SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Robbie Ray held the Colorado Rockies to two singles over seven shutout innings and the San Francisco Giants ended a three-game losing streak with a 4-0 victory Friday night.
Ray (4-0) struck out eight, walked two and allowed only one runner to get into scoring position. The 2021 AL Cy Young Award winner with Toronto needed only 86 pitches.
Hayden Birdsong gave up one hit over the final two innings to complete the first shutout of the season for San Francisco’s pitching staff. Colorado fell to 6-26 and was blanked for fourth time in 2025.
The Giants got to Antonio Senzatela (1-5) for three runs in the second inning. The key hit was an RBI double by LaMonte Wade Jr., who entered the game with a .123 batting average.
San Francisco third baseman Matt Chapman was in a 6-for-44 slump when he came to the plate in the third. Chapman took Senzatela deep to left for a solo home run, his sixth homer of the season.
The game lasted only 2 hours and 2 minutes.
The Rockies had runners at the corners with two outs in the sixth before Ray got Hunter Goodman to ground out to Chapman at third to end the threat.
The Giants have won each of Ray’s seven starts this year. That’s the longest season-opening streak for a San Francisco starter since the Giants won Bill Swift’s first 11 starts in 1992. Swift led the NL with a 2.08 ERA that year.
It will be a matchup of right-handers Saturday with Colorado’s Bradley Blalock (0-1, 10.29 ERA) opposing San Francisco’s Jordan Hicks (1-3, 6.12).
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| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Doyle CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .244 |
| J. Beck LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .266 |
| H. Goodman DH-C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .267 |
| R. McMahon 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .148 |
| M. Toglia 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .205 |
| S. Bouchard RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .173 |
| J. Stallings C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 |
| a- N. Martini PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .242 |
| J. Mejia P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| O. Miller 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| b- M. Moniak PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| A. Amador 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| A. Trejo SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 |
- a-singled for Stallings in the 8th
- b-flied out for Miller in the 8th
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Yastrzemski RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .283 |
| W. Adames SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 |
| J. Lee CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .314 |
| M. Chapman 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .202 |
| W. Flores DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .239 |
| H. Ramos LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .252 |
| L. Wade 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .131 |
| S. Huff C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .233 |
| C. Koss 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .207 |
- Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out – H. Goodman
- 2B – W. Flores (2), L. Wade (5)
- HR – M. Chapman (6)
- SF – S. Huff
- RBI – M. Chapman (17), L. Wade (11), S. Huff (3)
- Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out – W. Adames, M. Chapman
- CS – B. Doyle
- DP – (Trejo-Toglia)
- DP – (Koss-Adames-Wade)
| PITCHERS | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Senzatela(L, 1-5) | 5.0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5.50 |
| J. Herget | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.25 |
| T. Kinley | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.38 |
| J. Mejia | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| PITCHERS | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. Ray(W, 4-0) | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3.05 |
| H. Birdsong | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 |
- Pitches-Strikes – A. Senzatela 93-59, J. Herget 10-8, T. Kinley 6-5, J. Mejia 10-7
- Ground Balls-Fly Balls – A. Senzatela 10-3, J. Herget 1-0, T. Kinley 0-2, J. Mejia 1-1
- Batters Faced – A. Senzatela 23, J. Herget 3, T. Kinley 3, J. Mejia 3
- Pitches-Strikes – R. Ray 86-57, H. Birdsong 26-15
- Ground Balls-Fly Balls – R. Ray 9-4, H. Birdsong 2-2
- Batters Faced – R. Ray 24, H. Birdsong 6