Chapman homers twice as Giants set SF-era home run record, sweep Rockies

Matt Chapman by way of an early ejection was robbed of any chance to bat Tuesday night Given the opportunity to perform his typical duties in the cleanup spot of the Giants lineup the following night he wasted little time making the the bulk of it Leading off the second inning Chapman unloaded on the first pitch from German Marquez a belt-high fastball which landed deep into the visitor s bullpen feet away Thank goodness he played manager Bob Melvin described reporters in Denver Chapman added another three-run shot in the sixth inning doubled and drew a walk to lead the way as the Giants outslugged the Rockies to complete a three-game sweep in a Coors Field classic - He made it all nine innings but Melvin was ejected arguing balls and strikes after the fifth That first run of the battle it s huge Melvin announced of Chapman s second-inning homer For us it s been the home run not long ago And for him to do it kind of apropos with all that went on the previous evening It s been a pretty good recipe for us our core guys getting us off to good starts with homers The win was the Giants th in their past games After dropping six straight for the third time since the All-Star break and seeing their record fall six games below they have climbed back to two games over - only four back of the final wild card after the Mets lost again - in Detroit The blasts from Chapman who was suspended for his role in a first-inning benches-clearing brouhaha the previous night but appealed and thus was eligible to play gave the Giants home runs in straight games The streak is the longest in the franchise s San Francisco era though still two weeks shy of the modern record since held by the Yankees who homered in consecutive games You think back to it is a lot especially when you play in our park Melvin reported It s been a huge part of the resurgence at this point And it s mostly been those guys in the middle of the order that we signed here long-term to do exactly that drive in runs hit homers and hit for power Chapman s second homer was the bookend on a five-run sixth inning that directly put the Giants back in front - after the Rockies rallied for four runs with two outs and knocked their starter Robbie Ray from the match the previous inning Drew Gilbert padded the lead and gave the Giants their th home run of the streak with a solo shot to lead off the seventh Willy Adames also ejected in the first inning Tuesday singled and was one of seven Giants to drive in a run After relieving Ray in the fifth inning -year-old rookie Joel Peguero earned his first win with scoreless innings of relief J T Brubaker signed as a minor-league free agent last month made his first appearance with the club and nearly recorded a three-inning save before running into trouble in the ninth allowing the Rockies to cut the lead from five to two and bring the tying run to the plate requiring Ryan Walker to record the final two outs Holding a - advantage the Rockies went to the bullpen after Marquez had labored through five innings and Luis Peralta issued walks to the first two batters he faced Both came home to figure as Patrick Bailey lined a two-strike single the other way to amount Casey Schmitt and Heliot Ramos singled in Luis Matos before Chapman cleared the bases Related Articles SF Giants Chapman suspended after benches clear vs Rockies How slim are SF Giants playoff odds after new hot stretch Multiple SF Giants ejected after benches clear during win in Colorado SF Giants continue rolling by blasting Rockies move back to SF Giants add Brubaker McCray as September rosters expand to The Giants were in control leading - and Ray appeared to be cruising until the bottom of the fifth He faced the minimum the first time through the order recorded the first two outs of the inning without issue and gotten ahead of Tyler Freeman - He missed high with two fastballs then painted the inside corner for what should have been strike three The call from home plate umpire Dan Bellino didn t come and Freeman lined the next pitch up the middle driving home the first of what would become four runs Ray failed to complete the fifth finishing with five runs four earned in innings on his pitching line to pair with eight strikeouts It was the second straight time Ray hasn t made it through five raising his ERA to from in the span of two starts Melvin was ejected following the inning which also featured a failed challenge on the Giants behalf after Freeman trucked Bailey while scoring the second run of the frame Both players walked away OK but Ramos throw led Bailey into the base path and video review determined that Freeman didn t deviate from his course upholding the call I felt like he was out of that inning Melvin noted Obviously it didn t work out but it s too bad Because the inning s over there and he can go out the next inning and do what he had been doing the entire encounter