Eugenio Suárez and Pavin Smith hit solo home runs to help the Diamondbacks (79-61) move within five games of the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers. Arizona holds the second NL wild-card spot.
Zac Gallen pitched six hitless innings for his 50th career victory and the Arizona Diamondbacks held on to beat the San Francisco Giants 6-4 on Wednesday night.Gallen had eight strikeouts, threw 63 of 100 pitches for strikes and overcame four walks to win for the second time in six starts."For the most part I stuck to my plan," Gallen said. "I felt like everything was pretty sharp. Feel like I had a pretty good feel for the command for the most part.
It’ll never happen here."The Giants didn’t get their first hit until Gallen was gone. Tyler Fitzgerald singled off reliever Kevin Ginkel leading off the seventh, then scored on Wade’s sixth home run of the season.Ginkel allowed two runs and retired three batters, A.J. Puk struck out the side in the eighth. Justin Martinez gave up two runs in the ninth before getting Brett Wisely to strike out swinging to end it.Suárez homered off Giants starter Hayden Birdsong in the second.
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