Gilbert, who was a Giants fan growing up in Santa Cruz, California, went four innings for Arizona, giving up four hits and two runs.

It followed Luis Gonzalez’s leadoff single. It was Alcantara’s third homer of the season.įlores tied it with a two-run homer, his 14th, a towering blast into the Diamondbacks bullpen in left off starter Tyler Gilbert. The call was reviewed by the replay crew and was upheld.

The ball barely cleared the left-field wall and the glove of Darin Ruf, hitting a fan in the front row wearing a Giants jersey in the arm. The Diamondbacks scored first when Sergio Alcantara homered with a runner on in the second. Ian Kennedy (4-4) retired all five batters he faced to pick up the victory. That one got him in his arm guard, at least, and he later scored on Brandon Belt's double. We're going to work on ways for him to be in control in those situations.”Įstrada stayed in the game and was hit by Luke Weaver's pitch leading off the sixth. These are his teammates and if he's not able to maintain control, somebody can get hurt. 'Carlos feels terrible, he knows it's unacceptable. Manager Gabe Kapler agreed with his ace pitcher, who immediately went to see if Estrada was all right. “My last two starts haven't been great, and today I wanted to come out and get a win for the boys,” he said. Rodón said it was frustration building up from his previous start at Los Angeles and increased in the desert. Just a selfish action, and it just cannot happen. “I hit my teammate, the nicest teammate on the team. “Unacceptable action,” Rodón said after the game. Teammates, including infielder Wilmer Flores, weren't happy with Rodón's display. He kicked a bat in the dugout, which hit shortstop Thairo Estrada in the knee. Rodón's temper took over after he came off the field in the fifth. He struck out 10, walked two and hit a batter. Two were home runs, though, accounting for five runs. Walker’s 23rd homer, on the first pitch he saw, broke a 2-2 tie in the third against Rodón (8-6), who only gave up three hits in six innings. “If you make mistakes, he's going to punish the baseball.” “Christian's been slugging all year long and comes up with the big three-run homer,” manager Torey Lovullo said. The Giants are 11-22 since reaching their season high of 10 games over. San Francisco (48-49), which won 107 games a year ago, fell below. The Diamondbacks (44-53) won for the fifth time in eight games against the Giants this season after winning just twice in 19 meeetings last year. PHOENIX - Christian Walker hit a three-run homer off a frustrated Carlos Rodón and the Arizona Diamondbacks handed the San Francisco Giants their sixth straight loss, 7-3 Tuesday night.

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