Colorado offense comes up short; Freeland’s pitching improving
SAN FRANCISCO» Tyler Beede had some of the best stuff he’s shown on a day that ended in disappointment.
Beede struck out seven in 3 L hitless innings before leaving due to an oblique injury, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 8-3 on Thursday.
Mike Yastrzemski and Mauricio Dubón homered for the Giants, at 77-82 assured of their third straight losing season.
Beede, a 26-year-old rookie right-hander, grabbed his left side after striking out Ryan McMahon leading off the fourth. Beede was replaced by Burch Smith, who allowed the Rockies to tie the score in the fifth.
Beede had an MRI on his left oblique, the results of which weren’t immediately available.
“It’s too bad, really, what a bad break,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. “That’s as good a stuff as he’s thrown all year, really locked in with all his pitches. I was kidding him, it probably wasn’t good timing, ‘But you know you’ve got a no-hitter going here, you want me to take you out?’”
“I’m sure he was disappointed because he really was locked in with all his pitches,” he said.
Dubón, a 25-year-old rookie acquired at the trade deadline from Milwaukee, had a tiebreaking single in the bottom half off Jesús Tinoco (0-3), then hit his fourth homer for a 4-2 lead in the seventh against Sam Howard.
“We had a one-run cushion, so it was pretty huge,” Dubón said. “I was happy to contribute. That’s the main thing when you play this game is you want to be a contributor, that’s how I felt today.”
Yastrzemski entered as a pinchhitter in the fourth and hit his 21st homer, a solo drive off Tinoco, for a 2-1 lead. Yastrzemski had an RBI double in a four-run seventh that included a two-run single by Aramís García.
Sam Coonrod (5-1) allowed one hit in 1 L scoreless innings.
Rockies starter Kyle Freeland gave up one run and three hits in three innings in his second game back from the injured list with a left groin injury.
“Overall it was a fine outing,” Rockies manager Bud Black said. “I think since he returned he’s throwing better. And even though it’s been just two outings, his (changeup) has been better.”
Colorado has lost six of eight after a four-game winning streak. Yonathan Daza singled leading off the fifth to stop an 0-for-20 slide.