San Francisco Giants vs Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score on Aug 26, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Aug 27, 2017

PHOENIX -- A.J. Pollock and J.D. Martinez homered and right-hander Taijuan Walker won his first home game in four months in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 2-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night at Chase Field.

Pollock homered off Madison Bumgarner in the second inning and Martinez broke a 1-1 tie with his homer in the fourth to help Walker (7-7) halt a four-game losing streak.

Walker gave up four hits, including a Jarrett Parker homer, in 6 1/3 innings. He struck out three and walked one in his first victory since June 2. He had been 0-4 in 10 starts since.

Walker had not won at home since going a season-long eight innings in a 6-2 victory over San Diego on April 27.

Fernando Rodney pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his 32nd save -- his fifth in six days -- as the Diamondbacks (72-58) won for the fourth time in five games. They remained 1 1/2 games ahead of Colorado in the National League wild-card race.

Parker and Joe Panik had two hit apiece for San Francisco (52-79), which has lost five of seven.

Bumgarner gave up five runs and two hits, both homers, in seven innings. He struck out seven and walked one intentionally.

Pollock hit his seventh homer of the season with two outs in the first inning for a 1-0 lead, giving him homers against Bumgarner (3-6) in consecutive Chase Field plate appearances. Pollock hit a two-run homer off Bumgarner in the sixth inning of the season opener here on April 2.

Parker broke up Walker's no-hitter with a two-out homer the top of the fourth inning to tie it at 1.

Martinez's bases-empty homer with one out in the bottom of the fourth gave Arizona a 2-1 lead. Martinez has 11 homers since joining Arizona from Detroit on July 19 and 27 overall this season.

Parker tripled with two outs in the sixth inning, but Walker struck out Buster Posey to get out of the inning.

NOTES: Giants RHP Johnny Cueto is expected to throw between 60 and 70 pitches in a rehab start at Class San Jose on Sunday. Cueto has been sidelined with a strained flexor tendon since late July. ... Arizona LHP Patrick Corbin, 3-1 with a 1.23 in his last four starts, is to start against San Francisco in the series finale Sunday. His streak began when he struck out a season-high 10 in San Francisco on Aug. 6. ... Arizona SS Ketel Marte was removed with left hamstring tightness in the top of the sixth inning. He was limping after flying out to right field in the fifth. SS Nick Ahmed (wrist), who played a rehab game at Triple-A Reno on Saturday, is eligible to return from the 60-day disabled list Sunday.