Now this is just getting silly

The next time Enron tries to game the energy market, call San Francisco. Apparently the Giants have power to spare. In a place where visitors fear the long ball, it was the Giants who flexed their muscle in a 7-2 victory for the Orange and Black,

Anyone remember the name Wally Pip? (SFGate)

It was a gutty outing for Jeff Samardzija, who notched his first win as a Giant. His best stuff may still be in Arizona but he was vastly improved from the debacle that was his debut in Milwaukee.

He couldn't throw sliders within plate umpire Sam Holbrook's movable strike zone but effectively mixed heaters and cutters for eight innings of two-run, six-hit ball. He didn't allow a base runner after the fifth, and the runs he surrendered had a substantial amount of "meh" attached. 

Colorado took a 1-0 lead in the second when the Giants conceded the run to turn a pair. Run number two scored when  Angel Pagan and Brandon Crawford suffered the proverbial "failure to communicate" on a short fly ball. Both runs proved to be inconsequential.

Parra Target

After the Rockies took their only lead in the home half of the second, the Giants responded immediately. Pence lined a single to left that scored Denard Span, a task made easier when Gerardo Parra airmailed the throw home (the throw was closer to Dinger than to the plate).

Then came the long balls. It's Coors Field, you knew they were lurking. It turns out they were hiding in the visiting dugout.

Pence got the onslaught started in the fifth, following up Joe Panik's single by depositing a Tyler Chatwood pitch beyond the center field wall. Pence had three RBIs on the night, and it turned out he was just the warm-up act.

This was the Trevor Brown Show. His rep is more about defense, but he swung the stick well enough this spring to displace Andrew Susac as Posey's primary relief. It seems he intends to stick around.

Atoning for his outfield misadventure,  Pagan stroked a two-out single to extend the Giants sixth and Brown cashed it in, ripping a bent-arm blast deep into the left field seats.

Ugly swing; great results (SFGate)

The duo repeated the act in the eighth to provide the final margin of victory. Brown's 2-for-4 night raised his batting  average to .375. Now it's true he's only had eight at-bats so that average is misleading -- but all three have left the yard. It's a small sample size but the runs still count, so there.

Brown was in the game only because Posey was held out as a precaution after taking a foul ball off the foot on Sunday. How cool is it to have a night where you can honestly say he wasn't missed?

The power surge is certainly unexpected. 

The win combined with Los Angeles' 4-2 loss to Arizona (running their non-Padre record to 1-4) to give the Giants an early two-game edge in the NL WEst over the 4-4 Blue Minions. Colorado slips to 3-4 while the Padres and D-backs are each 3-5.

Jake Peavy (0-0, 7.20 ERA) gets his second start of the season on Wednesday. Jordan Lyles (0-1, 13.50 ERA) goes for Colorado. Bring your glove.

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