SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mauricio Dubón hit a three-run homer off reliever Yency Almonte within the fifth inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 7-2 on Wednesday evening to maneuver barely in entrance in a crowded NL wild-card race.

Evan Longoria additionally went deep for San Francisco. Brandon Belt added three hits and walked twice.

Logan Webb (3-4) allowed two runs and 7 hits in 5 1/Three innings to win in his first profession look as a reliever.

The Giants (28-27) have gained three of 4 and are proportion factors forward of Cincinnati for the primary of two NL wild playing cards. The Reds (29-28) gained earlier towards Milwaukee (27-28), one other shut contender.

Raimel Tapia had two hits and an RBI for Colorado.

Dubón’s homer on Almonte’s second pitch got here simply after Rockies supervisor Bud Black pulled starter Ryan Castellani following walks to Belt and Longoria. It was Dubon’s third dwelling run this season and the seventh of this profession.

Longoria homered off Castellani main off the fourth to snap an 0-for-16 slide.

Webb pitched in aid after the Giants used an opener for the primary time this season. Caleb Baragar, who’s 5-1 popping out of the bullpen, retired three batters and left after permitting Charlie Blackmon’s double main off the second.

Webb gave up an RBI single to Trevor Story within the third and Tapia’s RBI double over the outstretched glove of left fielder Alex Dickerson within the fifth.

Castellani (1-4) walked 5 and allowed 5 runs in Four 2/Three innings.

ARENADO-ESQUE

Black needed to be smiling after third baseman Ryan McMahon made a spectacular diving catch in foul territory within the fourth. McMahon initially ran by way of the teaching field chasing Joey Bart’s excessive popup into the swirling wind at Oracle Park, then abruptly modified route and dove again towards third base to snag the ball. McMahon was beginning instead of seven-time Gold Glove third baseman Nolan Arenado, who on Monday was placed on the 10-day injured checklist with left AC joint irritation and a left shoulder bone bruise.

MORE DEFENSIVE GEMS

Longoria and Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford additionally made a handful of defensive gems, most notably Crawford’s seize of Blackmon’s exhausting liner within the fourth when San Francisco was in a defensive shift, leaving Crawford alone on the left aspect of the infield.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rockies: OF David Dahl will search an opinion on his strained proper shoulder from a health care provider in Birmingham, Alabama, within the clinic of Dr. James Andrews. Black stated Dahl doesn’t know whether or not he injured himself on a throw or a swing. Dahl was positioned on the 45-day injured checklist and the Rockies chosen the contract of RHP Tommy Doyle from their alternate web site. … RHP Scott Oberg, sidelined by blood clots in his pitching arm, underwent surgical procedure for thoracic outlet syndrome. The surgical procedure was carried out by Dr. Darren B. Schneider at Penn Medication in Philadelphia. “We’re very hopeful that can assist Scotty to have one other go at a giant league season and past,” Black stated. “The hope is and we have now religion that he will likely be able to go by spring coaching.”

Giants: Assessments revealed OF Luis Basabe, positioned on the 10-day injured checklist, sustained a Grade 1 proper hamstring pressure working to first base Tuesday evening. Supervisor Gabe Kapler referred to as it a “three- to four-week damage.” … The Giants recalled OF Steven Duggar from their Sacramento alternate web site to fill the void. … OF Mike Yastrzemski, who had missed 5 straight video games with a light proper calf pressure, was going to undergo all his pregame work earlier than the Giants decided if he may very well be a pinch-hit possibility off the bench. “We’ll nonetheless view him as at the very least a risk to hit for us,” Kapler stated.

UP NEXT

Colorado RHP Chi Chi González (0-2, 7.53 ERA) begins the sequence finale Thursday afternoon. González is winless in three profession begins towards San Francisco. The Giants had not introduced a scheduled starter.

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