SF Giants’ woes continue in desert as Diamondbacks win first of four-game set

PHOENIX The Giants and Diamondbacks both stumbled into their four-game set against one another at Chase Field San Francisco had just lost two of three to the Chicago White Sox Arizona had just been swept by the Miami Marlins the same Miami Marlins who just swept the Giants at Oracle Park By the end of Monday night one of these struggling teams would have another win of their docket That association wore red black and teal not orange and black The Giants began the first of four in the desert with a - loss to the Diamondbacks on Monday night at Chase Field They ve lost six of their last seven of their last games scoring just seven runs over the first four games of their -game road trip Logan Webb was charged with the loss allowing one homer and three earned runs over innings with seven strikeouts The Diamondbacks took a - lead in the bottom of the third inning with the help of a rare defensive miscue from catcher Patrick Bailey Alek Thomas set the table with an opposite-field double on a weak pop fly that dropped between left fielder Heliot Ramos and third baseman Christian Koss Jose Herrera followed Thomas by laying down a sacrifice bunt Bailey scrambled to the ball grabbed it with his barehand spun and fired a one-hopper that first baseman Dominic Smith couldn t handle The ball bounced off Smith s chest and rolled away allowing Thomas to sum from third Daniel Johnson nearly tied the battle in the top of the sixth with a mph line drive that cleared the right-field fence but veered just foul In the bottom of the same frame the Diamondbacks doubled their lead to - when Lourdes Gurriel Jr sent a hanging sweeper over the left-field fence for a solo home run In the top of the seventh San Francisco completely had its response Dominic Smith put himself into scoring position with a one-out hustle double then Willy Adames followed up with an infield single to put runners on first and second After Jung Hoo Lee flew out Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo swapped out starter Ryne Nelson for right-handed releiver Juan Morillo to face Tyler Fitzgerald Entering that plate appearance Fitzgerald hadn t driven in multiple runs in a single championship since April the night he almost hit for the cycle against the Philadelphia Phillies That streak ended with one swing Fitzgerald drove a mph sinker from Morillo into the right-center field gap Thomas the center fielder gave chase and laid out His glove made contact with the ball but he couldn t quite haul it in Smith scored easily Adames did too Fitzgerald s stint with Triple-A Sacramento was originally supposed to last several weeks but here he was tying the event up at two apiece The good vibes only lasted so long In the top of the seventh Arizona took the lead right back Geraldo Perdomo flipped a bloop single into left field to drive in Thomas and the Diamondbacks led - Then things got odd in the top of the eighth With one out Koss sent a deep drive to left-center field Left fielder Tim Tawa gave chase and leapt for the ball As Tawa reached for the ball a fan caught the ball by reaching over the fence and into the field of play Koss justifiably confused wasn t sure whether to circle the bases go back to second base or otherwise The umpires convened and ruled fan interference meaning Koss was out San Francisco then challenged the call of fan interference and after a lengthy review the call was overturned and Koss was awarded a double Brett Wisely then pinch-ran for Koss giving the Giants a speedy runner on second with one out The Giants wasted the opportunity Rafael Devers struck out swinging Heliot Ramos struck out looking on a fastball out of the zone and the rally was over