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.
