San Francisco Giants at Colorado Rockies: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| COL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
The Story
The San Francisco Giants erased a three-run deficit to defeat the Colorado Rockies 5-4 at Coors Field on June 7, 2023, completing a comeback that shifted the DiamondIQ model's estimate of a Giants win from a pre-game 44 percent for the home side all the way to zero. Colorado struck first and hardest, plating three runs in the second inning to build what looked like a comfortable cushion, then added another in the sixth. San Francisco, however, chipped away methodically before breaking through in a decisive seventh inning, when Casey Schmitt's single off Brent Suter swung win probability 14.4 points in the Giants' favor and keyed a three-run frame that knotted the game. The Giants then took the lead outright in the eighth, with Austin Slater's single off Justin Lawrence delivering a 19.0-point win-probability swing and Patrick Bailey's sacrifice bunt adding another 14.0 points, pushing two runs across to make it 5-4.
The final out nearly came at a cost. In the bottom of the ninth, Jurickson Profar grounded out against Camilo Doval in a moment that carried the largest single win-probability swing of the night, a 31.6-point shift preserving the Giants' lead and closing out the game. By WPA, Profar was the Giants' most impactful player at plus-33.3 percent despite a negative RE24 of minus-0.2, a reflection of how critical the moment was rather than his broader offensive contribution. Slater finished with a plus-27.3 percent WPA and a plus-2.0 RE24, making him the most consistently productive bat on the night. On the mound, Tyler Rogers and Connor Seabold led the pitching staff by WPA at plus-23.3 and plus-22.1 percent respectively, with the DiamondIQ model crediting both as central to holding Colorado in check during the Giants' late surge.