is a guy that can really grind a pitcher down," Kapler said. "Brandon Belt is a guy that can really grind a pitcher down. "We tend to - even with some of the best pitchers around the league - really drive their pitch count up in the first and the second inning and sometimes we have a tendency to let them off the hook. "One of the things that we can work on as an offense right now is taking the same approach the second and third time through as we do the first time through," manager Gabe Kapler said. The Giants had just two hits after that first inning and didn't score again. San Francisco lost to Marquez and the Rockies 5-3 in their return to Oracle Park, and while the bullpen once again made a mess of a lead, equal blame fell on a lineup that couldn't deliver a knockout blow early, or even make sure that Bud Black had to use some of his lesser relievers. They had him on the ropes but let him catch his breath, and Marquez ended up walking off with a lead after the bottom of the sixth. The Giants sent eight runners to the plate against Colorado Rockies righty German Marquez in the first inning and scored three runs. SAN FRANCISCO - Carlos Rodón gave up a leadoff homer and needed 25 pitches to get through the first inning on Tuesday, but still, it would have been hard after that inning to imagine him getting outlasted by the other starting pitcher.
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