{"id":138589,"date":"2026-07-11T16:48:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T22:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mahle-gets-first-win-since-april-and-schmitt-hits-go-ahead-3-run-homer-as-giants-beat-rockies-4-2\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T16:48:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T22:48:40","slug":"mahle-gets-first-win-since-april-and-schmitt-hits-go-ahead-3-run-homer-as-giants-beat-rockies-4-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mahle-gets-first-win-since-april-and-schmitt-hits-go-ahead-3-run-homer-as-giants-beat-rockies-4-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahle gets first win since April and Schmitt hits go-ahead, 3-run homer as Giants beat Rockies 4-2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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San Francisco Giants right fielder Jung Hoo Lee (51), middle, reacts after winnning a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies Saturday, July 11, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo\/Thien-An Truong)<\/span>(AP Photo\/Thien-An Truong)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) \u2014 Tyler Mahle won for the first time since mid-April, Casey Schmitt hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the sixth inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 4-2 on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Mahle (2-8) allowed one run, five hits and three walks over seven innings. The 31-year-old right-hander had been 0-5 in nine starts since beating the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 22. He has a 3.00 ERA in eight starts at home and an 8.45 ERA in seven road outings.<\/p>\n

JT Brubaker finished the six-hitter for his first professional save, allowing Kyle Karros’ eighth-inning homer.<\/p>\n

San Francisco has won 20 of its last 22 home game against Colorado and 35 of 42 since 2021.<\/p>\n

With the score 1-1, Heliot Ramos and Luis Arraez singled off Kyle Freeland (2-8) starting the sixth and Schmitt followed with his 19th homer.<\/p>\n

Brett Sullivan doubled starting the third and scored on a balk by Mahle. Giants manager Tony Vitello came out to argue the call and was ejected by plate umpire Lance Barksdale, the second ejection this season for the first-year skipper.<\/p>\n

San Francisco tied the score in the fifth on doubles by Bryce Eldridge and Jes\u00fas Rodr\u00edguez.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/strong><\/p>\n

Colorado RHP Michael Lorenzen (3-9, 6.46) faces San Francisco RHP Trevor McDonald (3-7, 5.46) on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/MLB<\/a><\/p>\n

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San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello (23), right, speaks with home plate umpire Lance Barksdale, left, after Colorado Rockies' Brett Sullivan (26) scores on a balk by San Francisco Giants pitcher Tyler Mahle during the third inning of a baseball game Saturday, July 11, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo\/Thien-An Truong)<\/span>(AP Photo\/Thien-An Truong)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Tyler Mahle delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Saturday, July 11, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo\/Thien-An Truong)<\/span>(AP Photo\/Thien-An Truong)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello reacts after being ejected during the third inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Saturday, July 11, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo\/Thien-An Truong)<\/span>(AP Photo\/Thien-An Truong)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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San Francisco Giants' Casey Schmitt (10), right, rounds the bases after hitting a three-run home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies Saturday, July 11, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo\/Thien-An Truong)<\/span>(AP Photo\/Thien-An Truong)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

San Francisco Giants right fielder Jung Hoo Lee (51), middle, reacts after winnning a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies Saturday, July 11, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo\/Thien-An Truong)(AP Photo\/Thien-An Truong) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) \u2014 Tyler Mahle won for the first time since mid-April, Casey Schmitt hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the sixth […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5734],"tags":[],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-138589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-associated-press"],"acf":[],"author_name":"Website Administrator","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138589"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=138589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}