DENVER -- Ezequiel Tovar has been crushing baseballs in bunches over the past week -- and even the All-Star break couldn’t slow him down. His two-run blast to take a two-run lead in the fifth inning Saturday was his fourth in three games and his third straight game going deep.

Matched with a fifth consecutive quality start from ace Kyle Freeland, the margin was enough for the Rockies to take a 4-3 win in the middle game of the three-game set at Coors Field, assuring Colorado a series win over the Giants and a potential sweep on Sunday.

Tovar is tied with Brenton Doyle and Michael Toglia for the team lead with 16 homers, and he leads the team with 46 RBIs. He has five multi-hit games in a row, going 11-for-22 in the stretch, with extra-base hits in all five.

Tovar’s 2-for-4 night extended his hitting streak to eight games. He’s hitting .441 (15-for-34) over the streak, with four home runs in the last three games. The streak comes on the heels of enduring an 0-for-30 stretch.

“I didn't really focus on that,” Tovar said through interpreter Edwin Perez. “I was always thinking that it can't last forever. I knew that I'm gonna eventually have to get a hit. I just didn't let it drive me crazy. I continued to make my adjustments and do what I needed to.”

With Brandon Webb on the hill for the Giants, pitching promised to be at a premium. The Rockies notched their 12th game in a row without allowing a first-inning run, then scored two in the bottom of the first, loading the bases with two walks and a single from Tovar, then getting one run on a double-play grounder and a second run on Doyle’s infield single.

Freeland has been in top form in five starts since returning from the injured list. He threw six innings and allowed three runs (two earned) on five hits and a walk while striking out four. His slider was effective on both sides of the plate, and he used his fastball and a mix of sliders and changeups to confound the Giants when they were hunting his curve.

“My mechanics are great,” Freeland said, backed up by his 1.95 ERA over his last five starts. “I feel very comfortable with my pitch mix, executing with all three of our catchers -- my three batterymates have been incredible.”

Tyler Fitzgerald hit a solo homer off Freeland in the third and doubled home Mike Yastrzemski in the fifth to tie the game. The Giants’ third run came when Matt Chapman reached on a Tovar throwing error and was plated by a Wilmer Flores double to bring the Giants within a run.

“When I made the error like I did today, it drives me crazy,” Tovar said. “Freeland is going out there putting in work. I felt bad when that happened. It's just making sure that we can help [our pitchers] when they're doing the job that they're doing.”

The Rockies reclaimed the lead when Sam Hilliard opened the fifth with a single to left and Tovar hit his 455-foot shot -- the longest of his career.

Nick Mears pitched two perfect innings of relief, striking out the first four batters he faced, primarily sticking with his slider until the Giants could prove they could hit it. They couldn’t. It was another big stop for the bullpen after a slew of late losses earlier in the season.

“As a bullpen, you want to pick up where the guy in front of you left off,” Mears said. “There's always a camaraderie down there, but there's always a competition down there as well, in a friendly sense, because everybody down there wants to be in those leverage innings late in the game. They want the ball in their hand. So, it's about giving it to the next guy, letting him do his job.

“Iron sharpens iron,” Mears added. “If one guy's doing well, other guys can feed off that. Like when we're in New York our last game, it was homer after homer after homer, and it was a cascading effect. Hopefully, we can get into that with the bullpen down there.”

Victor Vodnik recorded his third career save to secure the win.

“It's good to see Victor in the ninth inning throw strikes and be efficient, and Mears pitched well tonight,” manager Bud Black said. “We're under construction in a number of areas, but it's good to see some of the younger players really start to gain some momentum.”