SAN FRANCISCO — The Arizona Diamondbacks just can’t seem to string these wins together right now.
On Tuesday night in San Francisco, D-backs starter Brandon Pfaadt lasted only four innings, while the offense quieted down after jumping out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning against the Giants.
San Francisco ran away with a 10-6 victory to even the series, as the Diamondbacks (22-21) have not won consecutive games since April 30-May 1 against the New York Mets. In other words, they have yet to win even two games in a row played in the month of May.
Corbin Carroll and Josh Naylor homered in Tuesday’s loss.
Brandon Pfaadt’s shortest start
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Pfaadt needed to grind through some long at-bats on Tuesday. He threw 95 pitches through four innings. Having faced 21 batters, he threw more than 4.5 pitches per plate appearance.
The Giants did all their damage off him on one swing in the second inning, as rookie second baseman Christian Koss hit a grand slam for his first career MLB home run.
Pfaadt walked two of the batters on base for Koss’ blast, which he golfed out to left field on a sinker below the zone.
This was Pfaadt’s shortest outing since he lasted 2.2 innings on Sept. 22, 2024, also against the Giants.
Giants starter Robbie Ray — facing his former team for the first time — settled in after he allowed three runs on five hits in the first inning.
Carroll, Randal Grichuk, Eugenio Suarez and Naylor racked up consecutive knocks to start what looked like a promising night for the offense.
Ray only allowed two hits from innings 2-6, however, and struck out a season-high nine batters.
The Diamondbacks’ lower-leverage arms were brutal, once again.
Juan Morillo allowed three runs in the fifth inning — including a Willy Adames two-run shot — while Joe Mantiply gave up a three-run home run to Jung Hoo Lee in the eighth.
Mantiply has allowed earned runs in each of his last six appearances in the majors and home runs in three straight.
Corbin Carroll leads MLB in home runs
The D-backs did not score again until the seventh inning, when Carroll hit his third home run of the series on a shot to left-center field off lefty Kyle Harrison.
Carroll homered twice in Monday’s 2-1 victory, and with 14 he now shares the league lead with Aaron Judge and Kyle Schwarber.
Corbin Carroll pulls into a tie for the Major League home run lead with No. 14 ? pic.twitter.com/AUIdXW3wvR
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Jordan Lawlar’s debut
Top prospect Jordan Lawlar made his season debut and first MLB appearance since 2023, and he finished 0-for-3 with a strikeout, a walk and an error committed on defense.
Golden opportunity
The Diamondbacks had their chance to get back into this game during the eighth inning, down 7-4. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. singled, Lawlar walked and Tim Tawa singled off Giants reliever Camilo Doval to load the bases with two outs for Ketel Marte.
The D-backs have a league-leading six grand slams this season, but Marte chased a first-pitch 100 mph heater inside that jammed him. Doval fielded the ball and started a 1-2-3 double play to end the inning.
Naylor crushed a two-run shot in the ninth in a case of too little, too late.
Diamondbacks’ next game
The Diamondbacks and Giants will play a day-game rubber match at 12:45 p.m. on Wednesday.
Eduardo Rodriguez (6.86 ERA) will start for the D-backs against Giants right-hander Jordan Hicks (5.82 ERA).
Catch the game on 98.7 and the Arizona Sports app.
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