Giants can't hold lead, waste 4 homers – 2 by Devers – in loss to Rockies

Justice delos Santos, The Mercury News on Jul 5, 2026

Published in Baseball

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DENVER — The San Francsico Giants’ loss to the Colorado Rockies on Sunday afternoon didn’t stem from a lack of offense.

Rafael Devers hit two homers, the latter being a 463-foot shot that landed in the upper deck. Drew Gilbert logged four hits and fell a triple shy of the cycle. Casey Schmitt blasted a solo homer, too. All told, they scored six runs.

As is often the case, those six runs weren’t enough.

San Francisco dropped its three-game series to Colorado with a 7-6 loss as the Rockies’ Kyle Karros blasted a go-ahead, 471-foot three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning off Dylan Smith.

This loss marks the first time since Sept. 5, 2023, that the Giants (37-52) have lost a game in which they hit at least four home runs.

The Rockies took an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first, one of those runs scoring due to an errant pickoff attempt by Mahle to first base despite a runner being on third. San Francisco’s deficit didn’t last long as Gilbert tied up the game with a two-run homer, his fourth home run of the season.

Colorado re-established a 4-2 lead with a run in the second and another in the third, but the Giants responded with a barrage of homers. Devers brought the Giants within one with his first homer of the afternoon in the fourth, then San Francisco took the lead in the fifth on a pair of solo homers by Schmitt and Devers.

The Giants extended their lead to 6-4 in the top of the sixth with an RBI single from Gilbert, his third RBI of the game.

Right-hander Tyler Mahle had another subpar start, allowing four runs (three earned) over 4 1/3 innings on eight hits with five strikeouts. Through 14 starts, Mahle has a 5.70 ERA.

Up next

The Giants will return to Oracle Park for a three-game series against the defending American League champion Toronto Blue Jays that begins Monday night. Landen Roupp, Tyler McDonald and Logan Webb are scheduled to pitch. Former Giant Kevin Gausman is slated to pitch for Toronto.

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