SAN FRANCISCO -- It was not necessarily a thing of beauty, but if the D-backs are to dig themselves out of an early-season hole, Wednesday night's 7-3 win over the Giants was a start.The win was just the third for the D-backs in 11 games this year.The sellout crowd at AT&T Park had barely settled into their seats before the D-backs grabbed a lead.Gerardo Parra led off the game with a triple off Tim Lincecum, and Martin Prado drew a walk. That brought up Paul Goldschmidt, who since coming to the big leagues in August 2011 has simply owned Lincecum. 
That dominance continued when Goldschmidt hit a 1-1 fastball on the outer edge of the plate over the wall in right for a 3-0 Arizona lead.Goldschmidt is now 13-for-24 against Lincecum with seven home runs, and he became just the 35th right-handed hitter to homer to right at AT&T Park.After the Giants had cut the lead to 3-1 on Michael Morse's second-inning homer, the D-backs responded with a pair of runs in the third, with Goldschmidt driving home one with a sacrifice fly and Eric Chavez plating another with a triple.The D-backs were not done as they collected another two runs off Lincecum in the fourth on a two-run homer by Parra, who finished a double away from hitting for the cycle, to go up 7-2.Lincecum's night ended after four innings and the Giants right-hander was charged with seven runs on seven hits. He has won just one of his last 11 starts against the D-backs.Arizona starter Bronson Arroyo (1-0) managed to get through five innings to earn the win. He pitched his way into and out of trouble as he allowed three runs on six hits.Steve Gilbert / MLB.com
That dominance continued when Goldschmidt hit a 1-1 fastball on the outer edge of the plate over the wall in right for a 3-0 Arizona lead.Goldschmidt is now 13-for-24 against Lincecum with seven home runs, and he became just the 35th right-handed hitter to homer to right at AT&T Park.After the Giants had cut the lead to 3-1 on Michael Morse's second-inning homer, the D-backs responded with a pair of runs in the third, with Goldschmidt driving home one with a sacrifice fly and Eric Chavez plating another with a triple.The D-backs were not done as they collected another two runs off Lincecum in the fourth on a two-run homer by Parra, who finished a double away from hitting for the cycle, to go up 7-2.Lincecum's night ended after four innings and the Giants right-hander was charged with seven runs on seven hits. He has won just one of his last 11 starts against the D-backs.Arizona starter Bronson Arroyo (1-0) managed to get through five innings to earn the win. He pitched his way into and out of trouble as he allowed three runs on six hits.Steve Gilbert / MLB.com
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