Rockies 2, Giants 0
SAN FRANCISCO -- Right-hander Eddie Butler combined with four relievers on a six-hit shutout Sunday, allowing the Colorado Rockies to gain a split of their four-game series with the San Francisco Giants with a 2-0 victory.
Nolan Arenado had a single, double and triple for the Rockies, who completed a 6-4 trip through National League West sites.
Colorado had lost two in a row at San Francisco after opening the series with a record-breaking 17-7 win Thursday.
Butler (1-1), making just his second start after opening the season at Triple-A, pitched out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the second inning, during which he gave up two of the four hits he allowed in six innings.
The 25-year-old walked two and struck out a career-best six, including Giants left fielder Mac Williamson and starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija to end the second inning.
The win improved Butler's career record to just 5-12, with three of those wins coming against the Giants.
Boone Logan, Carlos Estevez, Chad Qualls and closer Jake McGee pitched the final three innings, with McGee recording his eighth save despite Brandon Belt's leadoff single in the ninth.
Qualls got the biggest out of the four, getting Buster Posey to fly out to right field with two on and two out in the eighth inning with the Rockies clinging to a 2-0 lead.
Samardzija (4-2) was the hard-luck loser for the Giants. He gave up just two runs on eight hits in 7 2/3 innings.
His three-game winning streak came to an end despite nine strikeouts. He walked one.
Arenado played a role in both Colorado runs.
He tripled off the wall in right-center field with two outs in the first, scoring Trevor Story, who had doubled.
Gerardo Parra's two-out single scored Carlos Gonzalez in the third, after Arenado's single had moved the baserunner into scoring position.
Arenado went 3-for-4 in the game, making him 12-for-29 (.414) against the Giants this season.
Hunter Pence had three hits, including a double, and Belt two for the Giants, accounting for five of the club's six hits.
NOTES: Pink bats used in the game will be auctioned off at MLB.com. ... The Rockies improved to 9-15 when playing on Mother's Day. ... The Giants' 13-inning win Saturday, during which they trailed 1-0 in the 10th, was their best-in-baseball 10th come-from-behind victory this season. ... The Rockies return to Denver on Monday to begin a six-game homestand against the Arizona Diamondbacks. ... The Giants kick off their interleague play Monday when they host the Toronto Blue Jays in the opener of a three-game series.