SAN FRANCISCO _ There are some things that Bruce Bochy loathes more than others.
Like razor bumps. Leadoff walks. And being called a spoiler.
Call the Giants a mild impediment to the Colorado Rockies' playoff hopes, then. Matt Moore took a shutout into the seventh inning, Brandon Crawford hit a solo home run, Joe Panik finished a homer short of the cycle and the Giants bullpen was sound in a 4-0 victory to complete a two-game sweep over their NL West rivals.
The Rockies entered the series with a two-game cushion over the Milwaukee Brewers for the second NL wild-card spot. If the Brewers win at Pittsburgh later Wednesday, they Rockies and Milwaukee will be all tied up.
Of course, it's hard to call the Giants spoilers when it comes to the Rockies' playoff hopes. Bochy's crew already obliged nicely by losing nine of 10 games at Coors Field this season.
Spoiler or not, Bochy said he was just satisfied to see crisp baseball against a winning opponent.
"You look at the brand of ball, and we're doing the little things," Bochy said. "We manufactured runs and tacked on. It's good baseball, and that's what I feel good about."
The Giants completed their first home series win since Aug. 21-23 against the Brewers, and their first home sweep since June 26-28 when they took three from the Rockies.
"It's been a tough year and we don't like being in this role, this, 'You can be a spoiler,' " Bochy said. "Despite that, it's easy to get in that shutdown mode when you're out of it. If you look at these two games, that has not happened. These guys took the field and they meant business."
The Giants cleared up one bit of business over the weekend, when GM Bobby Evans told the Los Angeles Times that the team would pick up Moore's $9 million option for next season.
Perhaps removing the option uncertainty helped to enhance Moore's focus while he authored one of his better starts of the season. Moore (6-14) held the Rockies to six hits and relied on his bullpen to strand two inherited runners in the seventh.
Steven Okert and Cory Gearrin helped to protect Moore's first victory over a team with a winning record since an April 10 start against the Diamondbacks.
It was the first start in which Moore didn't allow a run since Aug. 25 last season at Dodger Stadium.
"I guess it's better late than never, but I love pitching here," said Moore, whose last start of the season figures to come in Arizona next week. "I think the biggest advantage is the support we get in this building. I don't feel better pitching anywhere else."
Eventually, Moore must learn to compete in Denver, where he has been pounded for a 14.73 ERA in four starts (including 32 hits in 14 2/3 innings). The Giants skipped his turn rather than put him on the mound at Coors Field in their last series there.
Moore knows he must be better on the road, and against left-handed hitters, who owned a .374 average before going 1 for 6 against him Wednesday. Using both sides of the plate will help, and Moore used his breaking ball to keep the Rockies guessing while recording four of his six strikeouts on called pitches.
He credited catcher Nick Hundley with framing some of those strikes.
"It was a slightly tighter zone early on, and Nick was doing his thing back there," Moore said. "I noticed more of them were being called strikes. He was catching them on the heel and the end of the web. I think Nick deserves a lot of credit for that."
Panik, who has hit all 10 of his home runs away from AT&T Park this season, lacked just the homer to complete the cycle. He tripled and scored on Denard Span's sacrifice fly in the first inning. He doubled and scored on Buster Posey's sacrifice fly in the third.
Panik, who stranded in the on-deck circle in the ninth, was candid when asked if he would've swung for the fences.
"If it had gotten to me, I don't usually do it, but I was going to swing for it," he said. "Why not?"
The Rockies had to be glad to avoid facing Panik one more time. He went 12 for 15 in the series at Coors Field earlier this month, and his 34 hits against them is the most ever by a Rockies opponent. It also matches the most by a Giant against any opponent since 1962, when Orlando Cepeda had 34 hits against the Phillies. (Cepeda must've liked cheesesteaks. He had 40 hits against the Phillies in 1961, too.)
The Giants played a crisp game that included two running catches from Hunter Pence, who has had his issues in right field this season.
The one time they didn't make a play, the bullpen bailed them out. Panik fumbled a potential double-play grounder that should have gotten Okert out of the seventh, but Gearrin came on to strike out DJ LeMahieu to strand runners at the corners.
That's the way it used to be around here most of the time. Remember?
It's too late for any of that to matter this season. Then again, the Giants accomplished something besides playing spoiler to the Rockies. With two victories here, they now must finish just 3-6 to avoid the second 100-loss season in franchise history.
