Ryan Vogelsong piloted a happy flight for the Giants on Sunday as they left San Francsico for The Mile High City where they’ll get a day off before going to battle with the 2nd place Rockies for three games.

Vogie was utterly fantastic Sunday, fanning six while walking only one over seven scoreless innings. Perhaps the offense was paying him back for the last time he pitched on getaway day, April 27th against Cleveland, when he gave up only two hits and two walks over seven shutout innings, only to earn a no decision after Casilla lost his 1-0 lead in the 8th before Hicks hit his walk-off three-run dinger in the 9th.

Vogelsong, who owned a 9.00 ERA after his first start of the year, brought his ERA down to 3.62 after Sunday’s game, the lowest it’s been all season, ranking him third amongst the Giants’ starters. Once pulled after allowing 5 runs before he could record the fifth out in Colorado, Ryan Vogelsong has righted the ship, posting a 1.63 ERA over 33.1 innings since then.

Vogelsong was one time considered on his way out of the Giants’ starting five, but, lately, he has been as reliable as any arm in the rotation and has now strung together five superb outings, despite running into that one weird inning against the Braves on Tuesday.

PANDA IS HEATING UP

After Posey’s sac-fly and a string of two-out singles in the first inning, the Giants’ only other run came off the bat of Pablo Sandoval in the fifth when he sent a Jacob Turner pitch deep into left-center field for his third long ball of the year.

Sandoval, who was tasked with stepping up in the absence of the injured Brandon Belt, has now hit safely in all nine games since Belt’s injury. During the nine-game streak, the Panda has four multi-hit games and five RBI while hitting .388, bringing his average from .171 to .220.

The Giants will need him to bring his hot bat with him to Denver this week when they lock horns with the Rockies in an early season battle atop of the NL West.

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