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Tuesday, Jun. 27 9:05pm ET
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DENVER (AP) -- Shawn Estes pitched seven strong innings, and Rich Aurilia had three hits and four RBIs as the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 12-7 Tuesday night. Bobby Estalella and Jeff Kent homered for the Giants, whose first nine runs -- and 11 of their 12 -- came with two outs. Estes (7-3) went 7 1-3 innings, allowing just six hits and leaving with a 12-3 lead. Reliever Felix Rodriguez inherited two runners and allowed both to score on RBI singles by Mike Lansing and Jeffrey Hammonds. The Rockies pushed across two more runs before Rodriguez fanned Brian Hunter for the third out. Estes, who entered with the best run support in the majors (7.0 runs per game), benefitted from the Giants' 15-hit attack that included eight doubles. But Estes also contributed an RBI double and a sacrifice bunt. Rockies manager Buddy Bell was ejected by home-plate umpire Jerry Layne in the eighth inning after arguing that Estes threw at Tom Goodwin. The Giants chased Colorado starter Kevin Jarvis (2-3) after five innings, taking a 6-3 lead. Kent led off the second with a double and, with two outs, Aurilia hit an RBI single and Estalella followed with a two-run homer, his ninth. In the fourth, J.T. Snow doubled and scored on Aurilia's two-out double down the left-field line. After the Rockies intentionally walked Estalella, Estes lined an RBI double to left-center. In the fifth, again with two outs, Kent hit a 427-foot solo homer, his 20th and his NL-leading 73rd RBI. Snow then singled, went to second on a wild pitch and attempted to score on Ellis Burks' single but was gunned down at the plate by left fielder Brian Hunter. Colorado scored twice in the third. Scott Servais and Neifi Perez hit back-to-back doubles. Perez went to third on Jarvis' sacrifice and scored on Tom Goodwin's sacrifice fly. The Rockies added an unearned run in the fourth. Todd Helton walked, Jeff Cirillo hit an infield single and both runners advanced when third baseman Bill Mueller threw wild to second. Hunter then lined a run-scoring single to right. Estes avoided further damage, snaring Servais' hard grounder and starting a double play. Marvin Benard's two-out, run-scoring single off Scott Karl made it 7-3 in the sixth. After walks to Kent and Burks in the seventh, Aurilia hit a two-run double to left. Snow and Calvin Murray had back-to-back RBI doubles in the eighth. Game notesThe swelling subsided Tuesday in Kirk Rueter's right leg, one day after being struck above the ankle by a line drive off the bat of Neifi Perez. Rueter is expected to make his next scheduled start on Saturday against Los Angeles. ... Rockies slugger Larry Walker sat out the game to rest his ailing throwing elbow. Walker missed 23 games earlier in the year because of the injury. ... Victims of the recent Colorado wildfires were guests of the Rockies. ... The Rockies signed 20th-round draft choice Ross Pilkington, who was headed to Nebraska on a football scholarship. Pilkington, a shortstop who graduated from Loveland (Colo.) High School, will report this week to the Arizona Rookie League. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard San Francisco Clubhouse Colorado Clubhouse RECAPS Baltimore 6 Boston 3
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