SAN FRANCISCO -- Josh Collmenter
stayed loose and kept his legs warm on a chilly night by running the
bases, and Arizona's starting pitcher delivered by not only tossing a
complete game but piling up a career-high three hits.
"That was a blessing in disguise tonight," he said. "It's fun when you can hit and be a productive member of the lineup but it also helped out on a cold night to get out there and move around as opposed to just sitting in the dugout."
Collmenter pitched a four-hitter for the majors' first complete game this year to go with his big night at the plate, and the Arizona Diamondbacks sent the World Series champion San Francisco Giants to an eighth straight loss with a 9-0 win Friday night.
Jake Lamb hit a two-run triple in the third and Collmenter (1-2) added an RBI single as Arizona knocked Jake Peavy out of the game after only 3 2/3 innings. Paul Goldschmidt singled in a run for the Diamondbacks.
A.J. Pollock matched his career high with four hits for Arizona, including an RBI double. David Peralta doubled in a run among his three hits and Tuffy Gosewisch added an RBI single on a chilly Bay Area night.
The Giants' eight-game skid is their longest since June 13-22, 2007, in home run king Barry Bonds' final season. Their 3-9 record matches the worst start in San Francisco history. It was their third time being shut out, tied with the Pirates for most in the majors.
Collmenter struck out two and walked one in his second career shutout and complete game. He finished the 114-pitch gem by retiring Hector Sanchez on a broken-bat popup.
"It's fun when you have stuff working like that," Collmenter said. "For me the fastball command was huge for me and I was able to move the ball in and out. Everything for me plays off of that. The defense made a bunch of unbelievable plays."
The right-hander warmed up during the final inning of Arizona's 7-6 win in 12 on Thursday night, and if he had been used, the D-backs likely would have called up a pitcher from Triple-A Reno to start Friday. Collmenter is 3-0 with a 0.96 ERA in seven appearances and three starts at AT&T Park, with 19 straight scoreless innings. His three hits are already half of his 2014 total.
First-year Arizona manager Chip Hale joked about warming up Collmenter the night before next time.
"Maybe that's the new thing he's going to do every night," Hale joked.
Arizona's 18 hits are the most it has had against the Giants.
Hale considered batting Pollock in the No. 3 hole and Goldschmidt cleanup, but stuck with Pollock second followed by the slugging first baseman. It was a good call given the production they each delivered.
"Goldy's our No. 3 hitter and he'll be our No. 3 hitter," Hale said.
Goldschmidt turned an unassisted double play to end the fourth when Brandon Belt lined out to first and Goldschmidt then caught Casey McGehee off the bag.
Peavy (0-2) was tagged for four runs and eight hits in his second short outing so far, and this time his back tightened up. He lasted just four innings in a loss at San Diego on April 12. Peavy will be evaluated Saturday.
The beat-up Giants are counting down to their much-needed first off day of the season Monday before another tough stretch of nine in a row all against the division, starting with a three-game series at home against the defending NL West champion Dodgers before three games each at Colorado and Los Angeles.
"In general, these eight games, we haven't played well," manager Bruce Bochy said. "I wish we had a magic wand to fix it, but we don't so we have no choice but to come back and get after it tomorrow."
LINCECUM'S NEW `DO
Two-time NL Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum's new haircut is inspired by rocker Matt Healy, lead singer for the group "The 1975." Lincecum trimmed his shaggy `do by shaving the sides and keeping a long patch down the middle of the top and back. On the left temple area are three shaved lines.
"It's my third one in two years," he said. "Sometimes it's just easier to let it grow. I braved it, I rolled the dice."
Of being introduced in front of a cheering, sellout crowd for the home opener, he said: "It's still hair-raising ... no pun intended."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: With the bullpen taxed, Hale praised Collmenter for going the distance. RHP Randall Delgado was one pitcher Hale wanted to stay away from after he pitched the last two innings for the victory in Thursday's 7-6, 12-inning win.
Giants: New Giants 3B McGehee returned from a left knee injury to make his first home start and went 0 for 2 with a walk. ... 1B Travis Ishikawa, on the DL working back from a lower back injury, is encouraged with his progress in his rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento. He skipped the River Cats' road trip to attend Saturday's World Series ring ceremony.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Rubby De La Rosa (2-0) looks to mark the 21st time an Arizona starter has won his first three starts in a season.
Giants: RHP Chris Heston (1-1) takes a 0.69 ERA into his third start of the year. He beat the Diamondbacks for his first major league win April 8 at Chase Field.
