SAN FRANCISCO — LaMonte Wade Jr. homered and 6 San Francisco pitchers mixed for the shutout because the Giants edged the Arizona Diamondbacks 1-0 Thursday to take three of 4 video games within the sequence.
Tristan Beck (3-0) allowed two hits and struck out three in 4 innings, following opener Scott Alexander.
“(Beck has) been pretty consistently as tough a competitor as they come, with a quality sweeper, a couple of different shapes on his slider, and a guy who’s been attacking the strike zone,” Giants supervisor Gabe Kapler stated.
Sean Manaea, Luke Jackson, Taylor Rogers and Camilo Doval dealt with the ultimate 4 innings as San Francisco completed its longest homestand of the season 7-2.
“I think these last three games have been exactly what we need against a division opponent who’s chasing us,” Wade stated. “Everything is going to be close now. So any time we can get a leg up on them and do what we did, it’s positive.”
Brandon Pfaadt retired the primary 9 batters he confronted earlier than Wade led off the fourth inning together with his eleventh homer of the season. Pfaadt (0-5) allowed simply two hits whereas putting out seven and strolling one in seven innings because the D-backs misplaced for the eleventh time in 14 video games.
PHOTOS: Wade offers solely run with a homer within the 4th as Giants clean Diamondbacks 1-0
“He deserved a better fate, for sure,” Arizona supervisor Torey Lovullo stated. “He had a lot of pitches working for him. It’s just too bad we couldn’t get him any support.”
Arizona put the potential tying run on third base with two outs within the sixth, however Jackson acquired Emmanuel Rivera to fly out to proper.
The Diamondbacks threatened once more within the eighth with one out and runners on first and second, however failed to attain. Corbin Carroll fouled out to 3rd and Rivera hit a pointy comebacker off the higher physique of Rogers, who was in a position to choose up the ball and throw to first to report the third out.
Christian Walker almost tied it within the ninth, sending a line drive off the wall in left for a protracted single. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. adopted with a single and Geraldo Perdomo grounded right into a fielder’s option to put runners on first and third with two outs.
Doval acquired Jace Peterson to fly out to left for the ultimate out, incomes his MLB-leading thirty third save. The Giants improved to 52-0 when main after eight innings.
Arizona was 0 for five with runners in scoring place, leaving seven runners on base. The D-backs have been held to 9 runs of their final 5 video games.
“We’re all battling a certain degree of frustration in here,” Lovullo stated. “This hasn’t been easy. But we can’t feel sorry for ourselves. We can’t just go to sleep and say it’s going to happen. We’ve got to find a way out of this.”
FIRST PITCH
Golden State Warriors first-round draft choose Brandin Podziemski threw out the primary pitch earlier than the sport. Podziemski, a 6-foot-5 guard, performed baseball rising up.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Giants 2B Thairo Estrada (fractured left hand) continued his rehab project with Triple-A Sacramento and may very well be reinstated from the injured listing as quickly as Saturday.
ROSTER MOVE
The Diamondbacks optioned OF Kyle Lewis to Triple-A Reno to make room on the roster for newly-acquired OF Tommy Pham, who went 0 for 3 with a stroll.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Merrill Kelly (9-5, 3.23 ERA) opens a three-game sequence at Minnesota on Friday evening. The Twins counter with RHP Bailey Ober (6-5, 3.19).
Giants: Open a two-game sequence at Oakland on Saturday. Neither crew had introduced a beginning pitcher. San Francisco took the primary two video games of the Bay Bridge Series final week at Oracle Park.
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