Catcher Yorvit Torrealba doesn’t like sitting on the bench, but that’s where he was the previous four games as manager Clint Hurdle continued to give Chris Iannetta increased playing time. Given a chance to show his stuff against his former team, Torrealba made the Giants pay Thursday. He went 3-for-5 and drove in two runs with a second-inning single. “I haven’t played in four days, so just to be able to help out was great,” he said. “That first at-bat was important for me.”
Coors commander.
Coors Field has become Fred Lewis’ personal batting cage. The Giants left fielder hit for the cycle in Denver on Mother’s Day last year. He went 2-for-5 on Thursday, with a three-run homer in the second. For his career, Lewis is 16-for-43 (.372) with three homers and 12 RBIs at Coors Field.
Mr. 2,000.
In the fourth, Giants second baseman Ray Durham lined a two-run single up the middle for the 2,000th hit of his career.
Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post
