Rockies Eye Rare Winning Streak in Game 2 vs. Giants
After a nightmarish start to the season, the Colorado Rockies suddenly have momentum. Fresh off back-to-back wins — including Thursday night’s 4-3 rally over the San Francisco Giants — the Rockies will aim for their first three-game winning streak of the season on Friday night at Oracle Park.
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Colorado’s win over the Giants marked several significant milestones for the struggling club. It snapped a 13-game road losing streak and ended a 12-game skid at Oracle Park dating back to July 2023.
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“It’ll be fun,” Ryan McMahon said postgame. “We’ll enjoy this one and get ready to go tomorrow.”
McMahon, who had been mired in a brutal 2-for-59 slump, broke through with a seventh-inning solo homer that started the comeback. Hunter Goodman later delivered the game-winning RBI single in the eighth.
“Just doing something to help the team,” McMahon said. “It just felt good to do that.”
Colorado (7-25) has now strung together wins against NL Cy Young winner Chris Sale and a resurgent San Francisco squad — a sudden burst of confidence for a club that began the season in historic futility.
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Colorado will send Antonio Senzatela (1-4, 5.22 ERA) to the mound Friday. The veteran has fared well against San Francisco in his career, going 5-2 with a 4.31 ERA in 13 appearances.
The Giants counter with Robbie Ray (3-0, 3.73 ERA), who has helped San Francisco to a perfect 6-0 record in his starts this season. While Ray hasn’t faced the Rockies since 2020, he owns a 5-6 record with a 5.53 ERA across 19 career starts against them.
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“Baseball, any team can beat anybody,” Giants manager Bob Melvin said. “They got some big hits late in the game… and that typically wins games in low-scoring matchups.”
The Rockies haven’t won three straight since September 2023. A win Friday would not only mark a turnaround — it could signal that Colorado is finally finding its footing.