third inning in which Willy Adames hit a three-run homer (his sixth) and Luis Matos had a two-run shot was the difference. Colorado got a run in the fourth on Ryan McMahon’s RBI single. The Giants closed out the scoring on Patrick Bailey’s RBI single in the sixth.

2025 COL ROCKIES     AB  R  H BI  2025 SF GIANTS       AB  R  H BI
Brenton Doyle 4 0 2 0 Heliot Ramos 3 1 1 0
Jordan Beck 3 0 0 0 Willy Adames 4 1 2 3
Michael Toglia 4 0 0 0 Wilmer Flores 4 0 1 0
Hunter Goodman 4 1 1 0 Matt Chapman 3 1 0 0
Ryan McMahon 4 0 1 1 Mike Yastrzemski 4 0 1 0
Mickey Moniak 4 0 1 0 Luis Matos 4 1 1 2
Kyle Farmer 4 0 0 0 David Villar 4 1 1 0
Nick Martini 3 0 1 0 Patrick Bailey 4 0 2 1
Alan Trejo 3 0 0 0 Christian Koss 4 1 1 0
TOTALS 33 1 6 1 TOTALS 34 6 10 6

2025 COL ROCKIES 000 100 000 -- 1
2025 SF GIANTS 005 001 00x -- 6

LOB--2025 COL ROCKIES 6, 2025 SF GIANTS 6. ERR--Hunter
Goodman, Matt Chapman. 2B--Hunter Goodman, David Villar,
Mike Yastrzemski. HR--Willy Adames, Luis Matos.

2025 COL ROCKIES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Kyle Freeland Z [L] 5.00 6 5 5 1 6 2
Angel Chivilli 1.00 2 1 1 0 2 0
Scott Alexander RW 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
Zach Agnos W 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
2025 SF GIANTS
Justin Verlander Y [W] 6.00 6 1 1 1 9 0
Camilo Doval XW 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tyler Rogers ZZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Randy Rodriguez KZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0

May 2 (4-2 loss): The Rockies got all the runs they would need in the first inning. The first two batters singled and Hunter Goodman hit a two-run triple to make it 2-0 before the first out was recorded. Goodwin scored on Michael Toglia’s sacrifice fly. Wilmer Flores had an RBI single in the fourth inning and Matt Chapman hit a solo homer (his team-best seventh) in the seventh to cut the deficit to 3-2. Toglia added an RBI single in the eighth to make it a two-run game. The Giants got the tying run on base in the bottom of the ninth but couldn’t make the comeback. Robbie Ray fell to 3-2.

2025 COL ROCKIES     AB  R  H BI  2025 SF GIANTS       AB  R  H BI
Brenton Doyle 4 1 1 0 Mike Yastrzemski 3 0 0 0
Jordan Beck 4 1 2 0 Willy Adames 4 0 0 0
Hunter Goodman 4 2 1 2 Jung Hoo Lee 4 1 1 0
Ryan McMahon 3 0 1 0 Matt Chapman 4 1 2 1
Michael Toglia 3 0 2 2 Wilmer Flores 3 0 3 1
Sean Bouchard 4 0 0 0 Heliot Ramos 4 0 0 0
Jacob Stallings 3 0 0 0 LaMonte Wade 3 0 0 0
Owen Miller 4 0 0 0 Sam Huff 4 0 0 0
Alan Trejo 4 0 0 0 Christian Koss 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 4 7 4 TOTALS 32 2 6 2

2025 COL ROCKIES 300 000 010 -- 4
2025 SF GIANTS 000 100 100 -- 2

LOB--2025 COL ROCKIES 5, 2025 SF GIANTS 6. 2B--Michael
Toglia. 3B--Hunter Goodman. HR--Matt Chapman. HBP--Jacob
Stallings. SACF--Michael Toglia. SB--Jordan Beck.

2025 COL ROCKIES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Antonio Senzatela R [W] 6.00 4 1 1 0 3 0
Jimmy Herget Y 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 1
Tyler Kinley Y 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
Juan Mejia X [S] 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
2025 SF GIANTS
Robbie Ray X [L] 6.00 5 3 3 1 7 0
Hayden Birdsong YW 2.00 2 1 0 0 3 0
Lou Trivino 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0

May 3 (12-5 win): The Giants put up nine runs in the first two innings. Matt Chapman had a two-run single in a three-run first inning. In a six-run second inning, Willy Adames and Chapman drew bases-loaded walks and LaMonte Wade had a three-run homer. The Rockies closed the gap to 9-5 in the middle innings, but the GIants added to their total on a Chapman sacrifice fly in the sixth, and an RBI single by Jung Hoo Lee and a sacrifice fly be Heliot Ramos in the eighth. Jordan Hicks’ numbers weren’t great, but the run support helped him to improve to 2-2.

