Giants on cusp of sweep to cap road trip after 8-6 win vs. Rockies

A second straight victory in Colorado has the Giants on the brink of sweeping their first series of the season.

Beating the woeful Rockies again Thursday would be a welcome way to end this season-long, 10-game road trip, which the Giants started by anemically losing the first two of three in Boston before getting swept in a four-game visit to Philadelphia.

Michael Conforto got Wednesday night’s 8-6 win started by opening the second inning with a first-pitch home run into Coors Field’s right-field seats. That ignited a six-run rally by — let’s double check — yes, an aggressive Giants squad that failed to score that many runs in any of their previous 14 games.

This marked only the fourth time this season the Giants (17-21) have won back-to-back games. Thursday’s 12:10 p.m. PT start pits the Giants’ Keaton Winn (3-4, 4.41) against Cal Quantrill (1-3, 4.31).

The Giants return to Oracle Park on Friday night for a nine-game homestand, with three-game sets against the Cincinnati Reds, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Rockies.

The Rockies fell to an MLB-worst 8-28 with their ninth loss in their past 10 games; they’ve been swept in four previous series this season.

Wednesday’s six-run rally matched the Giants’ most runs in an inning since a March 30 win San Diego, in their third game of the season.

After Conforto turned on an inside fastball for sixth home run of the season (and first in 13 games), the Giants got three consecutive singles, from Matt Chapman, Mike Yastrzemski and Heliot Ramos, the latter of whom got called up from Triple-A Sacramento for not just his season debut but his initiation to hitter-friendly Coors Field.

Ramos’ opposite-field, RBI single scored Chapman for a 2-0 lead. Showing off the hitting prowess that had him batting .296 with eight home runs and 21 RBIs in Sacramento, Ramos fell behind 0-2 in his initial at-bat in Colorado, then he fouled off a 1-2 fastball before lining a 94.2-mph sinker to right field.

Ramos served as the designated hitter as the Giants placed slumping slugger Jorge Soler on the 10-day injured list with a shoulder strain. Ramos had hit just .158 in big league cameos the past two seasons covering 34 games.

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