Duffy’s walk-off ends stalemate vs. Rox in 13

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SAN FRANCISCO — Matt Duffy’s two-out, 13-inning double gave the Giants a 2-1 victory over the Rockies at AT&T Park on Saturday afternoon.

The winning hit came after losing pitcher Justin Miller walked two batters, then struck out Joe Panik with one out. Both teams scored in the 10th. The Rockies’ DJ LeMahieu tripled off Cory Gearrin and Tony Wolters doubled him home. The Giants’ Brandon Belt tripled and scored on Brandon Crawford’s single against Jake McGee.

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Giants starter Johnny Cueto dominated the Rockies, as usual — extending his scoreless-innings streak against them to 18 1/3. Cueto pitched around eight hits, with three strikeouts and a walk, and threw 8 1/3 innings. Rockies rookie starter Jon Gray held the Giants to one hit and fanned five in seven innings before being removed for offense. Gray has retired 35 of the last 39 batters he’s faced, but has had just one run of support in his last 17 2/3 innings.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDRegretting the hit-and-run: Sensing not much offense would happen against Cueto, the Rockies called a hit-and-run after Nolan Arenado’s fifth-inning leadoff walk. But Gerardo Parra swung through a pitch and catcher Buster Posey threw out the less-than-speedy Arenado. Parra and Mark Reynolds would single, but Cueto would maneuver LeMahieu …

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