00:02Now he's Merrill the guy who breaks losing streaks.
00:05Yeah, and Merrill's been really good against the Giants at this venue.
00:08A perfect 2-0 with an ERA under 2, 1.96 against the Giants.
00:13You see his numbers for the season.
00:15Ahmad Wade Jr., the first baseman, will lead it off for San Francisco.
00:20Ground ball hit to the right side.
00:21A two-hopper to Van Meter, and he'll throw on to first base to Walker,
00:25and that's how we start the ball game.
00:27And easy ground ball to second base, one down.
00:30And it's good to see Mike Yastrzemski in the lineup as Yastrzemski stands in.
00:34That ball is hit high and deep to right field, and that one is on its way.
00:39Gone a home run.
00:40Yastrzemski returns to the lineup in style, his 11th home run of the year,
00:46and the Giants have a 1-0 lead.
00:48A towering home run.
00:49He hit at 104 miles an hour.
00:52That was fun to watch.
00:53They want to go up and away.
00:54This thing comes right middle in, about mid-thigh.
00:58And for Mike Yastrzemski, that is the hot zone.
01:03That's a base hit to left center.
01:06Out of the reach of Rojas, who was playing into pull.
01:09He went back to his left, couldn't quite get there.
01:11Hard hit single for Buster.
01:13248 average.
01:14He's knocked in 51.
01:16Slugging percentage and the on-base percentage, his OPS is at 854.
01:21Swung on and hit to left.
01:23Peralta on the run out there.
01:24Can David get there?
01:26And he does.
01:27Crosses into foul ground and makes a catch to retire Crawford in the inning.
01:31He had a long way to go.
01:32And here is Josh Rojas to lead off for the D-backs.
01:38They've got seven hitters who will bat left-handed in the lineup.
01:42Rojas, 26 years old, out of the University of Hawaii.
01:49He might have just missed that one.
01:51He's Stravsky just waiting for it.
01:53Towering fly ball.
01:54One away.
01:57Look at the movement on that one.
01:58Coming back and over the inside.
02:00Strike three called.
02:01Two-seam movement.
02:02That's the best movement we've seen on that in a while.
02:04He'll set the target in.
02:05And that pitch is swung on and missed.
02:07Strike three.
02:07It started in and then came back out over the plate.
02:10But it worked with a lot of movement for strike three.
02:13Cueto gets his second strikeout.
02:15And the Diamondbacks go down in order.
02:182-2 count.
02:20And the pitch to Solano.
02:22He got jammed.
02:23Hits it off the fist.
02:24Two-third.
02:25Escobar Fields throws the first.
02:26They get the out.
02:27And Duggar advances to second base where he will be now for Johnny Cueto.
02:32The all-one.
02:32And Cueto lines one sharply.
02:34But right of Van Meter at second.
02:36He'll throw to first.
02:37Cueto went about 12 feet down the line and then just flipped the bat away
02:41and made a right turn to head of the dugout to get his glove
02:44and take the mound in the bottom of the second.
02:47No runs.
02:47And a man left after one and a half.
02:49Giants one.
02:50D-backs nothing.
02:51Christian Walker will lead off for the Diamondbacks in the bottom of the second inning.
02:55He throws.
02:56And a ball cued very softly.
02:59Off the mound.
02:59Cueto goes to field it.
03:00Doesn't field it cleanly.
03:02Picked up by Wade somehow.
03:04And from his knees he flips to Cueto who grabs it out of the air barehanded and finds the bag.
03:10And Walker was called out.
03:12And hopefully Cueto's okay.
03:14Now Cueto's come over here.
03:15I got it.
03:15He touches it there.
03:16And the flip from Lamont Wade Jr. is remarkable because he has to do it with his left hand.
03:23And he slips.
03:24And I don't know how he wound us to find the base.
03:27That's just incredible awareness.
03:29And indeed they won't even challenge it.
03:31Van Meter steps in.
03:32Cueto for the first time out of the stretch tonight.
03:35And a ball ripped.
03:36That's fair.
03:36Down the line and right.
03:38Extra bases.
03:38As the tying run is in.
03:40Van Meter heads to sink it.
03:42He'll pull up there as Yastrzemski gets the ball back in.
03:46A two-out RBI double by Josh Van Meter.
03:49And this game is not a-to-one.
03:51Pitchers try to work the edge of the strike zone.
03:53D-backs hitters are working the edge of the field.
03:55When he pulls the ball, Josh Van Meter, he pulls it with authority.
03:59He can get into one every now and again.
04:01And he cuts it loose.
04:02Back-to-back two-out doubles and tie the ball game.
04:05He'll give both the free pass with a pitcher, Merrill Kelly, behind him.
04:08Runners on the move.
04:10Merrill Kelly loops one into left field.
04:13Van Meter's on his way in.
04:15Diamondbacks grab the lead.
04:17Merrill Kelly, the two-out RBI knock.
04:19Oh, smiles down there, Drew.
04:22Merrill the masher.
04:23Yeah.
04:24Sounded like he broke his bat but got just enough to sneak it over the head of Wilmer Flores down there at third base.
04:31That'll work.
04:32Merrill Kelly is now two for 78 in his career.
04:35He gets his first hit of the year.
04:37One for 26.
04:38Both of his hits have been run-producing hits.
04:42Flores got jammed in his last at-bat.
04:44I always like to see what a guy does his next at-bat after getting jammed.
04:48Delivers.
04:49Swing.
04:50And there's a high drive in the deep left field.
04:52You can forget about this one.
04:54Adios!
04:55Pelota!
04:56A hanging curveball, and Wilmer Flores just exploded on it, and the Giants are back ahead, three to two Giants.
05:07And for Wilmer Flores, who sits up tall and is just built for the high power of the strike zone, he got a mistake above the belt on a breaking ball and just unloads.
05:18That's 429 feet.
05:21The Giants are going to bring the infield into the batter as Josh Reddick went to double the left his first step up.
05:26Reddick gets it in the air deep to right field.
05:29Yastrzemski at the wall.
05:32It's gone!
05:33Josh Reddick!
05:35Diamondbacks grab the lead right back.
05:37His first as a Diamondback, and it's 4-3.
05:40Big towering shot by Reddick.
05:42Had to hold on a moment because Yastrzemski, we've seen him take a home run away, almost got this one as he made a leap at the fence, but it went over his glove.
05:52Next one to the rookie.
05:54And Pavin hits a long drive.
05:56That ball is going to leave the yard.
05:58Another Diamondback home run off Cueto.
06:00Catched number six on the air for Pavin Smith, and they now lead it 5-3.
06:05Six hits in the game for the Diamondbacks, five of them for extra paces.
06:09We talked about the aggressive, violent swings we saw in batting practice today.
06:13Let's go for a milestone right here.
06:15Eduardo Escobar, one RBI shy of .500.
06:19He's got Rojas at second base in two outs.
06:25Dickerson in left.
06:26Garcia gets the Giants through seven.
06:28D-backs have a 5-3 lead.
06:31One on Donovan Solano.
06:34On the ground to third.
06:35Escobar.
06:36They get one.
06:37Hey!
06:38They roll it!
06:40Boy, did he need that.
06:41Oh, what a great turn by Josh Rojas at second base.
06:44The runner is right on top of him.
06:46Steven Duggar.
06:47He finds a clean throwing lane and gets it over to Pavin Smith in time to complete the double play.
06:52Nice play.
06:53So, Kapler going for the game-time home run right here with Ruff.
06:58Bowden!
06:59Soria walks the high wire but shuts the door.
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