SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Eddie Butler outdueled fellow rookie Chris Heston and shut down the Giants, and the Colorado Rockies spoiled San Francisco's latest World Series championship celebration at their home opener with a 2-0 win Monday.Troy Tulowitzki, back in the lineup after a day off, had the only RBI of the game with a run-scoring single in the fourth against Heston (1-1). 
San Francisco raised its third World Series championship flag in five years before the game.Facing the Giants for the first time, Butler (1-0) tossed 5 1-3 innings of five-hit ball, walking six with one strikeout. Colorado's 2012 first-round pick worked out of bases-loaded jams in the first and second innings.The Giants were shut out in a home opener for only the third time in the San Francisco era and first since home run king Barry Bonds' final season of 2007.
San Francisco raised its third World Series championship flag in five years before the game.Facing the Giants for the first time, Butler (1-0) tossed 5 1-3 innings of five-hit ball, walking six with one strikeout. Colorado's 2012 first-round pick worked out of bases-loaded jams in the first and second innings.The Giants were shut out in a home opener for only the third time in the San Francisco era and first since home run king Barry Bonds' final season of 2007.
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