SAN FRANCISCO -- Gregor Blanco and Matt Duffy contributed key doubles in a four-run, seventh-inning uprising that shattered a scoreless tie Wednesday night and paced the Giants to a 5-0 triumph over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The Giants mustered three singles in six innings off Arizona starter Josh Collmenter. Then came their big seventh, which hastened their eighth consecutive victory at home and 11th in 14 games overall.
San Francisco remained 2 1/2 games back of the first-place Dodgers in the National League West race and four games ahead of the Pirates for the first NL Wild Card.
 
Giants hold D-backs to 2 hits in 5-0 win
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hunter Pence drew a leadoff walk in the seventh from left-hander Oliver Perez and scored on Blanco's hit, a grounder past first base that right fielder Alfredo Marte overran and could not pick up immediately. One out later, Brandon Crawford's infield single put Giants on the corners. That prompted Arizona manager Kirk Gibson to replace Perez with right-hander Evan Marshall.
Pinch-hitter Duffy handled Marshall's 2-0 fastball perfectly, lining the high, outside delivery to right field. That scored Blanco. Crawford came home on a wild pitch before Duffy scored on Angel Pagan's sacrifice fly. The Giants added a run in the eighth on Travis Ishikawa's bloop RBI single.
Giants starter Ryan Vogelsong worked 6 2/3 innings, offsetting his five walks by yielding two hits. He initially appeared destined for a much shorter outing, issuing three walks and reaching three-ball counts on three other batters among the first nine D-backs he faced. But Vogelsong coaxed an inning-ending grounder to third base from Collmenter with the bases loaded in the second inning, launching a stretch in which he retired 14 of 15 batters.
 

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