Rockies' Bettis shuts out Giants
DENVER -- Chad Bettis pitched a complete-game shutout Monday and Carlos Gonzalez hit a grand slam as the Colorado Rockies beat the slumping San Francisco Giants 6-0.
Bettis (12-7) threw a two-hitter with no walks and seven strikeouts. He got 15 outs on ground balls and threw 103 pitches, 73 strikes.
It was the Rockies first complete game of the season. And the complete-game shutout was the first at Coors Field since left-hander Chris Rusin threw a five-hitter Aug. 16, 2015. It was the 29th complete-game shutout at Coors Field and the 13th by a Rockies pitcher.
The loss was the fifth in seven games for the Giants, whose 16-31 record since the All-Star break is the worst in the majors. That slide includes 18 losses in 25 road games.
The Rockies improved to 4-3 on their current homestand with their sixth win in nine games.
Bettis' previous longest outing was 8 1/3 innings against the Giants on May 24, 2015.
Bettis retired the first 14 batters he faced before Eduardo Nunez singled to left with two outs in the fifth. Bettis then got his 10th ground ball out when Brandon Belt rolled a ball to second on Bettis' 59th pitch and 43rd strike.
Bettis gave up a leadoff double to Trevor Brown in the sixth but then retired the final 12 batters he faced.
Gonzalez's grand slam highlighed a six-run explosion in the third against Matt Moore (2-4). It was his sixth career grand slam and second this season. With six grand slams, Gonzalez is tied with Dante Bichette and Andres Galarraga for the second-most in franchise history behind Todd Helton (seven).
The Rockies loaded the bases with no outs on walks to Cristhian Adames and Bettis and a single by Raimel Tapia that went off the glove of shortstop Brandon Crawford.
DJ LeMahieu's sacrifice fly got a run home and moved up the other two runners. After Nolan Arenado was intentionally walked, Gonzalez hit his grand slam -- his 25th homer of the season.
With two outs, Nick Hundley hit his 10th homer and his fifth in 10 games to make it 6-0. Moore then gave up a single and a walk and trudged to the dugout after throwing 67 pitches in 2 2/3 innings.
NOTES: Giants LHP Ty Blach, who grew up in the Denver area, pitched three scoreless innings in his major league debut, four days after the Giants recalled him from Triple-A Sacramento. ...Rockies LF Ryan Raburn left the game in the sixth with a left foot contusion and was listed day-to-day. ...Rockies RF Carlos Gonzalez has hit 25 or more homers in five seasons with the Rockies, tied for the third most in club history with Dante Bichette and Larry Walker and trailing Todd Helton (seven) and Vinny Castilla (six). ... Giants C Buster Posey was not in the lineup after going 1-for-16 at Chicago and playing all four games. Manager Bruce Bochy said Posey likely will play first base Tuesday. ...Rockies CF Charlie Blackmon was not in the lineup for the third straight day due to lower back stiffness.