Robbie Ray won his fifth consecutive decision, Bryce Eldridge homered and the San Francisco Giants evened their three-game series against the Colorado Rockies with a 6-4 victory Saturday night in Denver.
Luis Arraez had three hits, while Sam Hentges, Dylan Smith and Caleb Kilian combined for three innings of one-run relief, allowing the Giants to keep their hopes alive of a .500 road trip with a second win in five tries.
One night after the Rockies teed off on Giants ace Logan Webb in a 15-3 Colorado victory, Ray (8-6) served up a three-run homer to Cole Carrigg in the first, but no other runs over six innings. The left-hander limited the Rockies to five hits while walking three and striking out four.
Ray hasn’t lost since May 18, a stretch of eight starts.
The Giants gave their veteran a four-run head start against Rockies rookie left-hander Sean Sullivan (0-3), a late replacement for scheduled starter Tomoyuki Sagano, who was placed on the 15-day injured list with back spasms.
An Arraez single, Casey Schmitt double and Rafael Devers walk loaded the bases for the San Francisco in the top of the first, setting the stage for an RBI infield out by Jung Hoo Lee, a two-RBI double by Willy Adames and a one-run double by Eldridge to produce four runs.
Carrigg’s homer, his fourth of the season, got the Rockies back within 4-3. But the Rockies, who ran up 18 hits in the series opener, got just five more hits and one more run the rest of the way against Ray and his three relievers.
The Giants tacked on one run apiece in the second on an RBI single by Arraez and in the third on Eldridge’s solo shot, his seventh of the season.
Sullivan worked 5 2/3 innings, allowing all six Giants runs on 12 hits. He walked two and struck out four.
The Rockies got within 6-4 in the ninth on a two-out RBI single by TJ Rumfield. But Kilian, facing the potential tying run, struck out Troy Johnston to lock down his eighth save.
Eldridge, Schmitt, Adames and Victor Bericoto had two hits apiece for the Giants, who had dropped three of their first four meetings with the Rockies this season. Six of the Giants’ 14 hits were doubles.
Hunter Goodman reached base all four times via two singles and two walks for the Rockies, who were seeking to match their season-best with a fourth straight win.
