Baseball-Highlights of Monday’s MLB games (Reuters)

(Adds late games) April 8 (Sports Direct) – Highlights of Monday’s Major League Baseball games. – – – Giants 4, Rockies 2 Hunter Pence crushed a three-run homer in the first inning and host San Francisco snapped Colorado’s five-game winning streak. Madison Bumgarner (2-0) gave up two runs while throwing 104 pitches in 5 2/3 innings for the Giants, who ended a two-game losing streak. Sergio Romo worked around Josh Rutledge’s lead-off double in the ninth for his fourth save. Carlos Gonzalez cut the deficit to 3-1 when he blasted a solo homer into McCovey Cove in the third inning. …