Soler hits 478-foot HR, Birdsong strikes out 12 as Giants beat Rockies

Jorge Soler opened the game with the longest homer in the majors this season and the Giants beat the Rockies 3-2 on Sunday.

DENVER -- Jorge Soler opened the game with the longest homer in the majors this season, rookie Hayden Birdsong struck out a career-high 12 and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 3-2 on Sunday.Soler hit the fourth pitch of the game 478 feet to dead center for his 11th homer of the season, staking the Giants to an early lead.

Giants manager Bob Melvin wasn't around to see the win after getting ejected before the first pitch after he and bench coach Ryan Christensen delivered the lineup to home plate umpire Alex MacKay.'I just talked too much,' Melvin said. 'Umpiring's a hard job, I'm aware of that, just probably said too much. I didn't plan that, it wasn't choreographed. I probably went too far.

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