Blake Snell struck out a career-high 15 in six innings in the San Francisco Giants' opening 4-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies, and Hayden Birdsong fanned eight over five innings in a 5-0 win in the second for a doubleheader sweep Saturday night.
Blake Snell struck out a career-high 15 in six innings in the San Francisco Giants ' opening 4-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies , and Hayden Birdsong fanned eight over five innings in a 5-0 win in the second game for a doubleheader sweep Saturday night.Patrick Bailey hit a tiebreaking, two-run double in the seventh inning in opener. In the second game, Tyler Fitzgerald hit his eighth homer in 10 games.
'Bailey broke a 1-1 tie in the seventh with a two-out, opposite-field double to the left-center field gap off Justin Lawrence .Matt Chapman homered in the second for the Giants, and Michael Toglia hit a tying homer in the seventh against Ryan Walker . Peter Lambert threw a run-scoring wild pitch in the eighth. Camilo Doval got his 19th save in 23 chances.Birdsong beat Colorado for the second time in a week.
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