Jake McCarthy turned Rockies game today into a rout almost before it began, launching a 440-foot leadoff home run and driving in six runs as the Colorado Rockies beat the San Francisco Giants 15-3 on Jul 3, 2026. Colorado finished with 18 hits and moved one game behind San Francisco in the NL West.
The opening swing set the tone. McCarthy drove a 92.2 mph sinker to right-center field at 105.1 mph off the bat, then kept adding to the damage as the Rockies kept piling on runs against a Giants staff that never settled in.
Ryan Feltner gave Colorado the kind of start that lets an offense keep swinging. He worked six innings, struck out nine Giants, allowed three runs, two earned, on six hits and did not walk a batter. He opened by striking out Luis Arráez, struck out the side in the second and then fanned Victor Bericoto to begin the third, but Rafael Devers still broke through with a 432-foot solo home run in the sixth, the loudest jolt against a team that still controlled the game.
The margin had already grown large enough that Gabriel Hughes came out of the bullpen in the seventh inning for his Major League debut with Colorado holding a 14-3 lead. That detail matters because it shows how completely the Rockies had taken command before the game reached its final frame, and because McCarthy’s night was not just a leadoff blast but the kind of performance that can swing a series opener and the standings with it.
Colorado now heads forward with the result in hand and a tighter race to read. The Rockies are 36-53, the Giants are 36-51, and the gap between them is only one game. What Colorado does next will tell whether this was a one-night surge or the start of a push that makes Jul 3 look like a turning point.