2025 COL ROCKIES     AB  R  H BI  2025 SF GIANTS       AB  R  H BI
Brenton Doyle 4 1 1 2 Mike Yastrzemski 3 4 2 0
Jordan Beck 3 1 1 0 Willy Adames 3 2 1 1
Ryan McMahon 3 0 1 1 Jung Hoo Lee 4 1 2 1
Hunter Goodman 4 0 1 0 Matt Chapman 2 0 1 4
Michael Toglia 4 0 1 2 Heliot Ramos 4 1 0 2
Nick Martini 4 0 0 0 LaMonte Wade 5 1 2 3
Kyle Farmer 4 0 1 0 Patrick Bailey 4 0 1 0
Mickey Moniak 4 1 1 0 Luis Matos 4 1 1 0
Adael Amador 3 2 1 0 Brett Wisely 2 2 0 0
TOTALS 33 5 8 5 TOTALS 31 12 10 11

2025 COL ROCKIES 003 020 000 -- 5
2025 SF GIANTS 360 001 02x -- 12

LOB--2025 COL ROCKIES 5, 2025 SF GIANTS 6. 2B--Hunter
Goodman, Mickey Moniak, Brenton Doyle. HR--LaMonte Wade.
SACF--Heliot Ramos, Matt Chapman. SB--Jung Hoo Lee, Matt
Chapman.

2025 COL ROCKIES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bradley Blalock R [L] 1.67 6 9 9 5 1 1
Jake Bird X 2.33 0 0 0 0 4 0
Jimmy Herget Y 2.00 2 1 1 2 2 0
Scott Alexander RW 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Zach Agnos W 1.00 2 2 2 2 2 0
2025 SF GIANTS
Jordan Hicks [W] 5.00 6 5 5 3 3 0
Randy Rodriguez KZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Camilo Doval XW 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
Erik Miller W 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Ryan Walker YZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0

May 4 (11-2 win): The Giants scored six runs in the first inning before the first out was made and scored eight in the first frame. Jung Hoo Lee, Matt Chapman and Wilmer Flores had three consecutive RBI singles, LaMonte Wade hit his second three-run homer in two games and Christian Koss added a two-run homer. Luis Matos would add a two-run homer in the sixth inning. Logan Webb was terrific again, giving up one run in seven innings. He improved to 3-3 and lowered his ERA to 1.89. Hunter Goodman accounted for all of Colorado’s offense with two solo homers.

2025 COL ROCKIES     AB  R  H BI  2025 SF GIANTS       AB  R  H BI
Brenton Doyle 4 0 1 0 Mike Yastrzemski 2 1 0 0
Jordan Beck 4 0 1 0 Willy Adames 4 1 1 0
Ryan McMahon 4 0 0 0 Jung Hoo Lee 5 1 2 1
Hunter Goodman 4 2 2 2 Matt Chapman 5 1 1 1
Michael Toglia 4 0 1 0 Wilmer Flores 3 2 1 1
Kyle Farmer 4 0 0 0 LaMonte Wade 5 1 1 3
Mickey Moniak 3 0 1 0 Luis Matos 5 3 5 2
Jacob Stallings 3 0 0 0 Patrick Bailey 5 0 1 0
Alan Trejo 3 0 0 0 Christian Koss 4 1 2 2
TOTALS 33 2 6 2 TOTALS 38 11 14 10

2025 COL ROCKIES 000 100 001 -- 2
2025 SF GIANTS 800 002 01x -- 11

LOB--2025 COL ROCKIES 4, 2025 SF GIANTS 10. ERR--Alan Trejo.
2B--Michael Toglia, Jordan Beck, Brenton Doyle, Luis Matos,
Christian Koss. HR--Hunter Goodman (2), LaMonte Wade, Luis
Matos, Christian Koss.

2025 COL ROCKIES IP H R ER BB SO HR
German Marquez [L] 0.33 7 8 8 1 1 2
Angel Chivilli 1.67 2 0 0 1 3 0
Tyler Kinley Y 2.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
Seth Halvorsen YW 2.00 3 2 2 2 3 1
Juan Mejia X 2.00 1 1 0 2 1 0
2025 SF GIANTS
Logan Webb XZ [W] 7.00 5 1 1 0 8 1
Spencer Bivens 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Trivino 1.00 1 1 1 0 1 1

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