Giants take 2 of 3 from Diamondbacks, close in on division lead
Chad Gaudin pitched six strong innings, Marco Scutaro and Brandon Belt homered and the San Francisco Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-2 on Sunday.
Major League Baseball
San Francisco Giants
6
Arizona Diamondbacks
2
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| ARI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Chad Gaudin pitched six strong innings, Marco Scutaro and Brandon Belt homered and the San Francisco Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-2 on Sunday.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
A Torres hit sacrifice fly to left, G Blanco scored.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: in play
B Belt homered to right center (395 feet).
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
J Kubel scored, A Pollock to second on balk by C Gaudin.
A Pollock singled to center, M Montero scored, J Kubel to third.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
M Scutaro homered to left (355 feet).
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
J Perez reached on infield single to third, H Pence scored, J Perez to second on throwing error by third baseman M Prado.
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
J Arias singled to center, M Scutaro scored, B Posey to third, H Pence to second.
End of the 9th
C Pennington fouled out to third.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
C Pennington batting
A Pollock struck out swinging.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
A Pollock batting
S Romo relieved J Affeldt.
J Kubel struck out swinging.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
J Kubel batting
Bottom of the 9th inning
Middle of the 9th
B Belt grounded out to first.
Pitch 6: in play
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: ball 1
B Belt batting
J Arias grounded out to pitcher.
Pitch 2: in play
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
J Arias batting
H Pence struck out swinging.
Pitch 5: strike 3 (swinging)
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