Arenado, Rockies sweep Giants
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San Francisco, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Nolan Arenado smacked a three-run homer in the first inning and the Colorado Rockies swept the San Francisco Giants with a 4-2 win on Wednesday night.
Tyler Matzek (1-0) surrendered a run on five hits and a walk over six innings for the Rockies, who improved to 7-2 on the young campaign.
"Nolan came through again," Colorado manager Walt Weiss said. "It's tough to come in here and win three games."
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Adam Ottavino struck out two in a perfect ninth to notch his second save of the season.
Tim Lincecum (0-1) allowed four runs -- three earned -- on six hits and a walk over five frames for San Francisco, which has dropped six straight games. Matt Duffy cracked a solo shot in defeat.
The Rockies raced out to a healthy lead after plating three runs in the first inning.
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Charlie Blackmon walked to start the game and moved to second on Carlos Gonzalez's groundout. Troy Tulowitzki singled and after Justin Morneau struck out, Arenado banged an 0-2 changeup into the seats in left-center field for his three-run shot.
"It stayed up a little bit, that's all," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said of the changeup. "He made two good pitches earlier."
San Francisco answered with a run in the home first, but Colorado got it back in the second.
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Angel Pagan hit a one-out single to right-center field before Blackmon's sacrifice fly made it 4-1.
Duffy belted his one-out blast deep into the seats in left in the eighth.
Game Notes
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Colorado was 3-for-7 with runners in scoring position, while San Francisco finished 1-for-7 ... Pagan went 3-for-4 ... Arenado has three homers and 10 RBI so far this season.