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Diamondbacks-Giants Preview
May 30, 2010 - 5:13 AMVideo
Arizona (20-29) at San Francisco (25-22), 4:05 p.m. EDT
Buster Posey had the same amount of hits in his season debut with the San Francisco Giants as the Arizona Diamondbacks have in the entire weekend series.
Posey and the Giants look to complete a sweep Sunday at AT&T Park and hand the punchless Diamondbacks a seventh straight loss.
Seeking a boost to its offense, San Francisco (26-22) called up Posey from Triple-A Fresno before Saturday's game. The highly-rated prospect did not disappoint. Posey had three hits and three RBIs in his season debut, a 12-1 rout.
"What a great job the kid did," manager Bruce Bochy said. "I'm sure he didn't much sleep last night and then he goes out and gets big hits for us. It's something we needed."
The converted shortstop is now a catcher, but he played first base Saturday. Bochy indicated that Posey will catch at some point.
Posey went 2 for 17 in seven games with the Giants last September.
"That was great, fun and humbling," he said about the big ovation he received before his first at-bat.
Posey's three-hit output matched what the Diamondbacks (20-30) have produced to start this three-game set. Giants starter Matt Cain pitched a one-hitter in Friday's 5-0 win and Jonathan Sanchez and three relievers combined on a two-hitter Saturday.
Arizona, which has totaled 12 runs in its last six games, is trying to avoid matching its season-worst, seven-game slide from May 7-14.
"For a week, we've found ourselves in a rut," manager A.J. Hinch said. "We're not doing a lot of things right and there's not a lot of ways to describe it."
Arizona's woes could be good news for San Francisco starter Todd Wellemeyer, who got hit hard the last time he faced the Diamondbacks. Wellemeyer (3-4, 5.36 ERA) gave up five runs, including three homers, over five innings of a 13-1 road loss May 19.
"They went and got them," said Wellemeyer, who fell to 1-3 with a 5.57 ERA in four starts against Arizona. "I mean hats off to them, but you can't leave anything over the plate to these guys at all."
One of the homers was by Stephen Drew, who's 7 for 11 with two homers in his career against Wellemeyer.
The Giants right-hander bounced back to earn a 4-2 win over Washington on Tuesday, yielding two runs over six innings. He's 3-1 with a 3.38 ERA in four home starts.
Wellemeyer will once again be opposed by right-hander Ian Kennedy (3-3, 3.41), who earned the victory May 19 by yielding one run over eight innings with a career-high nine strikeouts in his lone career start against the Giants.
Kennedy gave up three runs over five innings Tuesday in a 3-2 loss at Colorado.
Mark Reynolds, Kelly Johnson and Rusty Ryal are the only Diamondbacks with hits in this series. Drew, Justin Upton and Chris Young are each 0 for 6 in the first two games.
Arizona has dropped 12 of 14 at AT&T Park, and is 3-11 on the road against NL West opponents.
- Giants 6, Diamondbacks 5 - FINAL
ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Johnson 2b 4 2 4 0 1 0 0 .270
J Upton rf 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 .249
S Drew ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .294
M Reynolds 3b 4 0 0 0 1 3 2 .225
A LaRoche 1b 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 .272
C Young cf 4 0 0 1 0 2 2 .275
G P
May 30 7:41 PM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY ANDRES TORRES SCORED JUAN URIBE
FINAL SCORE - SAN FRANCISCO 6, ARIZONA 5.
Diamondbacks 5, Giants 6 Bot 10, 0 OutsMay 30 7:39 PM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
FORCE OUT BY PABLO SANDOVAL SCORED ANDRES TORRES
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, P SANDOVAL ON FIRST, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 5
SAN FRANCISCO 5 BOTTOM,9TH
DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: A HUFF (.292, 1-FOR-3, BB, HR, RBI)
Diamondbacks 5, Giants 5 Bot 9, 0 OutsMay 30 7:16 PM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY FREDDY SANCHEZ SCORED TRAVIS ISHIKAWA
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, F SANCHEZ ON FIRST, A TORRES ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 5
SAN FRANCISCO 4 BOTTOM,9TH
DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: P SANDOVAL (.285, 0-FOR-4)
Diamondbacks 5, Giants 4 Bot 9, 0 OutsMay 30 7:12 PM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY JUSTIN UPTON SCORED KELLY JOHNSON
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J UPTON ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 5
SAN FRANCISCO 3 TOP,9TH
DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: S DREW (.295, 0-FOR-2, BB, SAC)
Diamondbacks 5, Giants 3 Top 9, 0 OutsMay 30 7:01 PM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY AUBREY HUFF (6) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
8TH OFF AARON HEILMAN.
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 4, SAN FRANCISCO 3
DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: B MOLINA (.267, 0-FOR-2, SF, RBI)
Diamondbacks 4, Giants 3 Bot 8, 0 OutsMay 30 6:49 PM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY CHRIS YOUNG SCORED JUSTIN UPTON
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, A LAROCHE ON FIRST, M REYNOLDS ON SECOND, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 4
SAN FRANCISCO 2 TOP,8TH
DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: G PARRA (.247, 1-FOR-3)
Diamondbacks 4, Giants 2 Top 8, 0 OutsMay 30 6:43 PM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
BASES LOADED WALK TO ADAM LAROCHE SCORED KELLY JOHNSON
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A LAROCHE ON FIRST, M REYNOLDS ON SECOND, J
UPTON ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 3
SAN FRANCISCO 2 TOP,8TH
DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: C YOUNG (.276, 0-FOR-3)
Diamondbacks 3, Giants 2 Top 8, 0 OutsMay 30 6:36 PM - 35
roots - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY CHRIS SNYDER (7) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN
THE 2ND OFF TODD WELLEMEYER SCORED ADAM LAROCHE.
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 2, SAN FRANCISCO 2
DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: I KENNEDY (.150, 0 HR, 1 RBI)
Diamondbacks 2, Giants 2 Top 2, 0 OutsMay 30 4:43 PM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY BUSTER POSEY SCORED FREDDY SANCHEZ
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, B POSEY ON SECOND, A HUFF ON THIRD, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 0
SAN FRANCISCO 2 BOTTOM,1ST
DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: N SCHIERHOLTZ (.288, 1 HR, 8 RBI)
Diamondbacks 0, Giants 2 Bot 1, 0 OutsMay 30 4:32 PM - NL
AT SAN FRANCISCO - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY BENGIE MOLINA SCORED ANDRES TORRES
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A HUFF ON FIRST, F SANCHEZ ON THIRD, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 0
SAN FRANCISCO 1 BOTTOM,1ST
DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: B POSEY (.750, 0 HR, 3 RBI)
Diamondbacks 0, Giants 1 Bot 1, 0 OutsMay 30 4:30 PM
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