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San Francisco Giants' Brandon Crawford reacts after striking out against Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland to end the top of the sixth inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Denver. Colorado won 8-0. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Colorado Rockies pitching coach Steve Foster, right, confers with starting pitcher Kyle Freeland after he walked San Francisco Giants' Gorkys Hernandez in the seventh inning of a baseball game, Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Denver. Colorado won 8-0. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Chris Rusin, left, is congratulated by catcher Tony Wolters after retiring San Francisco Giants' Gorkys Hernandez for the final out in the ninth inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Denver. Colorado won 8-0. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Colorado Rockies' Charlie Blackmon follows the flight of his double to drive in two runs off San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Steven Okert in the sixth inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Denver. Colorado won 8-0. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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FILE - This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo, shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. The Vermont Health Department is working to ensure that health care providers across the state are ready for new rules that take effect on July 1, 2017, which regulate how opioid-based painkillers are prescribed to patients who need them, while minimizing the risk of abuse. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

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Republican gubernatorial candidate state Sen. Frank Wagner speaks during a Tea Party debate at Goochland High School in Goochland, Va., Saturday, April 22, 2017. He and two others face off in a primary on June 13. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Corey Stewart, speaks during a Tea Party debate at Goochland High School in Goochland, Va., Saturday, April 22, 2017. He and two others face off in a primary on June 13. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie speaks during a tea party debate at Goochland High School in Goochland, Va., Saturday, April 22, 2017. He and two others face off in a primary on June 13. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) ** FILE **

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President Donald Trump holds U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Alvaro Barrientos after awarding him a Purple Heart, as his wife Tammy Barrientos stands right, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Saturday, April 22, 2017, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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President Donald Trump, left, points after awarding a Purple Heart to U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Alvaro Barrientos, with first lady Melania Trump, right, and Tammy Barrientos, second from right, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Saturday, April 22, 2017, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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President Donald Trump prepares to award a Purple Heart to U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Alvaro Barrientos, with first lady Melania Trump, right, and Tammy Barrientos, second from right, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Saturday, April 22, 2017, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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In this Thursday, April 20, 2017, photo, Jayson Vallone, of Lewiston, Maine, gestures with his cane about his need for pain medication to quell his intense back pain at a hearing about restrictions on prescribing opiates, in Augusta, Maine. Many residents who suffer from debilitating pain fear it is getting tougher to get access to medicine to quell their pain due to the state's toughest-in-the-nation opioid prescribing laws. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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In this Thursday, April 20, 2017, photo, Jeff Bacon shows some of the medication he takes for chronic back pain, in Hampden, Maine. Bacon, who wears a back brace for his debilitating pain, is among those who fear the state's toughest-in-the-nation opioid prescribing laws will prevent him from being able to quell his pain. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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In this Thursday, April 20, 2017, photo, Jeff Bacon shows some of the medication he takes for chronic back pain, in Hampden Maine. Many residents who suffer from debilitating pain fear the state's toughest-in-the-nation opioid prescribing laws. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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President Donald Trump prepares to award a Purple Heart to U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Alvaro Barrientos, with first lady Melania Trump, right, and Tammy Barrientos, second from right, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Saturday, April 22, 2017, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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President Donald Trump arrives with first lady Melania Trump, to award a Purple Heart to U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Alvaro Barrientos, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Saturday, April 22, 2017, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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President Donald Trump, left, awards a Purple Heart to U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Alvaro Barrientos, with his wife Tammy Barrientos, right, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Saturday, April 22, 2017, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)