Giants rip 7 doubles, Bryce Eldridge hits longest HR of year in rebound win vs. Rockies

DENVER — There were some inauspicious signs that Saturday, like so many this season, might not be the Giants’ night.They lost an ABS challenge on the first pitch and were all out by the end of the first inning.

Robbie Ray just about faceplanted while covering first base.All was forgotten once the Giants’ bats began to rev their engines against an overmatched rookie making a spot start in the favorable offensive confines of Coors Field.The same way the Rockies jumped all over Logan Webb in the opening game of the series, the Giants returned the favor against Sean Sullivan on their way to a 6-4 win to even the series.Bryce Eldridge doubled in a run and launched a 458-foot home run to the second deck in right field.Victor Bericoto smacked a pair of doubles down the left-field line to lead a brigade of two-baggers from Heliot Ramos, Casey Schmitt, Willy Adames and Jung Hoo Lee.Eldridge, who had been stuck in a 7-for-45 rut since his last homer 12 games ago, broke his own record for the longest home run by a Giants hitter this season.The Giants’ seven doubles were tied for their second-most in a game this season, only two off their output from the 25-hit win last time they visited the cavernous mile-high setting.They became the first visiting team in Coors Field’s 31-year history to record more than one game of seven or more doubles, something the Rockies have only done in five seasons.San Francisco pounded out 14 hits in total, including three from Luis Arraez on the same day he was named one of the Giants’ two All-Star representatives (along with Logan Webb).Still, Colorado brought the tying run to the plate against closer Caleb Kilian in the ninth inning.

Pinch-hitter T.J.Rumfield singled home Cole Carrigg to cut the Giants’ lead to 6-4 and brought up Troy Johnston.But in a setting where no lead is safe, that was as much drama as there was in three innings against San Francisco’s maligned bullpen, as Kilian got Johnston to chase at strike three for ...