SAN FRANCISCO -- Justin Verlander has made it clear that he intends to keep pitching in 2026. The question now is whether he’ll be back for a second year with the Giants.

Verlander capped his 20th Major League season by spinning six innings of two-run ball to earn the win in the Giants’ 4-3 win over the Rockies on Saturday afternoon at Oracle Park.

The 42-year-old right-hander surrendered a pair of solo home runs to Hunter Goodman and Brenton Doyle in the first two innings, but he put up zeros over his final four frames to end the year with a 3.85 ERA over 29 starts this year.

Casey Schmitt launched a go-ahead, three-run shot off Colorado left-hander Kyle Freeland in the bottom of the second to ensure Verlander would walk away with his 266th career win, which tied him with Bob Felle

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