 and immediately scored on Denard Span's sacrifice fly, then Panik doubled in the third and came home on Buster Posey's sacrifice fly.The Rockies' wild-card advantage had been trimmed to one game by the Brewers to begin the day. Milwaukee was playing a night game at Pittsburgh.Brandon Crawford hit a solo homer in the third to back Matt Moore (6-14), who earned his first win against Colorado after going 0-2 over his first three outings of the year.After two straight 4-3, walkoff setbacks, the Rockies lost for the fifth time in seven games overall following a six-game winning streak. Colorado dropped a fifth straight at AT&T Park for its longest skid at the waterfront ballpark since losing nine in a row from Aug. 11, 2012-April 10, 2013.''This time of year, it's natural for all of us to magnify things, because it's coming down to the end,'' Rockies manager Bud Black said. ''And that's great, which is what we want. That's what players want, that's what we want as an organization, to be in this situation.'' Moore struck out six and walked two over six innings, allowing six hits. He was chased in the seventh after back-to-back singles, and Steven Okert entered to face pinch-hitter Pat Valaika. Colorado couldn't capitalize.Panik added an RBI single in the seventh, missing hitting for the cycle by a home run. Pablo Sandoval hit two doubles.''With that team having a lot to play for right now and for us to pick up these last two, especially last night, it feels good,'' Moore said.The Rockies will wrap up their road schedule with four games at San Diego beginning Thursday, two victories from tying the 2009 club for most road wins in franchise history (41-40) - the only time the team has finished above .500 away from Coors Field.Colorado finished 12-7 against the Giants this season but 3-6 at AT&T Park after being swept in a three-game series June 26-28 and again in this quick two-game set. The Rockies missed matching a franchise record of 13 wins against one opponent in a season, having won 13 against Arizona in 2004.HIT PARADEDJ LeMahieu's first-inning single gave him 30 hits in 2017 against Giants, most hits by a Rockies player in one season vs. San Francisco in franchise history. Juan Pierre is the only other Colorado player to have 30 hits against one opponent in a season: against Arizona in 2002 and `01 vs. the Dodgers.TRAINER'S ROOMRockies: RF Carlos Gonzalez had a planned day off to rest. ... Chad Bettis will start Saturday at San Diego, the right-hander's eighth start this season after returning from his treatment with testicular cancer.Giants: 1B Brandon Belt, transferred to the 60-day disabled list with a concussion as the Giants claimed RHP Pierce Johnson from the Cubs, did agility work on the field and continues to feel better. ''I should be good in a couple weeks,'' he said. ''I turned a corner last week, just started feeling good.'' UP NEXTRockies: LHP Tyler Anderson (5-5, 5.28) faces the Padres for his second straight start after earning the win in a 16-0 victory Saturday at Coors Field. He is 2-0 over 10 scoreless innings since returning from the 60-day DL on Sept. 10.Giants: After Thursday's day off, RHP Jeff Samardzija (9-14, 4.42) - named the local baseball writers' chapter ''Good Guy'' for his thoughtful cooperation with the media - pitches Friday at Dodger Stadium having allowed one earned run over eight innings with 11 strikeouts and no walks in his only other matchup with Los Angeles this season back on May 3.---More baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball)
Rockies need to bounce back vs. Giants 1h ago• 2 min read SAN FRANCISCO -- The Colorado Rockies' hold on the National League's second wild-card spot will be on the line Wednesday afternoon when they conclude a two-game road series against the San Francisco Giants.Colorado's 4-3 loss to the Giants on Tuesday night, coupled with a 1-0 win by Milwaukee over the Pittsburgh Pirates, narrowed the Rockies' lead over the Brewers to one game.The St. Louis Cardinals also gained a game on the Rockies with a 9-8 win at Cincinnati.Only 3 1/2 games separate the Rockies (82-69), Brewers (81-70) and Cardinals (78-72) with 12 days left in the regular season."You can't cry about losing games," Rockies right fielder Carlos Gonzalez said after the Tuesday defeat. "Keep moving forward. We'd be in playoff position if the season ended today. We're in the driver's seat." Right-hander Tyler Chatwood (8-12, 4.57 ERA) will seek to continue his winning ways against the Giants when he pitches Wednesday for the Rockies. He will be opposed by San Francisco left-hander Matt Moore (5-14, 5.39).Chatwood has faced the Giants four times this season, and the Rockies have won all four times. He went 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA in those outings, highlighted by a two-hit shutout in his most recent visit to AT&T Park on April 15.He is 7-3 with a 2.73 ERA in 16 career games, including 15 starts, against the Giants.Chatwood will have to deal with a team that, despite long ago having been eliminated from the playoff race, has stalled the postseason paths of the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Rockies in its past two games.Pablo Sandoval, who hit a key home run Sunday in San Francisco's 7-2 win over the Diamondbacks, contributed three hits to Tuesday in the triumph over the Rockies."I think it's extremely important to keep that passion, all of us," Giants right fielder Hunter Pence said of the final two weeks of a postseason-less season.Pence hit a two-run homer and a walk-off sacrifice fly on Tuesday."It's not just about the standings," Pence said. "We love competing and getting out here and playing. (It's) what we love to do." The walk-off was the 12th of Pence's career and the eighth of the Giants' season.Moore hasn't had much success against the Rockies, going 1-3 with a 9.64 ERA against them in six career starts.Moore will seek to avoid becoming the NL's first 15-game loser. The Giants have lost 20 of his 29 starts. Even so, the Giants (59-93) picked up his $9 million option for 2018 last weekend."Understanding there's now a vision with me being a part of turning the ship around and getting off to a better start next year, that gives me a lot of confidence heading into not only the last two weeks of the season but into the wintertime," Moore told the San Jose Mercury News on Saturday.Among the threats to Moore on Wednesday will be Rockies shortstop Trevor Story, who extended his hitting streak to 10 games on Tuesday.Story is one of five Rockies who have hit homers against Moore, joining Gonzalez, Charlie Blackmon, Nolan Arenado and Mark Reynolds in that distinction.Also, second baseman DJ LeMahieu is 8-for-14 (.571) against Moore in their career head-to-heads. LeMahieu will enter the last meeting of the season between the two teams with 29 hits this year against the Giants.
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