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Giants swept by Rockies as Story homers thrice

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There’s nothing quite like a series at Coors Field. Over the last three games, the Giants and Colorado Rockies combined for 13 home runs. But those fireworks failed to benefit the Giants, who took a sweep to the first-place Rockies with a 5-3 loss.

The loss is one in a string of many losses the team has taken in Colorado. It gives the Giants (68-73) an abysmal 2-17 record at Coors Field since the start of last season and moves them five games below .500 for the first time since May 29, when the Giants lost their third-straight game to – you guessed it – the Rockies.

Andy Suarez pitched a seven-inning night that was effective outside of the torment from Trevor Story.

Story had an absurd night, hitting two moonshot home runs in the mile-high air before a line drive third homer that brought him out for a curtain call. The first followed a sacrifice fly to give the Rockies a 2-1 lead in the first inning, slipping over and falling on home plate after a monster shot to left. After Suarez retired eight-straight batters from the first through the fourth, Story stepped back up and hit by far the longest home run of the MLB season.

The ball shot off Story’s bat to sail a reported 505 feet, the longest home run ever recorded at Coors Field. It was initially reported as 504 feet, but was updated moments later to beat a 504-foot home run by Giancarlo Stanton by a foot. It tied the game at 3-3 and was just the third hit of the game for the Rockies.

In the sixth, Story must have assumed he would be pitched to carefully because he was first-pitch swinging. He shot a changeup over the left-field fence to give the Rockies a 4-3 lead. At that point, the Rockies had mustered just four hits and four runs, three of which came from Story’s solo shots.

However, the Giants were not without their own offense. A pair of back-to-back singles from Joe Panik and Alen Hanson opened the game, but were spoiled by a run-scoring double play from Evan Longoria. Longoria redeemed himself with a double in the third inning and scored on single through the left side by Austin Slater, tying the game at 2-2.

But the highlight of the night had to be another home run from rookie catcher Aramis Garcia – the second of his less than week-long MLB career. It gave the Giants a temporary lead in the fourth before Story countered it in the fourth to make it 3-3.

Only Ray Black secured an out from Story by throwing five-straight four-seam fastballs at 100, 100, 99, 100 and 100 mph, respectively.