"That was a blessing in disguise tonight," he said. "It's fun when you can hit and be a productive member of the lineup but it also helped out on a cold night to get out there and move around as opposed to just sitting in the dugout."
Collmenter pitched a four-hitter for the majors' first complete game this year to go with his big night at the plate, and the Arizona Diamondbacks sent the World Series champion San Francisco Giants to an eighth straight loss with a 9-0 win Friday night.
Jake Lamb hit a two-run triple in the third and Collmenter (1-2) added an RBI single as Arizona knocked Jake Peavy out of the game after only 3 2/3 innings. Paul Goldschmidt singled in a run for the Diamondbacks.
A.J. Pollock matched his career high with four hits for Arizona, including an RBI double. David Peralta doubled in a run among his three hits and Tuffy Gosewisch added an RBI single on a chilly Bay Area night.
The Giants' eight-game skid is their longest since June 13-22, 2007, in home run king Barry Bonds' final season. Their 3-9 record matches the worst start in San Francisco history. It was their third time being shut out, tied with the Pirates for most in the majors.
Collmenter struck out two and walked one in his second career shutout and complete game. He finished the 114-pitch gem by retiring Hector Sanchez on a broken-bat popup.
"It's fun when you have stuff working like that," Collmenter said. "For me the fastball command was huge for me and I was able to move the ball in and out. Everything for me plays off of that. The defense made a bunch of unbelievable plays."
The right-hander warmed up during the final inning of Arizona's 7-6 win in 12 on Thursday night, and if he had been used, the D-backs likely would have called up a pitcher from Triple-A Reno to start Friday. Collmenter is 3-0 with a 0.96 ERA in seven appearances and three starts at AT&T Park, with 19 straight scoreless innings. His three hits are already half of his 2014 total.
First-year Arizona manager Chip Hale joked about warming up Collmenter the night before next time.
"Maybe that's the new thing he's going to do every night," Hale joked.
Arizona's 18 hits are the most it has had against the Giants.
Hale considered batting Pollock in the No. 3 hole and Goldschmidt cleanup, but stuck with Pollock second followed by the slugging first baseman. It was a good call given the production they each delivered.
"Goldy's our No. 3 hitter and he'll be our No. 3 hitter," Hale said.
Goldschmidt turned an unassisted double play to end the fourth when Brandon Belt lined out to first and Goldschmidt then caught Casey McGehee off the bag.
Peavy (0-2) was tagged for four runs and eight hits in his second short outing so far, and this time his back tightened up. He lasted just four innings in a loss at San Diego on April 12. Peavy will be evaluated Saturday.
The beat-up Giants are counting down to their much-needed first off day of the season Monday before another tough stretch of nine in a row all against the division, starting with a three-game series at home against the defending NL West champion Dodgers before three games each at Colorado and Los Angeles.
"In general, these eight games, we haven't played well," manager Bruce Bochy said. "I wish we had a magic wand to fix it, but we don't so we have no choice but to come back and get after it tomorrow."
LINCECUM'S NEW `DO
Two-time NL Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum's new haircut is inspired by rocker Matt Healy, lead singer for the group "The 1975." Lincecum trimmed his shaggy `do by shaving the sides and keeping a long patch down the middle of the top and back. On the left temple area are three shaved lines.
"It's my third one in two years," he said. "Sometimes it's just easier to let it grow. I braved it, I rolled the dice."
Of being introduced in front of a cheering, sellout crowd for the home opener, he said: "It's still hair-raising ... no pun intended."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: With the bullpen taxed, Hale praised Collmenter for going the distance. RHP Randall Delgado was one pitcher Hale wanted to stay away from after he pitched the last two innings for the victory in Thursday's 7-6, 12-inning win.
Giants: New Giants 3B McGehee returned from a left knee injury to make his first home start and went 0 for 2 with a walk. ... 1B Travis Ishikawa, on the DL working back from a lower back injury, is encouraged with his progress in his rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento. He skipped the River Cats' road trip to attend Saturday's World Series ring ceremony.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: RHP Rubby De La Rosa (2-0) looks to mark the 21st time an Arizona starter has won his first three starts in a season.
