D-backs come out swinging to rout Giants

The Arizona Diamondbacks' Conor Jackson is congratulated after a solo home run in the third inning against San Francisco Giants pitcher Jonathan Sanchez in an MLB baseball game, Friday, July 25, 2008, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Dino Vournas)

SAN FRANCISCO—Mark Reynolds hit a three-run homer, Conor Jackson and Chad Tracy also connected and the Arizona Diamondbacks gave Dan Haren plenty of early offense in a 10-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.

Stephen Drew and Chris Young hit two-run doubles in Arizona's five-run second inning, when the D-backs batted around against Jonathan Sanchez (8-6) on four hits, three of them doubles. Chris Snyder singled in the other run that inning and Jackson had a double.

Haren (10-5) matched his season high with nine strikeouts and didn't walk a batter in eight innings to win consecutive starts for the first time this month. He allowed nine hits and two runs.

First-place Arizona quickly showed why it is atop the NL West despite the division's poor record this year, ending the Giants' momentum after San Francisco took three from the Washington Nationals for the club's first home sweep of the season.

Both clubs considered this a key series -- and the Diamondbacks began a stretch of 10 straight division road games in impressive fashion.

With Arizona leading 6-1, Reynolds hit the first pitch from rookie Geno Espineli over the wall in center for his 20th homer. Tracy followed with his sixth homer to chase Espineli, who earned his first major league win Wednesday in his second career outing.

Arizona hit consecutive home runs for the second time this year. Justin Upton and Reynolds did it on May 31 at Washington.

Jose Castillo singled in the Giants' first run in the fifth and Fred Lewis added an RBI single in the seventh.

Haren, who won his last decision after a three-start winless stretch, added a double to his cause for his seventh hit in 45 at-bats this season. Acquired by Arizona last December from the Oakland Athletics, Haren made his first start in the Bay Area since the swap.

Haren allowed two or fewer earned runs for the eighth straight start as the D-backs improved to 6-10 over their last 16 road games.

Diamondbacks second baseman Orlando Hudson returned to the lineup and batted third after missing Wednesday's game with a bruised right ankle. He was hurt when hit by a pitch Tuesday night against the Chicago Cubs.

Sanchez was done after 2 2-3 innings, the left-hander's shortest outing of 2008.

Notes:@ Haren didn't give up a walk for the fifth time this year. ... Giants RHP Keiichi Yabu, on the DL nursing a sprained right middle finger, was scheduled to throw his first bullpen of fastballs only Saturday. ... Giants LF Dave Roberts was out of the starting lineup a day after making his first start since April after recovering from left knee surgery. He had a great catch and two hits, including the game-winning RBI. His knee is fine and manager Bruce Bochy said Roberts would start again Saturday night when the Giants face 2006 NL Cy Young Award winner Brandon Webb. ... Arizona manager Bob Melvin is moving RHP Micah Owings back into the rotation and putting RHP Yusmeiro Petit in the bullpen. Owings will start in the team's next series at San Diego. "It was a difficult decision," Melvin said. "Both of these guys have done enough to warrant pitching in the rotation." ... Upton, Arizona's RF who's on the 15-day DL with a strained oblique muscle, could begin hitting off a tee in San Diego and potentially then begin a rehab assignment. ... Jonathan Cheechoo of the NHL's San Jose Sharks attended the game.