SAN FRANCISCO -- Clint Barmes homered, doubled in two runs and singled twice, Garrett Atkins hit a three-run homer, and the Colorado Rockies routed the Giants 15-6 Wednesday night.
Barmes scored four times and finished with four RBIs. Jeff Baker hit a solo homer, Chris Iannetta's two-run double in the first staked the Rockies to an early lead, and Matt Holliday added a two-run double to help Livan Hernandez (3-3) defeat his former club.
Colorado's runs and its 18 hits were the club's most in the Giants' 9-year-old waterfront ballpark.
Hernandez, who pitched three-plus seasons for the Giants, including his final year during their runner-up finish to the Angels in the 2002 World Series, had two hits and scored a run. He allowed 12 hits and five runs in seven innings.
John Bowker went 3 for 5 with a home run and scored three times for San Francisco, which lost for the seventh time in its last nine games. Nate Schierholtz added three doubles and an RBI as the Giants finished with 15 hits.
Bowker started at first base, moved to left field, then came back to first in a game where the scorebooks looked much more like a spring training game with all the switches by both teams.
Jonathan Sanchez (9-12) lost for the eighth time in his last nine decisions, done after 3 1-3 innings and just 74 pitches. The left-hander was tagged for seven runs -- matching his season high -- and seven hits.
The Giants' bullpen wasn't much better. Kevin Correia gave up seven runs and seven hits in two innings of relief.
In the top of the seventh inning, the Giants had nine rookies on the field for the first time this season.
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