The San Francisco Giants and Colorado Rockies played a doubleheader on Tuesday that featured big, decisive innings on offense- for each team.
In Game 1, the Giants scored *10* runs in the first inning. First baseman Brandon Belt had five RBI in the inning, capped off with this grand slam:
BELTED (Grand Slam Version)#SFGiants drop a 10 spot in the 1st. #ResilientSF pic.twitter.com/tImw7gyUut
— SFGiants (@SFGiants) May 4, 2021
And Buster Posey — who looks back to prime, MVP level form with an insane .382/.440/.735 slash line — cranked his seventh dinger of the season to give the Giants their 10th run of the inning.
It was @BusterPosey's 7th HR of the season providing the insurance runs of the game.#SFGiants x @AAA_NCNU pic.twitter.com/HdL6w6cHhO
— SFGiants (@SFGiants) May 5, 2021
The Giants came away with a 12-4 victory in the seven-inning game.
In the nightcap, the Giants were ready to complete the doubleheader sweep, and then #Coors happened in the bottom of the seventh.
The Giants took a 6-2 lead into the bottom of the seventh, and it remained that score with two outs. But the Rockies erupted for six runs and walked it off on a Charlie Blackmon three-run blast:
I just want to walk it off … tonight!
The @Rockies score 6 in the final frame for the W. pic.twitter.com/eLKVYrCowT
— MLB (@MLB) May 5, 2021
So the Rockies scored six runs with two outs in the final inning to get a walk-off victory, hours after allowing a 10-run inning that led the Giants to victory.
That’s Coors Field for ya (and why pitchers hate it).