Giants lose 2-0, waste good outing by Jeff Samardzija

A day after Buster Posey caught 181 pitches in 13 innings, someone asked him if he woke up feeling spry.

The Giants fell 2-0 to the Rockies at AT&T Park on Sunday, and Posey didn’t make excuses after going 0-for-4 and stranding another runner in scoring position.

Posey’s lazy flyball to right field landed in Carlos Gonzalez’s glove, and the Giants followed with an uneventful ninth.

Brandon Belt reached on a check-swing single, but Rockies closer Jake McGee struck out Hunter Pence and got Brandon Crawford to bounce into a double play.

Over my at-bats the last two games, they kept the fastball down well and threw hard sliders down, 86-, 88-mph sliders.

Crawford walked to load the bases with one out, but Mac Williamson struck out.

The Giants have played several long games lately — let’s not forget they set a record by yielding at least 12 runs in an inning twice in a seven-game stretch — and no position is as grueling as catcher.

Like many Giants pitchers, Samardzija was victimized by Nolan Arenado, who tripled home a run in the first, singled during a run-scoring rally in the third and chased Samardzija with an eighth-inning double.

The Giants’ defense prevented more damage, especially shortstop Brandon Crawford, who robbed D.J. LeMahieu by ranging up the middle and making a 360-degree turn to throw to first base, saving a run in the third.