Giants Earn 103rd Win To Tie Third-most Wins In Team History

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants support uncovering ways to triumph cardinal games arsenic much players spell down injured, inactive chasing a coveted NL West crown.

Wilmer Flores deed a go-ahead, bases-loaded azygous successful San Francisco’s four-run sixth inning, Brandon Crawford added an RBI deed 2 batters aboriginal and the Giants bushed the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 connected Tuesday nighttime aft losing Brandon Belt to a breached near thumb.

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The division-leading Giants (103-54) maintained a two-game pb implicit the rival Dodgers, who bushed the Padres astatine home. Los Angeles (101-56) has won the past 8 West titles.

“Obviously we’re close. We don’t privation to enactment unit connected ourselves,” Flores said. “We’ve been doing it each year. We’re going to support doing it this week. We’re going to amusement up time and successful our minds it’s conscionable triumph that day.”

San Francisco matched the 1993, 1962 and 1912 clubs for third-most wins successful squad history, trailing lone 1905 (105) and 1904 (106).

The Giants loaded the bases successful the sixth against Sean Poppen (1-1), starting with Evan Longoria reaching connected a throwing mistake by shortstop Josh Rojas. Buster Posey drew a bases-loaded locomotion successful the inning and aboriginal scored connected a chaotic pitch.

Mike Yastrzemski drew a bases-loaded locomotion successful the archetypal from Luke Weaver, and the D-backs tied it connected a sacrifice alert by Rojas successful the third.

“That was 1 heck of a archetypal inning. I don’t deliberation I’ve ever done that before,” Weaver said.

Jake McCarthy homered successful the seventh for the D-backs.

José Álvarez (5-2) pitched a 1-2-3 sixth for the win. Camilo Doval allowed a one-out treble to pinch-hitter Geraldo Perdomo earlier finishing for his archetypal vocation save.

Logan Webb struck retired six and walked two, not allowing an earned tally implicit 5 innings successful a 3rd consecutive no-decision and 4th successful his past six starts. He remained unbeaten since a nonaccomplishment May 5 astatine Colorado. Arizona utilized an wholly left-handed lineup against Webb, with Ketel Marte the lone switch-hitter among the starters.

Webb, facing Arizona for the archetypal clip this play and lone the 3rd clip ever, escaped a bases-loaded jam successful the 4th unscathed erstwhile helium induced Josh VanMeter’s inning-ending treble play.

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The Giants recovered capable discourtesy without archetypal baseman and location tally person Belt, who broke his thumb portion squaring to bunt successful the seventh inning of Sunday’s 6-2 triumph astatine Colorado.

“It’s a immense week, for sure,” Webb said.

In addition, an X-ray connected outfielder Alex Dickerson’s near ft was antagonistic and Tommy La Stella exited with discomfort successful his near Achilles tendon.

The D-backs (50-107) request 2 wins implicit their last 5 games to debar breaking the franchise grounds for losses of 111 acceptable successful 2004.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Giants: Belt, who had an X-ray connected Monday that showed the breached bone, went connected the injured database aft gathering with manus specializer Dr. Scott Hansen to find his adjacent steps. The 33-year-old Belt is batting .274 with a career-high 29 homers and 59 RBIs. “This is going to beryllium different challenge, but he’s been present before,” manager Gabe Kapler said, noting that if Belt is mislaid for the remainder of the season, “we’re prepared for anything.” … Closer Jake McGee (strained close oblique) volition propulsion a bullpen league Wednesday. He is besides wearing a bulky brace connected his near knee. … RHP Johnny Cueto could beryllium activated from the IL soon aft nursing a strained pitching elbow. … The anticipation is for INF Darin Ruf (strained close oblique) to beryllium backmost successful the lineup Thursday.

ROSTER MOVE

The Giants recalled INF/OF Thairo Estrada from Triple-A Sacramento to instrumentality Belt’s roster spot. Estrada was deed successful the fingertips connected his close manus and was expected to person an X-ray.

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