Okay, having spent over four hundred words and not even reached the first D-back out, I\u2019d better gallop on through the rest of the game. It seemed initially like Gallen might be a little shaky, allowing San Francisco get on the board in the second, then another run in the third. But Arizona had no trouble responding on each occasion. They scored one in the second on a Marte sacrifice fly, then added two more in the third. That came courtesy of a rare Tim Tawa start, who singled home both runs. But the game was ended as a meaningful contest by the D-backs getting a five-run fifth. Gabriel Moreno had a two-run homer, Ryan Waldschmidt and Marte added RBI knocks, and Arenado drove in our twelfth and final run on another of the Giants\u2019 three errors.<\/p>\n
Thereafter, it became a bit reminiscent of a spring training game. We pulled Carroll, Arenado and it looked like we were perhaps going to end replacing Moreno with James McCann. I say that, because the last-named did potentially make this a bit of a Pyrrhic victory [to re-purpose one of last year\u2019s popular recap titles]. After a half-inning spent playing 1B McCann, trying to leg out an infield hit, appeared to tweak something in his leg. While he did get the hit, bringing him back over the Uecker Line, he had to be lifted from the game immediately. Adrian Del Castillo took over for him on the basepaths, and Moreno stayed in the game. No word on McCann as yet.<\/p>\n
Gallen got through six innings with no more damage, allowing four hits and a walk with five strikeouts, for his first quality start since April 1. At 81 pitches, he could perhaps have gone deeper. But the bullpen probably needed the work. Ryan Thompson, Brandyn Garcia and Jonathan Loaisiga each tossed scoreless innings to close out the Diamondbacks\u2019 first double-digit margin of victory since the 10-0 win over the White Sox last June 23. However, let\u2019s not get too carried away with ourselves. The Giants do have the second-worst record in the league, and we should be shutting down their offense. Their 167 runs is twenty-five fewer than any other NL team.<\/p>\n
But tonight was one for the Arizona offense: 16 hits in total, tying a season high every starter notching one by the end of the fifth. Waldschmidt had three hits, a walk and two stolen bases, while there were two-hit games for Marte, Carroll, Ildemaro Vargas and Moreno. The win pulls the Diamondbacks back up to .500, and with nine more games against these woeful Giants and Rockies (3-1 so far) before we face anybody else, I\u2019m hopeful the team will be able to take advantage of this stretch of the schedule and get well above even by the time we start seeing other franchises.<\/p>\n
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