MLB

Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants

· Major League Baseball
Arizona Diamondbacks
78-61, 39-30 Away
Final
8 - 7
San Francisco Giants
68-71, 39-31 Home

Randal Grichuk homers twice as Diamondbacks hold off Giants 8-7

Grichuk had his 12th career multi-homer game and first in nearly two years since connecting twice for Colorado on Sept. 6, 2022, against Milwaukee.

“He's hot, and when he's hot he can carry a ballclub,” manager Torey Lovullo said.

Grichuk's big bat helped Ryne Nelson (10-6) reach double-digit victories for the first time in his career in just the second win in six games overall for Arizona, which holds the second NL wild card spot.

“It was a big win for us to kind of get back on that train we were riding for a little bit,” Nelson said.

Matt Chapman homered in the sixth and Mike Yastrzemski connected to spark a four-run eighth for the Giants on a night they drew a season-low crowd of 23,545 and lost their third straight and fifth in six. San Francisco threatened against Ryan Thompson, who gave up RBI singles to Jerar Encarnacion and Patrick Bailey.

Justin Martinez relieved and surrendered a run-scoring single to Marco Luciano, freshly up from the minors, before retiring Luis Matos on a called third strike. Martinez allowed Yastrzemski's leadoff single in the ninth then a one-out RBI double to Heliot Ramos before striking out Encarnacion to close it out for his eighth save — with the tying and go-ahead runs aboard.

Corbin Carroll singled to begin the ninth for a career-best 13-game hitting streak then stole second and third before Christian Walker singled him home for a key insurance run.

“It felt great to help the team," said Walker, who returned from the injured list after he missed more than a month with a strained left oblique muscle. He went 1 for 5 in the cleanup spot, and Walker will be carefully built up to playing regularly again.

“I talk to you guys about momentum and swings all the time and it was clearly in their favor after the eighth inning,” Lovullo said. “I felt like our group knew how important it was to go out there and add on a run or two to stop the momentum and they did a great job.”

Arizona loaded the bases with two outs in the third against rookie lefty Kyle Harrison (7-7), who was replaced following Adrian Del Castillo's single. Tristan Beck entered and immediately surrendered Kevin Newman's two-run single.

Josh Bell added an RBI groundout in the initial inning then Geraldo Perdomo made it 4-1 when he singled in a run in the second.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Diamondbacks: Walker played for the first time since July 29 against Washington. ... OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr. went on the 10-day IL with a strained left calf, though Lovullo expects him to return when eligible. Gurriel was hurt trying to beat out a double play Sunday against the Dodgers. ... INF Ketel Marte tested his sprained left ankle with some aggressive baserunning while C Gabriel Moreno (strained adductor in his left leg) still needs some recovery time. ... LHP Jordan Montgomery is listed as day-to-day after he took a comebacker off the lower right leg Monday and exited in the seventh inning.

Giants: Michael Conforto was scratched from the designated hitter spot. He had some discomfort in his left side Sunday then San Francisco had a day off Monday. Conforto still felt something when went in the cage to swing Tuesday and the team decided to be cautious. Manager Bob Melvin expects him to play Wednesday.

ROSTER MOVES

The Giants recalled Luciano and OF Luis Matos from Triple-A Sacramento. C/OF Blake Sabol and INF Casey Schmitt were optioned to Sacramento.

UP NEXT

RHP Zac Gallen (10-6, 3.87 ERA), 1-1 with a 3.60 ERA and 29 strikeouts over his last four outings at Oracle Park, pitches the middle game of the series for Arizona opposite RHP Hayden Birdsong (3-4, 5.14).

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Matchup Prediction

Giants: 48.8%
Diamondbacks: 51.2%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Encarnación struck out swinging.
9th Inning Canha ran for Wade Jr.
9th Inning Wade Jr. intentionally walked.
9th Inning Chapman grounded out to pitcher.
9th Inning Ramos doubled to left, Yastrzemski scored.
9th Inning Fitzgerald struck out swinging.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
14 Ground Balls 7
11 Strikeouts 15
8 Runs Batted In 7
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
11 Hits 11
3 Stolen Bases 1
3 Walks 4
0 Catcher Interference 0
8 Runs 7
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 1
39 At Bats 37
2 Home Runs 2
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
17 Runners Left On Base 13
0 Triples 1
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 1
1 Doubles 2
14 Fly Balls 16
0 Caught Stealing 0
183 Pitches 150
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
18 Total Bases 21
42 Plate Appearances 42
324.0 Projected Home Runs 324.0
3 Extra Base Hits 5
6.7 Runs Created 7.8
.282 Batting Average .297
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.462 Slugging Percentage .568
.333 Secondary Average .405
.333 On Base Percentage .357
.795 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .925
1.0 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.4
6.4 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 7.8
54.0 Batter Rating 52.5
19.5 At Bats Per Home Run 18.5
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
4.36 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.57
.179 Isolated Power .270
0.27 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.27
.071 Walks Per Plate Appearance .095
.051 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .108
16.0 Runs Produced 14.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.6
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.5
95.8 MLB Rating 96.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Oracle Park

Location: San Francisco, California
Attendance: 23,545 | Capacity:

2024 National League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Los Angeles - 63 L1 0.59354836 92
San Diego 3 66 W3 0.57419354 89
Arizona 5 68 W4 0.5612903 87
San Francisco 16 79 W2 0.4903226 76
Colorado 32 95 W1 0.38709676 60
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