Diamondbacks pound Giants 8‑2 behind early power

PHOENIX (Interstat) — The Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the San Francisco Giants 8-2 on Tuesday, June 30, at Chase Field in front of 20,420 fans in 2 hours, 30 minutes.

Arizona opened the scoring in the first inning when Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a three-run homer. The Diamondbacks added three more in the third on a walk and a two-run single by Ketel Marte. San Francisco got on the board with solo home runs by Luis Arraez in the sixth and Rafael Devers in the seventh. Arizona answered with a run in the sixth and another in the eighth on Gabriel Moreno’s RBI single.

Brandon Pfaadt (1-1) earned the win, allowing one earned run on three hits over 5⅓ innings with two strikeouts. Landen Roupp (5-8) took the loss for the Giants, who fell to 35-50. Arizona improved to 43-42.

Gurriel finished 2 for 5 with a homer and three RBIs. Arraez went 3 for 4 with a home run. Adrian Houser pitched 5⅓ innings for San Francisco, yielding two earned runs on five hits. The Giants managed four hits total while the Diamondbacks collected 10.