Giants manager Bruce Bochy was a little nervous about his ace pitcher. Tim Lincecum put him at ease. Lincecum pitched seven strong innings in his return from a balky back, Eugenio Velez drove in four runs and the San Francisco Giants gained ground in the NL wild-card race with a 9-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night. "We kept checking up on him," Bochy said. "I was a little anxious to see him out there. After the first inning I could tell he was fine.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Fri 5/1	SF	COL 2 at SF 3	W: Johnson L: Jimenez
Sat 5/2	SF	COL 5 at SF 1	W: Marquis L: Cain
Sun 5/3	SF	COL 0 at SF 1	W: Medders L: Corpas
Wed 5/6	Col	SF 1 at COL 11	W: Jimenez L: Johnson
Thu 5/7	Col	SF 8 at COL 3	W: Cain L: Marquis
Fri 7/24	Col	SF 3 at COL 1	W: Cain L: Hammel
Sat 7/25	Col	SF 2 at COL 8	W: De La Rosa L: Sanchez
Sun 7/26	Col	SF 2 at COL 4	W: Cook L: Sadowski
Fri 8/21	Col	SF 6 at COL 3	W: Sanchez L: Cook
Sat 8/22	Col	SF 11 at COL 14	W: De La Rosa L: Miller
Sun 8/23	Col	SF 2 at COL 4	W: Jimenez L: Lincecum
Mon 8/24	Col	SF 4 at COL 6	W: Eaton L: Miller
Fri 8/28	SF	COL 0 at SF 2	W: Lincecum L: Jimenez
Sat 8/29	SF	COL 3 at SF 5	W: Zito L: Marquis
Sun 8/30	SF	COL 5 at SF 9	W: Medders L: Betancourt
Mon 9/14	SF	COL 1 at SF 9	W: Lincecum L: Hammel
Tue 9/15	SF	COL 2 at SF 10	W: Zito L: Jimenez
Wed 9/16	SF	COL 4 at SF 3	W: De La Rosa L: Cain

Box Scores

Rockies (82 - 63) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Giants (78 - 66) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. E Young, 2B 4 0 1 0 1 2. C Gonzalez, CF 5 1 2 0 0 3. T Helton, 1B 2 0 0 0 2 4. T Tulowitzki, SS 4 0 0 0 0 5. S Smith, LF 4 0 1 0 0 6. B Hawpe, RF 3 0 0 0 1 7. Y Torrealba, C 4 0 2 0 0 8. I Stewart, 3B 2 0 0 0 1 8. G Atkins, PH-3B 1 0 0 0 0 9. J Hammel, P 2 0 0 0 0 9. D Fowler, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. J Rincon, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. R Flores, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. J Peralta, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. M McCoy, PH 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 1 6 0 5		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. E Velez, LF 4 0 1 4 0 2. F Sanchez, 2B 5 0 1 0 0 3. R Winn, RF 3 1 1 0 1 4. P Sandoval, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 4. R Rohlinger, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 5. B Molina, C 3 3 2 1 1 5. E Whiteside, C 0 0 0 0 0 6. J Uribe, SS 4 2 2 1 0 7. T Ishikawa, 1B 4 2 2 0 0 8. A Rowand, CF 4 0 1 2 0 9. T Lincecum, P 0 0 0 0 1 9. N Schierholtz, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. J Affeldt, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. F Lewis, PH 0 1 0 1 1 9. B Howry, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 9 10 9 4
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* J Hammel (L, 8-8) 6.0 7 4 4 1 5 4.38 J Rincon 1.1 1 3 3 2 2 6.48 R Flores 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 5.40 J Peralta 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 6.46		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* T Lincecum (W, 14-5) 7.0 6 1 1 4 11 2.30 J Affeldt (H, 30) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 1.83 B Howry 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3.43
* = Season Stat
BATTING 3B: C Gonzalez (5) BASERUNNING SB: E Young (3), C Gonzalez (14)		BATTING 3B: E Velez (5) HR: B Molina (18) BASERUNNING SB: R Winn 2 (15)

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Player News

Rockies Jose Contreras (COL) News: According to Patrick Newman's NPB Tracker, former Colorado hurler Jose Contreras is considering pitching in Japan next season.  (Fanball - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Manuel Corpas (COL) News: Corpas (elbow) still hasn't pitched in winter ball this offseason.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009) Paul Phillips (COL) News: Catcher Paul Phillips has signed a one-year contract to stay with the Rockies, according to the Denver Post.   (Fanball - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)

Giants Francisco Peguero (SF) News: The Giants purchased the contract of Peguero on Saturday, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Brett Pill (SF) News: The Giants purchased the contract of Pill on Saturday, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Kevin Pucetas (SF) News: The Giants purchased the contract of Pucetas on Saturday, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009)