Luis Matos hit his first major league home run, Joc Pederson collected a triple, single and two RBIs, and the host San Francisco Giants made it two straight over the first-place Arizona Diamondbacks with a 7-6 victory Saturday afternoon.
Blake Sabol drove in a pair of runs and Thairo Estrada scored twice for the Giants, who have moved within 1 1/2 games of the Diamondbacks in the National League West by winning 12 of their last 13 games.
Matos then provided the game's big blow, following a leadoff single by Brandon Crawford in the sixth with a blast over the left-field fence, producing San Francisco's final scoring.The Giants' bullpen protected the lead over the final three innings, with Tyler Rogers working a perfect seventh and eighth, striking out three. Camilo Doval survived a shaky ninth for his 22nd save.
Arizona led twice in the early going, initially after Ketel Marte launched his 13th home run of the season, a solo shot, off Giants opener Ryan Walker in the first. Arizona took its biggest lead with its four-run fifth, which included Marte's second RBI of the game on a single that helped load the bases for Walker's three-run hit.
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