Fitzgerald hits 2 home runs, Harrison strikes out 11 and Giants beat Rockies 11-4

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tyler Fitzgerald continued his power surge with two home runs, Kyle Harrison tied a career high with 11 strikeouts, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 11-4 on Friday night.

Fitzgerald, with a pair of two-run homers, became the first Giants player to hit seven home runs in an eight-game span since Barry Bonds in 2004. The rookie shortstop had a five-game homer streak that was snapped on Wednesday.

“It’s one of those weird things that’s going to happen," Fitzgerald said. "I’m not up there trying to hit homers, but God’s got plans in store for me, I guess. I don’t know what to say about it.”

Fitzgerald, who said this is probably the most homers he's hit in an eight-game span in his life, said he's seeing the ball well.

"Earlier in the year when I wasn’t playing much, I was just trying to get on base," Fitzgerald said. “Now I’m kind of going up there not to hit a homer, but swinging a little bit harder and trying to do damage.”

Harrison (6-4) held the Rockies to a run on one hit. He struck out six of the last nine batters he faced, tipping his cap to the home crowd after he departed following a two-out walk in the seventh. He improved to 3-0 in five career starts against the Rockies.

Manager Bob Melvin praised Harrison for going deep into the game, especially with the teams playing a scheduled doubleheader on Saturday.

“Probably the first time he’s thrown 106 pitches in his career, I'm sure," Melvin said. “But we needed it today.”

Rockies manager Bud Black said before the game that Harrison has “had our number.”

“The thing that’s gotten us is his fastball — sneaky velocity at the top of the zone," Black said. “And we just haven’t been able to handle it.”

Jorge Soler also had three hits, including a leadoff homer, reaching base all five times. Soler drilled a hanging offspeed pitch from Rockies starter Kyle Freeland (2-4) to start the game. He added RBI singles in the second and fourth innings.

Freeland allowed six runs in four innings, though he had eight strikeouts to surpass Ubaldo Jiménez for fourth most in Rockies history.

Fitzgerald followed Soler’s two-out hit in the fourth with a two-run blast that put the Giants ahead 6-1. He then homered in the sixth to push the lead to 8-1. Heliot Ramos added a three-run homer in the eighth.

“Now he’s getting consistent playing time,” Melvin said of Fitzgerald. “There’s a ton of ability there. There's power, there's speed, (he) can play multiple positions. There’s a lot to like.”

Brenton Doyle knocked in two runs with a triple in the eighth inning for the Rockies.

The Giants had dropped five of seven since the All-Star break, including two of three in Colorado to start the second half.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rockies: OF Jordan Beck (broken hand) is moving his rehab assignment up to Triple-A Albuquerque. … OF Nolan Jones (back) is rehabbing at the team’s spring training facility in Scottsdale.

Giants: RHP Keaton Winn will undergo season-ending elbow surgery next week. … IF Thairo Estrada (wrist) was placed on the 10-day injured list, and IF Casey Schmitt was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento. … OF Jung Hoo Lee (shoulder), who underwent season-ending surgery earlier in the year, is progressing well and is almost ready to play catch. He is expected to be ready for spring training next year.

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The teams play a doubleheader on Saturday. LHP Blake Snell (0-3, 5.83 ERA) pitches for the Giants against RHP Ryan Feltner (1-10, 5.19 ERA) for the Rockies in Game 1. Game 2 starters were not yet announced.

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San Francisco Giants pitcher Mike Baumann throws to a Colorado Rockies batter during the eighth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 26, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

San Francisco Giants' Heliot Ramos runs the bases after hitting a three-run home run against the Colorado Rockies during the eighth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 26, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

San Francisco Giants pitcher Camilo Doval throws to a Colorado Rockies batter during the ninth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 26, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Colorado Rockies' Brenton Doyle, right, celebrates next to third base coach Warren Schaeffer after hitting a two-run triple against the San Francisco Giants during the eighth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 26, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

San Francisco Giants' Heliot Ramos flips his bat after hitting a three-run home run against the Colorado Rockies during the eighth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 26, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

San Francisco Giants' Tyler Fitzgerald runs the bases after hitting a two-run home run against the Colorado Rockies during the sixth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 26, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

San Francisco Giants' Tyler Fitzgerald (49) celebrates in front of Jorge Soler (2) after hitting a two-run home run against the Colorado Rockies during the sixth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 26, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maya Rudolph won her sixth career Emmy on Saturday night, taking the trophy for best character voice-over for her work on “Big Mouth" at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. And the former and future “Saturday Night Live" star is up for three more.

It was Rudolph's fourth Emmy for giving voice to the Hormone Monstress on the Netflix animated show “Big Mouth.”

“I’m really proud to be a part of this show,” she said. “It humanizes being human.”

She got emotional when as she talked about the privilege that she gets to do what she loves in her life.

“It’s making me cry because I’m very menopausal,” Rudolph said.

She won on the first of the two-night Creative Arts Emmys, which honor artistic and technical achievement in television and are a precursor to the main Emmys ceremony, hosted by Dan and Eugene Levy, that will air at 8 p.m. EST Sept. 15 on ABC.

Other winners Saturday night included the recently retired Pat Sajak, who won best game show host for his final season on “Wheel of Fortune." It was his fourth time winning the award, and first time since 1998.

“Saturday Night Live” thrived in the craft categories, winning for its hairstyling, makeup and production design.

Rudolph won two Emmys when she was a cast member on the show, and is nominated for two more for her work as host of the sketch institution last season. Those will be awarded Sunday.

She will be returning this fall to play Vice President Kamala Harris on the 50th season of “SNL” in the weeks leading up to the election.

“I feel like I am connected somehow to an incredible time in this country and an excitement that I haven't felt in a long time,” she said backstage on Saturday.

She is also nominated at the main Emmys ceremony for best actress in a comedy for her Apple TV+ series “Loot.” She is a longshot for that award, where the favorites are Jean Smart for “Hacks” and Ayo Edebiri for “The Bear,” which leads all shows in the comedy category with 23 nominations.

The top overall nominee, “Shogun,” got a win of sorts Saturday when the team that puts together the post-show making of featurette took home an Emmy. The FX series itself is up for 25 Emmys. Seventeen of those will be handed out on Sunday, which focuses on scripted television, while Saturday's ceremony is for unscripted and variety shows.

Nearly 100 Emmys are handed out to hairdressers, production designers, cinematographers and other behind-the-scenes figures this weekend at the Peacock Theater, the same home as the larger Emmy Awards.

Plenty of big names are also up for Creative Arts Emmys, including Oscar winners Jamie Lee Curtis and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Oscar nominees Ryan Gosling and Angela Bassett, though not all of them are likely to appear in person as Rudolph did.

For more coverage on this year’s Emmy Awards and recent television shows, visit: https://apnews.com/hub/television

FILE - An Emmy statue appears one stage at the 49th annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Pasadena, Calif., on June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)