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The San Francisco Giants come into Coors Field after a sweep of the division-leading Dodgers at AT&T Park in which they did not allow a run. In fact, it has been 28 innings since the Giants last allowed a run.
They now get to face a Rockies team that is 28th in baseball with a wRC+ of just 82, however the series is at Coors Field, where several Giants pitchers have historically struggled.
Hitters to watch
Okay, who went all "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" on Brandon Crawford and Troy Tulowitzki? While Tulo has a .292 on-base percentage with just two home runs this season, Crawford is hitting .303/.391/.515 with six home runs and 27 runs driven in.
The Giants also have right fielder Hunter Pence back in the lineup. Pence has played just five games this season, but is 6-for-20 with a double and a home run. He hit .277/.332/.445 last season with 20 home runs and 13 steals while playing all 162 games.
Cacher Buster Posey and first baseman Brandon Belt are also finding their grooves for the Giants, both of them hitting better than .350 over the past two weeks.
2015 hitting stats
| Name | G | PA | HR | R | RBI | SB | BB% | K% | ISO | BABIP | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | wRC+ | BsR | Off | Def | WAR |
| Nori Aoki | 40 | 174 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 9.8% | 8.0% | .084 | .321 | .297 | .374 | .381 | .339 | 119 | -1.5 | 2.4 | -0.1 | 0.8 |
| Buster Posey | 40 | 165 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 10.3% | 9.7% | .163 | .296 | .299 | .370 | .463 | .362 | 135 | -1.5 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 1.5 |
| Angel Pagan | 39 | 162 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3.7% | 14.8% | .084 | .379 | .325 | .346 | .409 | .329 | 113 | 1.4 | 3.9 | -1.8 | 0.8 |
| Joe Panik | 38 | 156 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 10.3% | 12.2% | .125 | .316 | .287 | .361 | .412 | .341 | 121 | 0.7 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 1.2 |
| Brandon Crawford | 41 | 151 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 2 | 9.3% | 19.2% | .212 | .351 | .303 | .391 | .515 | .390 | 153 | 0.8 | 10.3 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| Brandon Belt | 35 | 133 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 9.8% | 25.6% | .178 | .407 | .305 | .383 | .483 | .378 | 145 | -0.9 | 6.2 | -2.9 | 0.8 |
| Justin Maxwell | 36 | 117 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 7.7% | 23.1% | .143 | .289 | .238 | .302 | .381 | .302 | 95 | 0.5 | -0.2 | 4.2 | 0.8 |
| Casey McGehee | 33 | 113 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 7.1% | 20.4% | .086 | .225 | .190 | .248 | .276 | .237 | 52 | -2.9 | -9.4 | -0.6 | -0.7 |
| Matt Duffy | 29 | 96 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 5.2% | 20.8% | .080 | .338 | .273 | .309 | .352 | .292 | 88 | 0.3 | -1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Gregor Blanco | 32 | 90 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 12.2% | 18.9% | .190 | .328 | .266 | .356 | .456 | .351 | 128 | 0.6 | 3.5 | -2.1 | 0.4 |
| Andrew Susac | 14 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14.6% | 24.4% | .114 | .250 | .200 | .317 | .314 | .291 | 88 | -0.7 | -1.3 | -0.3 | 0.0 |
| Joaquin Arias | 21 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | 18.8% | .097 | .208 | .194 | .194 | .290 | .211 | 34 | 0.3 | -2.2 | -1.6 | -0.3 |
| Hector Sanchez | 18 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 29.0% | .065 | .273 | .194 | .194 | .258 | .196 | 24 | -0.3 | -3.1 | -0.6 | -0.3 |
| Hunter Pence | 5 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4.8% | 33.3% | .200 | .417 | .300 | .333 | .500 | .362 | 135 | 0.0 | 0.8 | -0.2 | 0.1 |
Pitchers to (not) watch
This is the third time the Rockies have played the Giants this season and the third time they will not face a certain World Series MVP. Bumgarner shut out the Dodgers yesterday, outdueling Clayton Kershaw, but is yet to face the Rockies in 2015.
The Rockies will instead face Ryan Vogelsong, Chris Heston, Yusmeiro Petit and Tim Hudson in the four-game series. Vogelsong and Hudson in particular have struggled at Coors Field, with ERAs of 7.92 and 6.80, respectively.
2015 pitching stats
| Name | W | L | SV | G | GS | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | HR/9 | BABIP | LOB% | GB% | HR/FB | ERA | FIP | xFIP | WAR |
| Madison Bumgarner | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 57 | 8.21 | 1.58 | 0.95 | .293 | 83.9% | 39.8% | 9.2% | 2.84 | 3.35 | 3.56 | 1.1 |
| Tim Hudson | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 51.2 | 4.35 | 2.26 | 1.39 | .283 | 79.9% | 53.5% | 21.1% | 4.01 | 5.04 | 4.05 | -0.3 |
| Chris Heston | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 48.1 | 7.63 | 2.23 | 0.56 | .327 | 69.1% | 52.0% | 8.6% | 3.72 | 3.10 | 3.30 | 1.0 |
| Tim Lincecum | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 47.2 | 6.80 | 3.97 | 0.19 | .269 | 81.6% | 50.4% | 2.4% | 2.08 | 3.27 | 4.19 | 0.7 |
| Ryan Vogelsong | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 6.46 | 3.92 | 2.08 | .264 | 73.3% | 38.8% | 17.3% | 5.31 | 6.07 | 4.92 | -0.6 |
| George Kontos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 22 | 6.14 | 2.05 | 0.41 | .231 | 91.8% | 46.9% | 5.3% | 1.23 | 3.03 | 3.64 | 0.1 |
| Yusmeiro Petit | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 22 | 6.14 | 2.45 | 1.23 | .239 | 81.7% | 24.3% | 7.3% | 3.27 | 4.35 | 5.16 | -0.1 |
| Jean Machi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 5.85 | 4.50 | 0.00 | .250 | 66.7% | 63.3% | 0.0% | 4.05 | 3.48 | 4.38 | 0.1 |
| Santiago Casilla | 4 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 17.1 | 8.31 | 3.63 | 0.52 | .283 | 92.6% | 52.2% | 7.7% | 1.56 | 3.59 | 3.88 | 0.1 |
| Sergio Romo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 13.2 | 13.83 | 3.29 | 0.66 | .345 | 68.5% | 46.7% | 11.1% | 3.29 | 2.10 | 2.06 | 0.4 |
| Jeremy Affeldt | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 3.00 | 3.75 | 1.50 | .268 | 86.4% | 62.8% | 25.0% | 3.00 | 6.13 | 4.88 | -0.5 |
| Javier Lopez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10.2 | 5.06 | 2.53 | 0.00 | .138 | 71.4% | 79.3% | 0.0% | 1.69 | 2.84 | 3.36 | 0.1 |
| Jake Peavy | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7.2 | 8.22 | 4.70 | 1.17 | .423 | 54.8% | 48.1% | 10.0% | 9.39 | 4.56 | 4.67 | 0.0 |
Probable pitchers
Game 1 (May 22): Ryan Vogelsong vs. Kyle Kendrick
Game 2 (May 23): Chris Heston vs. Jordan Lyles
Game 3 (May 23): Yusmeiro Petit vs. TBD (probably Christian Bergman)
Game 4 (May 24): Tim Hudson vs. Chad Bettis