Anderson’s strong effort not enough vs. Giants

DENVER — With two runs in the final two frames — capped off by September callup Kelby Tomlinson’s RBI single — the Giants came from behind to top the Rockies, 3-2, at Coors Field on Tuesday night.

Tied at 2 in the ninth, the Rockies turned to closer Adam Ottavino, who gave up two hard-luck baserunners before being relieved by Boone Logan. Buster Posey reached on a throwing error by shortstop Daniel Descalso to lead off the inning, and Hunter Pence followed him with an infield single on a slow bouncer right back to Descalso. Tomlinson knocked in the go-ahead run two batters later for his fourth RBI of the season.

The Giants could not touch Rockies starter Tyler Anderson after Eduardo Nuñez’s third-inning homer, until the eighth, when Gorkys Hernandez and Trevor Brown singled to lead off the inning. Anderson was lifted after allowing a sacrifice bunt to pinch-hitter Ehire Adrianza, and Nuñez grounded out to shortstop against reliever Jordan Lyles to score Hernandez.

With the win, the Giants kept their lead over the Cardinals for the top National League Wild Card spot at a half-game. The Rockies fell to 9-18 in one-run games, and remain the only team in the Majors with a positive run-differential (plus-28) and a losing record (66-72).

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