. His 12th homer started a two-run inning. Marte was 7 for 15 with three homers, a triple and six RBIs in the series and is 9 for 19 over his last four games.Arizona swept the Giants in San Francisco for the first time since taking a four-game set April 18-21, 2016.Diamondbacks starter Luke Weaver (4-3) pitched five-plus innings of six-hit ball for the win. He struck out six, walked two, and gave up one run before exiting with right forearm tightness after Buster Posey singled leading off the sixth.Anderson, making his third major league start, gave up six runs - four earned - and nine hits, with a walk and two wild pitches in five innings.Nick Ahmed sparked a three-run second inning in which the Diamondbacks had three hits and a walk and capitalized on a wild pitch and an error.Diamondbacks closer Greg Holland notched his ninth save in 10 chances. He came into the game after pinch-hitter Stephen Vogt's one-out double to left off Matt Andriese.Posey and Joe Panik each had two hits including a double and one RBI for San Francisco.ROSTER MOVESThe Giants recalled RHP Sam Coonrod from Triple-A Sacramento. The 22-year-old pitched a scoreless eighth in his major league debut. LHP Andrew Suarez was optioned to Sacramento, one day after giving up a career-high nine runs - seven earned.TRAINER'S ROOMDiamondbacks: 1B Christian Walker was hit by a pitch on his right thumb in the seventh but stayed in the game.UP NEXTDiamondbacks: RHP Zack Greinke (6-2, 2.89 ERA) will pitch Monday's series opener in Colorado. The five-time All-Star is 4-1 with a 1.49 ERA with 39 strikeouts and five walks over his last seven starts.Giants: RHP Jeff Samardzija (2-3, 3.27 ERA) will pitch Tuesday's series opener in Miami. The 34-year-old is 5-2 with a 3.62 ERA in 18 games (nine starts) against the Marlins.--More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Old rivals face off again as D-backs go for sweep of GiantsFLMFormer college rivals Luke Weaver and Shaun Anderson will go head-to-head for the first time when the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks attempt to sweep the San Francisco Giants in the finale of a three-game series on Sunday afternoon.After losing two of three at home to the Giants last weekend and three straight in San Diego before heading north to San Francisco, the Diamondbacks have demolished Giants pitching for 28 runs and 34 hits in 18-2 and 10-4 wins to open this series.Weaver (3-3, 3.14 ERA) will look to make it three straight against an opponent he has dominated in his budding career.The right-hander has faced the Giants three times -- always in San Francisco -- and gone 2-1 with a 2.04 ERA.Current Giants have hit just .184 in their careers against Weaver, and the only member of the San Francisco roster ever to homer against him is Madison Bumgarner, who is not scheduled to pitch on Sunday.Chances are Weaver will see an unfamiliar opponent as the Giants promoted outfielder Mike Yastrzemski from Triple-A on Saturday.The grandson of Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski went 0-for-3 in his major league debut, but did manage to score his first run after getting hit by a pitch in the seventh inning."It's a lifelong dream to be here, and to finally step foot in a big-league clubhouse is something special," the younger Yastrzemski gushed to reporters before the game, noting that his famous grandfather would not be attending the debut or series."He's not much of a traveler," the 28-year-old noted.Weaver's catcher Sunday likely will be Carson Kelly, who has been behind the plate for all of the 25-year-old's 10 starts this season. It surely won't be John Ryan Murphy, who was designated for assignment Saturday so that the club could promote right-hander Taylor Clarke to start the 10-4 win.The Diamondbacks had been carrying three catchers, which helped contribute to the fact that Kelly had started just 21 of the team's first 52 games."That's a strong part of this equation," Arizona manager Torey Lovullo explained to reporters of the desire to get Kelly more playing time. "More recently we've been more and more impressed with his ability to control the game from behind the plate." Weaver has worked well with Kelly, having allowed three or fewer earned runs in each of his last nine starts. He's gone just 1-2 in May despite giving up just seven earned runs in 26 innings (2.42 ERA).Weaver's pitching counterpart will be fellow Florida native Anderson (0-0, 3.60), whose three-year college career at Florida overlapped Weaver's three years at Florida State by one season.The Gators swept all three meetings in 2014, although neither Weaver nor Anderson pitched in those non-conference games.Anderson will be seeking his first major league win after getting no-decisions in a pair of 4-3 Giants wins in his first two starts. The left-hander allowed just two earned runs in each game.The Giants will be closing a seven-game homestand in which they've lost five of six. They are assured of their fourth straight non-winning homestand this season.--Field Level Media
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