Colorado Rockies at San Francisco Giants: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
The Story
The Colorado Rockies silenced Oracle Park on August 14, 2026, defeating the San Francisco Giants 5-2 to flip a game the DiamondIQ model had opened with a 55 percent home win probability down to zero by the final out. Colorado managed to keep San Francisco off the board through three innings while Kyle Freeland worked efficiently, and a Giants threat in the third evaporated when Rafael Devers grounded into a double play that swung win probability 9.4 points in Colorado's favor. The Rockies broke the scoreless tie in the fourth when Troy Johnston ripped a triple off Landen Roupp, a swing worth 13.3 percentage points of win probability, and San Francisco answered with a Bryce Eldridge home run off Freeland in the bottom half that briefly kept things tight at one apiece.
The decisive blow came in the top of the sixth, when Zac Veen launched a home run off Roupp that shifted win probability 20.3 points toward Colorado in a single swing, the largest single-play movement of the night. Veen finished as the game's top performer by the DiamondIQ model's accounting, posting a WPA of plus-19.8 percent and a RE24 of plus-1.6. Johnston added a WPA of plus-6.7 on the strength of his fourth-inning triple, while catcher Brett Sullivan contributed plus-4.2 WPA. Colorado added two more insurance runs across the fifth, sixth, and ninth innings, and a Bryce Eldridge double play in the ninth off Brennan Bernardino closed out any lingering Giants hope, swinging 7.9 points back toward the visitors.
Freeland was the clear pitching anchor, finishing with a WPA of plus-30.6 percent, a figure that reflects how thoroughly he suppressed the Giants lineup after the Eldridge homer. JT Brubaker and Reiver Sanmartin combined to add plus-2.8 WPA in relief as Colorado held a seven-hit Giants lineup to just two runs. The Rockies finished with six hits and one error against San Francisco's two errors, and the model's estimate moved in a straight line toward Colorado as the final innings played out.