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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Arizona 15, San Francisco 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 24, 2011
Where: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Paul Emmel, 1B - Rob Drake, 2B - Bruce Dreckman, 3B - Gary Darling
Attendance: 49076

Ian Kennedy pitched six solid innings en route to his National League-leading 21st win and added a two-run double, and Gerardo Parra had four RBIs as the NL West champion Arizona Diamondbacks posted a 15-2 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Saturday.

The loss eliminated the defending world champion Giants from playoff contention, as they trail Atlanta by five games in the wild-card race with four to play.

Kennedy (21-4) allowed two runs and five hits in his final start of the regular season to finish 10-0 against division opponents. The 26-year-old went 11-2 at home and won 13 of his final 14 decisions overall.

Kennedy helped his own cause at the plate by capping Arizona's six-run first inning. Ryan Roberts and Parra hit back-to-back two-run singles earlier in the frame against rookie Eric Surkamp (2-1), who yielded six runs on three hits and four walks while retiring only two batters in his fifth career start.

Roberts and Parra drove in a run apiece during a five-run rally in the sixth by the Diamondbacks, who remained one game behind NL Central champion Milwaukee for home-field advantage in the Division Series.

Pablo Sandoval had two hits and two RBIs for the Giants, who have lost four of five.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
San Francisco   Arizona
Eric Surkamp Player Ian Kennedy
Loss W/L Win
0.2 IP 6.0
0 Strikeouts 4
3 Hits 5
81.00 ERA 3.00
Hitting
San Francisco   Arizona
Pablo Sandoval Player Ian Kennedy
2 Hits 2
2 RBI 2
0 HR 0
3 TB 3
.667 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
San Francisco 9 0 13 .265 19 4 2 2 0 1
Arizona 15 0 22 .417 17 4 15 13 3 0