SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks took out a week of frustrations on San Francisco’s pitching staff. Ildemaro Vargas had five hits and…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks took out a week of frustrations on San Francisco’s pitching staff.
Ildemaro Vargas had five hits and a home run, Adam Jones added four hits and a homer, and the Diamondbacks broke out of a slump in a big way, beating the Giants 18-2 on Friday night in the highest-scoring game in 20 seasons at San Francisco’s waterfront ballpark.
„We needed it,“ said bench coach Jerry Narron, who filled in for manager Torey Lovullo. „Everybody knew we were going to break out at some point and someone would pay for it. Tonight was the night. Hopefully everybody can relax a little bit and swing the bat more aggressively.“
Arizona had been held to 12 runs during a five-game losing streak before unleashing their bats on Drew Pomeranz (1-5) and an overmatched Giants bullpen.
Robbie Ray (4-1) was the beneficiary of the big offensive night, allowing two runs in 5 1/3 innings to win his fourth straight decision. Ray even got into the act on the offensive side with a two-run single in the third inning for his first hit of the year. He retired 13 in a row at one point with eight strikeouts in that span.
„That was me at my best today,“ Ray said.
Ray had plenty of help. Vargas homered in the first inning and the Diamondbacks turned it into a laugher against reliever Nick Vincent with three-run homers by Jones in the fifth and Eduardo Escobar in the sixth inning.
