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Josh Rojas triggered a five-run, eight-inning uprising, and Vaulton Varsho closed it with a three-run home run as he defeated the sluggish San Francisco Giants 6-2 in Phoenix on Tuesday night.
Buddy Kennedy hit a tiebreak sacrifice fly for the Diamond Bucks. Valsho then blew a 408-foot blast into the center right of Camilo Doval.
Joc Pederson and Austin Wynns ran for the Giants, who lost 12 games in a row of the worst 6 games of the season.
Arizona dragged 2 -1 was a pinch hit left-handed Rojas heading for Dominique Leone (3-1) on third base. When I dropped the hit bunt single surprisingly, I got into the bottom of the 8th inning.
After one, Rojas moved to 3rd place with a single in the center right by Cooper Hummel, scoring when Leone threw a wild pitch.
Mark Melancon hit 2 in full 9th place in an unsaved situation as Arizona defeated the Giants for the second day in a row.
Geraldo Perdomo and Varsho hit twice each on Wednesday in Arizona seeking a three-game sweep.
Winds drove the run with a call that was reversed in the seventh inning, giving the Giants a 2-1 lead.
San Francisco's Yamin Mercedes was on second base with two outs when Winds hit a short flyball on the left fieldline of Caleb Smith (1-1) in Arizona. Hummels attempted to slide near the line, the ball hit his left abdomen and was judged foul by the referee.
The Giants disputed the call, which was overturned and ruled fairly. Winds won the single and Mercedes jogging home from second place on a run charged by Noe Ramirez.
Austin Slater hit two of six San Francisco hits.
Giants Starter Alexwood allowed one run and four hits in five innings. He hit four and no one walked.
Tyler Gilbert was recalled by a minor to start diamondback and abandoned 1 run and 4 hits in 32/3 innings. He hit two and walked one.
San Francisco is celebrating its fourth single with Slater, Wilmer Flores and Darinraf. After one, Pederson struck a sacrificial fly to win the slater.
Arizona scored fifth when Carson Kelly hit the basic rule of double to the right with one out and scored from three to the right from Perdomo's two-out single.
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