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
By SportsDirect Inc.
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 |
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 |
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