The game was effectively over before Logan Webb could find his footing. Colorado scored three times in the first inning and never looked back, but it was a seven-run fifth that turned a comfortable lead into a statement. The Rockies piled up 18 hits and sent 15 runs across in a wire-to-wire win at Coors Field on July 3.
Jake McCarthy was the engine of it all. He went 4-for-5 with two home runs and six RBI — a 440-foot shot to right center in the first that gave Colorado the lead it would never relinquish, and a 427-foot grand slam in the fifth that blew the game open. Ezequiel Tovar added a two-run homer in the second and finished 3-for-4 with three RBI. Cole Carrigg contributed two triples and three RBI, including a two-run shot in the fifth. Ryan Feltner worked six innings, allowing 3 runs — 2 earned — on 6 hits with 9 strikeouts and no walks, earning his third win of the season against two losses.
McCarthy's first-inning homer set the tone immediately. Moniak scored on a walk by Carrigg later in the frame, and Goodman crossed the plate on a double play grounder by Tyler Freeman to cap a three-run first. Tovar's two-run homer in the second pushed the lead to 5-0. The fifth inning was the knockout: McCarthy's grand slam made it 11-2, Carrigg's triple brought home two more, and Freeman's single added another to cap a seven-run frame.
Webb lasted only three innings, surrendering 7 earned runs on 11 hits with 2 strikeouts and 2 walks on 76 pitches. His record fell to 5-6, with a 3.76 ERA. San Francisco managed only scattered responses — Casey Schmitt singled home Luis Arraez in the third, Bryce Eldridge singled home Jung Hoo Lee in the fourth, and Rafael Devers homered to right in the sixth — but the Giants never threatened the margin.
Colorado has won two straight and improved to 35-53. San Francisco, at 36-50, had its one-game winning streak end. McCarthy is three stolen bases away from 100 for his career. Webb is five games from 200 career appearances.