San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks

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San Francisco Giants

79-80, 38-43 Away

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Arizona Diamondbacks

88-71, 43-35 Home

Gallen strikes out 11, Diamondbacks end 3-game slide with 8-2 win over Giants

Arizona needed a rebound after a losing streak that included a blown eight-run lead in a loss to Milwaukee and Tuesday's lackluster 11-0 loss to the Giants.

The Diamondbacks responded behind a strong performance from their ace and are .001 behind the New York Mets for the second of three National League wild cards, a game ahead of Atlanta. The Braves and Mets had to postpone the final two games of their series until a Monday doubleheader due to Hurricane Helene.

“These matter big-time, I think we had to prove to ourselves to get back on track,” Diamondbacks first baseman Christian Walker said. “We had to find a little confidence, a little swagger.”

Gallen gave it to them.

The right-hander gave up a run-scoring double to Tyler Fitzgerald in the second inning, but shut the Giants down after that. Gallen (14-6) retired 12 straight starting in the second inning and struck out the side in the fifth.

“That's probably the best I've felt in a while,” said Gallen, who allowed a run on two hits with two walks to win his fifth straight decision. “Everything seemed to work, for the most part, and executed a good game plan.”

Arizona's offense also came back to life after Tuesday's letdown, chasing Giants starter Mason Black (1-5) by the third inning. Gabriel Moreno had two RBI and Smith put the game out of reach in the eighth by splashing a homer into the pool in right-center.

The Giants didn't put up much of a fight a night after blowing the Diamondbacks out, striking out 17 times to end a 7-1 run against playoff contenders.

“We've got to put it in play a little bit more,” Giants manager Bob Melvin said.

Black earned first big league victory by tossing 5 2/3 scoreless innings against Kansas City last Friday.

He wasn't nearly as sharp against the Diamondbacks.

Fighting control issues, Black gave up run-scoring singles by Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Moreno in the second inning, before Corbin Carroll added a sacrifice fly. Black walked three in the third inning, including Moreno with the bases loaded, to put Arizona up 4-1.

Black allowed four runs on five hits with five walks in 2 2/3 innings.

“Walks always kill,” Black said. “Mechanically, I just felt out of synch out there.”

TRAINER'S ROOM

Diamondbacks: RHP Paul Sewald threw a short bullpen session as he works his way back from a neck/shoulder issue.

Giants: San Francisco has not named a starter for Friday's opener of a three-game series against St. Louis.

Diamondbacks: Arizona has yet to name a starter for the opener of a three-game series against San Diego on Friday.

This story has been updated to correct the name Arizona pinch hitter to Pavin Smith, instead of Gavin.

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Matchup Prediction

Diamondbacks: 70.8%

Giants: 29.2%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	McCray struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Fitzgerald struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bailey singled to right.
	9th Inning	Ginkel relieved Puk
	9th Inning	Conforto popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Smith as designated hitter.

Statistics

SF		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	15
17	Strikeouts	8
2	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	8
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
32	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
7	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	1
151	Pitches	173
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	15
35	Plate Appearances	40
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
2.2	Runs Created	6.7
.188	Batting Average	.344
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.281	Slugging Percentage	.469
.188	Secondary Average	.313
.257	On Base Percentage	.450
.538	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.919
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.5
2.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.5
20.0	Batter Rating	48.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.31	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.33
.094	Isolated Power	.125
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.88
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.175
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.031
4.0	Runs Produced	16.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
68.0	MLB Rating	95.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0