Rockies 13, Giants 7: Amador and Sullivan Splash Oracle

August 16, 2026 - San Francisco - Adael Amador took a first-pitch fastball and dropped it in the water. It was his first home run of 2026, a three-run splash into McCovey Cove, and for about 10 minutes the Colorado Rockies looked like they had stolen Oracle Park.

Then Rafael Devers answered with a splash of his own, his 25th homer of the year, and the San Francisco Giants led 5-4. Colorado still left with a 13-7 win, a series, and a season-series edge it had not held since 2020. The Rockies scored 13 runs on nine hits. They walked 10 times. Eight of those walks scored.

Amador finds the cove. Devers finds it back.

Gabriel Hughes gave San Francisco the first look. Bryce Eldridge singled in a run in the first. 1-0 Giants. Colorado tied it when Zac Veen reached on an infield single that scored Willi Castro.

The second inning is the one Oracle will remember. Brett Sullivan reached. Jordan Beck was on as well. Amador, 23, turned on the first pitch he saw from Blade Tidwell and sent it 374 feet to right. Sullivan and Beck scored ahead of him. The ball bounced off the concourse and into the cove. 4-1 Colorado. First homer of the season. Second of his career.

San Francisco did not wait. Drew Gilbert singled home Turner Hill. Devers then hit one 380 feet into the water, 105.5 mph off the bat, three runs. 5-4 Giants. Hill added his first major league hit in the third with an RBI single. 6-4. Tidwell was already leaking walks. Hughes was already leaking hits.

Hughes lasted four innings: eight hits, seven runs, one walk, two strikeouts. Tidwell went 4 1/3: three hits, six runs, five walks, one strikeout. Neither starter earned the night. The bullpens inherited a 6-6 mess and a park that rewards patience more than contact.

Veen sees the ball. Cavanaugh doesn't.

Sam Hentges (1-5) came in and could not find the zone. Veen reached on a fielder's choice. Beck walked. JT Brubaker replaced Hentges with two out in the sixth.

What happened next was not a wild pitch in the usual sense. The ball barely got away from catcher Drew Cavanaugh. It spun inches from the plate. Veen was already gone. He scored standing, 7-7, because he trusted his read more than the catcher trusted his eyes.

Amador walked. Jake McCarthy walked. Bases loaded. Cole Carrigg took a pitch off the body, Beck scored, 8-7. Mickey Moniak singled to left. Two more runs, plus an error that let him take second. 10-7. Four runs in the sixth, and Colorado never trailed again.

Line: Rockies 13 runs, 9 hits, 10 walks; Giants 7 runs, 11 hits; Colorado scored seven unanswered after San Francisco last led 7-6.

Sullivan finishes it down the line

The seventh was quieter until it wasn't. Beck scored three times on the afternoon. Connor Norby reached. Sullivan fell behind 0-2 against Keaton Winn, fouled one off, then turned on a 95.4 mph fastball on the inner half. Seventh homer. Three more runs. 13-7.

Amador finished 1-for-1 with two walks, three runs, and three RBIs. Sullivan went deep for three. Moniak drove in three. Carrigg had two RBI. Beck scored three times without a hit. That is how you score 13 on nine hits at a park that is supposed to kill fly balls: take the free bases, then punish the ones that sit middle-in.

Nick Frasso (1-1) got the win with a clean-enough inning after Hughes. Zach Agnos finished the last two. San Francisco out-hit Colorado 11-9 and still lost by six. Devers had the homer and a double. It was not enough on a homestand that already included series losses to Detroit and Houston.

Colorado took two of three and the season series 7-6. First time since 2020 it had beaten the Giants over a full year. First series win in San Francisco since July 2022. The Rockies are 50-74. The Giants are 51-73. Nights like this do not rewrite a last-place season. They do remind you that a lineup can still walk 10 times and make a pitcher-friendly park feel small. Colorado is 22-2 all-time when it scores at least seven at Oracle. Sunday was the fourth time it had scored 10-plus there, and the first since 2016.

The Giants open in Cleveland next. Colorado goes home to face the Dodgers. Tidwell will get another turn with fewer free passes. Hughes will get another chance to last five. Amador will try to find the seats somewhere that is not a cove. Sunday was the night he did.

AthX Engine angle

Colorado led Sunday's slate with 22 AthX Engine team fantasy points. Amador scored 12 hitting fantasy points on the three-run splash and the walks. Sullivan added 10. Devers led San Francisco's bats at 11. AthX Engine (our projection and scoring system) graded the full Rockies night, walks included, not only the homers that found the water.

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*Sources: ESPN box score, MLB.com gameday, AP News, AthX Engine daily scoring for August 16, 2026. AthX Engine fantasy scoring is for information only and is not financial advice.*