SAN FRANCISCO -- The games against the Colorado Rockies used to be competitive, no matter where the Giants faced them.
At Coors Field, the Rockies are always dangerous. When they would visit Oracle Park, they would all of a sudden show that they truly did have some talented pitchers. But right now none of that is the case.
For the ninth straight game against the Rockies, the Giants reached double-digit hits. For the ninth straight time, they also won.
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The 9-2 victory on Tuesday night came with 12 more hits and extended an impressive streak. According to Stats LLC, the nine straight wins against a single opponent with double-digit hits in each of them is the Giants' longest such streak against a single opponent since 1933-34, when they did it 10 straight times against the Reds.
This one was never close, as a deep Giants lineup took advantage of horrible Rockies defense and strung several rallies together. That was more than enough for Alex Wood, who improved to 3-2 and lowered his ERA to 3.60.
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The Rockies would not have won the game if you had traded shortstops Brandon Crawford and Jose Iglesias for one another, but it sure would have been a lot closer.
Iglesias made a strange decision in the fourth on what looked like a surefire inning-ending double-play grounder from LaMonte Wade Jr. He didn't charge the ball and instead casually flipped it to second baseman Garrett Hampson, who didn't even have enough time to get a throw off. Wade cruised into first for a fielder's choice that scored the Giants' fourth run and Brandon Belt followed with a double that made it 5-1.
The Rockies put two on in the top of the next inning, but Crawford charged a similar play, stepped on second and made the throw himself to get Wood out of the jam. A few minutes later, Hampson fumbled the exchange on another potential double play. The Giants would go on to score three runs after that misplay.
Good Wood
For the second straight night, Gabe Kapler allowed a Giants starter to throw 100 pitches. This time it was Wood, who threw a season-high 104 while allowing just one unearned run over 5 1/3 innings.
Wood scattered seven hits and got a little help on his way out. Zack Littell entered with one out and two on in the sixth and struck out Hampson and Sam Hilliard to save Wood's pitching line. He might get a steak out of that one.
Welcome Back
Former Giants Opening Day starter Ty Blach took over in the fifth with the bases loaded and one out and did a pretty nifty job of not letting the Giants blow it open even further. He got a sacrifice fly from Wade Jr. and then coaxed a groundout from former teammate Brandon Belt. Blach came back out for the sixth and faced Darin Ruf in what had to be one of the few Creighton vs. Creighton matchups in MLB history. Blach got bragging rights, striking Ruf out on a good changeup.
Blach ended up striking out three in 2 2/3 scoreless innings in his return to Oracle Park, which had to feel good for a popular player who has been through a lot since the Giants DFA'd him in 2019. Blach made five starts for the Baltimore Orioles later that summer but needed Tommy John surgery. He hooked on with his hometown Rockies in the offseason and has made eight appearances this season.
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Before Monday's game, Blach reminisced with some local reporters about starting on Opening Day in 2018, but that wasn't the Giants highlight he brought up with his new teammates as they settled into the visiting clubhouse. Blach said he had shown several teammates a clip of a homer he hit to dead center at Oracle Park in 2017.