Giants Top D’Backs to Win in Arizona

PHOENIX — The Giants flew to Arizona having scored eight runs in their previous five games. They were facing a pitcher, Zack Greinke, who was undefeated in 11 previous starts against them.Baseball is a funny game. Caltrans Proposes $10M Plan to Fix Bay Bridge Rods The lineup broke through with two mid-game rallies, Johnny Cueto had another very strong start, and the bullpen just barely held on in a 4-2 win over the Diamondbacks.Greinke was 8-0 all-time against the Giants, and his team had lost just once. His previous highs were seven hits and three earned runs allowed, but the Giants bested both those figures. Warriors Advance to Western Conference Finals They had eight hits, including four singles in a two-run fourth inning. Denard Span led off the fifth with his second hit and Joe Panik blasted a first-pitch fastball deep to right for his fourth homer of the season. Greinke was pulled after the sixth, his ERA sitting at an ugly 5.26.The Diamondbacks briefly flirted with Cueto in the offseason before going all-in on Greinke, who likely would have ended up with the Giants had Arizona not swooped in at the last second. So far that exchange has worked out well for the Giants,...