SAN FRANCISCO — Trevor McDonald has been on the Giants for roughly a week-and-a-half this season, but the rookie right-hander hasn’t wasted the opportunities he’s been giving.
After tossing six innings of one-run ball against the Dodgers on Sunday, McDonald recorded his first career win as he struck out a career-high 10 as he allowed three runs over a career-high seven innings as the Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 6-3 on Friday night at Oracle Park.
McDonald became the Giants’ first rookie to toss at least seven innings and record at least 10 strikeouts in a single outing since Chris Heston did so on two occasions in 2015, one of those starts being a no-hitter.
Moments after being named this year’s Willie Mac Award winner, Willy Adames hit a two-run shot in the bottom of the first for his 29th home run of the season. With two games remaining, Adames is just one homer away from becoming the first Giant to hit 30 homers in a single season since Barry Bonds in 2004.
Along with Adames, Heliot Ramos hit his 21st home run of the season and Matt Chapman, last year’s Willie Mac Award winner, notched the 1,000th hit of his career with a bloop single in the bottom of the fifth inning.
McDonald cruised through the first four innings, needing only 51 pitches to retire his first 12 batters of the night. The right-hander allowed a three-run homer to Ezequiel Tovar in the fifth, but he immediately responded by retiring the next seven batters he faced to emphatically end his night.
McDonald, 24, spent almost all of this season with Triple-A Sacramento, posting a 5.31 ERA over 142 1/3 innings before being recalled by the Giants last week during their series in Phoenix against the Diamondbacks.
Prior to being recalled, McDonald’s only prior major-league experience was when he pitched the final three innings of last year’s season finale.