SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kyle Karros hit a broken-bat, two-run single during a three-run ninth inning and the Colorado Rockies held on to beat the San Francisco Giants 4-3 on Friday night.
The Rockies trailed 2-1 when Mickey Moniak opened the ninth with a single off Caleb Kilian (2-5), who then walked pinch-hitter Troy Johnston.
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San Francisco Giants center fielder Drew Gilbert catches a fly out hit by Colorado Rockies' Mickey Moniak during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 10, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Colorado Rockies' Hunter Goodman, right, is tagged out by San Francisco Giants shortstop Willy Adames while trying to steal second base during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 10, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Colorado Rockies right fielder Tyler Freeman cannot catch a single hit by San Francisco Giants' Jung Hoo Lee during the second inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 10, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Colorado Rockies' Ezequiel Tovar, middle, runs home to score against the San Francisco Giants during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 10, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
San Francisco Giants' Rafael Devers gestures after hitting a home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Friday, July 10, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Jake McCarthy followed with a bunt single to load the bases, setting up Karros for a base hit to center that brought home Moniak and Johnston. McCarthy moved to third and Kilian departed in favor of lefty Erik Miller.
Cole Carrigg greeted Miller with a sacrifice fly to left to bring home McCarthy and make it 4-2.
In the bottom of the ninth, the Giants got a sacrifice fly from Rafael Devers off Jordan Romano to make it 4-3. Romano then walked Willy Adames to load the bases with two outs.
Juan Mejia replaced Romano and got Bryce Eldridge to ground out to second to end the game. Mejia earned his fourth save.
Antonio Senzatela (9-1) worked a perfect eighth inning to pick up the win.
Devers drove in all of the Giants' runs.
San Francisco grabbed a 1-0 lead in the second when Devers took Tanner Gordon deep to right. It was Devers’ 19th home run of the season. He hit two off Gordon in the Rockies’ 7-6 win over the Giants in Denver on Sunday.
Devers gave the Giants a 2-1 lead with an RBI single with two outs in the seventh.
The Rockies tied it 1-1 in the fifth on consecutive two-out doubles by Ezequiel Tovar and McCarthy.
The Giants had won in each of starter Robbie Ray’s previous eight outings and had won 19 of their previous 20 home games against Colorado.
Colorado LHP Kyle Freeland (2-7, 7.46 ERA) faces San Francisco RHP Tyler Mahle (1-8, 5.70) on Saturday.
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San Francisco Giants center fielder Drew Gilbert catches a fly out hit by Colorado Rockies' Mickey Moniak during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 10, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Colorado Rockies' Hunter Goodman, right, is tagged out by San Francisco Giants shortstop Willy Adames while trying to steal second base during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 10, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Colorado Rockies right fielder Tyler Freeman cannot catch a single hit by San Francisco Giants' Jung Hoo Lee during the second inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 10, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Colorado Rockies' Ezequiel Tovar, middle, runs home to score against the San Francisco Giants during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 10, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
San Francisco Giants' Rafael Devers gestures after hitting a home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Friday, July 10, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani will have his left knee drained Sunday to relieve continued irritation, and the procedure will force him to miss the All-Star Game next week in Philadelphia.
Ohtani will have fluid removed from his left knee following a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks in which he will continue to start at designated hitter. Ohtani had been scheduled to pitch on Friday night, but instead led off with a 381-foot homer to left center after the Dodgers decided to make it a bullpen game to avoid further aggravating the ongoing discomfort in his left knee.
“The goal is to be able to throw according to regular schedule,” Ohtani said through an interpreter after the 9-3 loss. “Although I could have started today, it would have still been pushing the envelope a little bit. But the intention, my every intention, is to use the off days to make sure that I’m in a good place to be able to be in the rotation.”
Ohtani has been dealing with the ailment for at least a month. The right-hander had an outing cut short against the Pittsburgh Pirates on June 11 because of inflammation in the knee.
“He’s been managing this quite well,” manager Dave Roberts said before Friday’s game. “If there’s a chance that we could kind of be proactive and get it drained and do whatever we need to do to kind of try to manage it, along with the rest for the All-Star break, we were going to do that.”
The four-time MVP has once again been one of the best players in the big leagues this season, and he stands alone as a two-way player.
Ohtani is batting .290 with 21 homers and 57 RBIs and is 8-2 on the mound with a 1.79 ERA and 95 strikeouts in 85 2/3 innings. However, his effectiveness as a pitcher has diminished somewhat in Ohtani’s past four starts. He allowed 12 earned runs in 24 2/3 innings in a span corresponding with the left knee irritation. Ohtani had given up five runs in his first 10 starts.
“I think that our hope is if we can (have Ohtani) not make this start ... (and) kind of get the inflammation out, you know, get strong, recover body-wise, then I think he should be in a much better spot,” Roberts said.
The Dodgers don’t expect the procedure will affect Ohtani’s availability as a pitcher in the second half of the season, but Roberts said it was too early to know where he would be slotted in the Dodgers’ six-man rotation following the All-Star break. Los Angeles starts an East Coast road trip next Friday with a three-game set against the New York Yankees.
Ohtani’s absence will be a blow for baseball’s midsummer showcase at Citizens Bank Park. The Japanese star — who turned 32 earlier this week — is among the game’s most popular players and led MLB in jersey sales last year.
He hit his 300th career homer on Tuesday night, a leadoff shot against Colorado’s Michael Lorenzen that made him the first Japanese-born player in the majors to reach the milestone.
The Dodgers are the two-time defending World Series champions since adding Ohtani in free agency on a record-breaking 10-year contract in December 2023.
Los Angeles has baseball’s best record at 61-34. Being in contention to pull off the major leagues’ first three-peat since the 1998-2000 Yankees factored into Ohtani’s willingness to miss the All-Star Game, especially having to adjust to the demands of both hitting and pitching regularly for the first time since 2023. He has never played in the MLB postseason after being a full-time two-way player.
“Nothing is going to fall in front of being healthy for October,” Roberts said. “For him to concede and miss a start for the best interests of him and the team, that’s not a surprise.”
St. Louis Cardinals designated hitter Iván Herrera was named as a replacement to the National League All-Star team on Friday after Ohtani was ruled out of the game.
AP Baseball Writer David Brandt contributed to this report.
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Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani gestures after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani is greeted by teammates after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani watches his home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani hits a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani hits a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani sits in the dugout during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Wednesday, July 8, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani hits as he flies out during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies, Wednesday, July 8, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani fakes a pitch after the Dodgers defeated the against the Colorado Rockies in a baseball game Wednesday, July 8, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
