Ian Kennedy pitched three-hit ball over eight innings and Arizona clubbed six homers as the Diamondbacks routed the visiting San Francisco Giants 13-1 on Wednesday.
Kennedy (3-2) struck out a career-high nine batters while allowing just one run and walking three hitters.
Adam LaRoche hit two of Arizona’s homers and drove in four runs. LaRoche hit a solo shot in the second and a three-run shot in the eighth.
Stephen Drew hit a three-run homer in the fifth while Chris Snyder and Kelly Johnson both later hit two-run homers. Justin Upton added a bases-empty homer in the fourth.
Snyder also doubled in a run and had three RBIs for the Diamondbacks.
Giants starter Todd Wellemeyer (2-4) gave up three of the homers and allowed five runs in five innings.
San Francisco finished with four hits. Pablo Sandoval went 2-for-4 and drove in the Giants’ lone run with a first-inning single.
San Francisco | Arizona | |
Todd Wellemeyer | Player | Ian Kennedy |
Loss | W/L | Win |
5.0 | IP | 8.0 |
3 | Strikeouts | 9 |
4 | Hits | 3 |
9.00 | ERA | 1.12 |
San Francisco | Arizona | |
Pablo Sandoval | Player | Chris Snyder |
2 | Hits | 2 |
1 | RBI | 3 |
0 | HR | 1 |
3 | TB | 6 |
.500 | Avg | .667 |
Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
San Francisco | 4 | 0 | 7 | .133 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Arizona | 11 | 6 | 32 | .324 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 |