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Rockies ride Butler’s fine start to split with Giants
- Updated: May 8, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO — Right-hander Eddie Butler struck out a career-high six in six scoreless innings as the Rockies defeated the Giants, 2-0, on Sunday afternoon to earn a split of a four-game series and complete a 10-game road trip with six victories. Butler’s work led off the Rockies’ second shutout of the road trip.
Nolan Arenado’s first-inning triple and Gerardo Parra’s third-inning RBI single off Giants starter Jeff Samardzija gave Butler his cushion. Arenado was a homer shy of the cycle.
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With the Giants’ bullpen depleted by some short starts and Saturday afternoon’s 13-inning victory over the Rockies, Samardzija ate 7 2/3 innings, threw 123 pitches and emerged with nine strikeouts while keeping his team in the game. For this, he left to a standing ovation.
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDStopping trouble: Brandon Belt singled and Hunter Pence doubled with one out in the second. Too often in Butler’s starts of the last three seasons, he couldn’t stop rallies. But after intentionally walking Brandon Crawford, Butler fanned Mac Williamson swinging and Samardzija looking, then …
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