Diamondbacks escape with win and get back on track against San Francisco Giants

It was a pitchers’ duel on Saturday night between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the San Francisco Giants. Ryne Nelson and Logan Webb were showing why they are some of the most dominant pitchers in the league as of late. Ryne Nelson was able to get deep into the game as he pitched 6.2 scoreless innings while only allowing five hits. Nelson made light work of the Giants hitters with the use of his four-seam fastball, and showed why he has been one of the best D-Backs pitchers in their rotation. Logan Webb was utilizing his sinker most of the time as he usually does, though was getting a lot of swing and misses with his sweeper later on in the game.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. was able to smash a sweeper deep into left field to give the D-Backs a 2-0 lead. Webb was visibly upset as Gurriel Jr. was happy to get the D-Backs an insurance run in.

Ryne Nelson was pulled with two outs in the seventh inning after a gem of a start, Juan Morillo entered and gave up a two-run double on the first pitch to Tyler Fitzgerald. Alek Thomas was unable to come away with a diving stop, as San Francisco tied the game up 2-2 after the bullpen problems continued. Arizona was able to go on a run in the bottom of the seventh though, as Geraldo Perdomo kicked it off by hitting a single to left to score Alek Thomas and give the D-Backs a 3-2 lead.

The eighth inning saw a fan interference after Christian Koss hit a deep fly ball into left field, Tim Tawa was unable to come away with the grab after a fan leaped onto and over the railing to interfere. Koss was awarded second base with one out, the fan was ejected, and the D-Backs avoided disaster after getting a couple outs afterwards to end the inning.

Eugenio Suárez hit his 26th home run of the year and gave the D-Backs a much needed insurance run and gave the Snakes some momentum entering the ninth inning.

Arizona escaped with a win by the score of 4-2, and broke their four-game losing streak. The D-Backs will now gear up for the second game of the four-game series against the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night at Chase Field.