Giants: RHP Chris Heston (1-1) takes a 0.69 ERA into his third start of the year. He beat the Diamondbacks for his first major league win April 8 at Chase Field.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Arizona - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Jake Peavy pitching for San Francisco | ARI | SF |
| Inciarte flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Pollock struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Josh Collmenter pitching for Arizona | ARI | SF |
| Aoki grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Panik flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Pagán singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Posey grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Pagán out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jake Peavy pitching for San Francisco | ARI | SF |
| Peralta grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Lamb singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Gosewisch grounded out to shortstop, Lamb to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Owings walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Ahmed struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Josh Collmenter pitching for Arizona | ARI | SF |
| McGehee grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Belt grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Blanco singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Crawford struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jake Peavy pitching for San Francisco | ARI | SF |
| Collmenter grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Inciarte singled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Pollock singled to center, Inciarte to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt singled to center, Inciarte scored, Pollock to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Peralta flied out to right, Pollock to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Lamb tripled to deep right center, Pollock and Goldschmidt scored. | 3 | 0 |
| Gosewisch lined out to second. | 3 | 0 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Josh Collmenter pitching for Arizona | ARI | SF |
| Peavy flied out to right. | 3 | 0 |
| Aoki popped out to shortstop. | 3 | 0 |
| Panik safe at first on error by shortstop Ahmed. | 3 | 0 |
| Pagán grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Panik out at second. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jake Peavy pitching for San Francisco | ARI | SF |
| Owings singled to shallow left. | 3 | 0 |
| Owings stole second. | 3 | 0 |
| Ahmed lined out to center, Owings to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Collmenter singled to right, Owings scored. | 4 | 0 |
| Inciarte lined out to left. | 4 | 0 |
| Pollock singled to left, Collmenter to second. | 4 | 0 |
| Kontos relieved Peavy. | 4 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt flied out to center. | 4 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Josh Collmenter pitching for Arizona | ARI | SF |
| Posey flied out to right. | 4 | 0 |
| McGehee walked. | 4 | 0 |
| Belt lined into double play, to first, McGehee doubled off first. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, -1 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| George Kontos pitching for San Francisco | ARI | SF |
| Peralta singled to right center. | 4 | 0 |
| Lamb grounded out to second, Peralta to second. | 4 | 0 |
| Gosewisch singled to right, Peralta scored. | 5 | 0 |
| Owings grounded out to second, Gosewisch to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Ahmed fouled out to catcher. | 5 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Josh Collmenter pitching for Arizona | ARI | SF |
| Blanco popped out to shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| Crawford grounded out to first. | 5 | 0 |
| Arias hit for Kontos. | 5 | 0 |
| Arias flied out to center. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Ryan Vogelsong pitching for San Francisco | ARI | SF |
| Vogelsong relieved Kontos. | 5 | 0 |
| Collmenter struck out looking. | 5 | 0 |
| Inciarte flied out to right. | 5 | 0 |
| Pollock reached on infield single to third. | 5 | 0 |
| Pollock stole second. | 5 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt walked. | 5 | 0 |
| Peralta doubled to left, Pollock scored, Goldschmidt to third. | 6 | 0 |
| Lamb walked. | 6 | 0 |
| Gosewisch struck out looking. | 6 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Josh Collmenter pitching for Arizona | ARI | SF |
| Aoki grounded out to pitcher. | 6 | 0 |
| Panik grounded out to catcher. | 6 | 0 |
| Pagán grounded out to second. | 6 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Ryan Vogelsong pitching for San Francisco | ARI | SF |
| Owings singled to center. | 6 | 0 |
| Ahmed flied out to right. | 6 | 0 |
| Collmenter singled to right center, Owings scored, Collmenter to second on error by right fielder Blanco. | 7 | 0 |
| Inciarte grounded out to first, Collmenter to third. | 7 | 0 |
| Pollock walked. | 7 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt struck out looking. | 7 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Josh Collmenter pitching for Arizona | ARI | SF |
| Posey flied out to center. | 7 | 0 |
| McGehee lined out to right. | 7 | 0 |
| Belt grounded out to second. | 7 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Ryan Vogelsong pitching for San Francisco | ARI | SF |
| Maxwell in right field. | 7 | 0 |
| Sánchez catching. | 7 | 0 |
| Blanco in center field. | 7 | 0 |
| Peralta hit a ground rule double to deep center. | 7 | 0 |
| Lamb walked. | 7 | 0 |
| Petit relieved Vogelsong. | 7 | 0 |
| Duffy at third base. | 7 | 0 |
| Gosewisch popped out to second. | 7 | 0 |
| Peralta to third, Lamb to second on passed ball by Sánchez. | 7 | 0 |
| Owings struck out swinging. | 7 | 0 |
| Ahmed struck out swinging. | 7 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Josh Collmenter pitching for Arizona | ARI | SF |
| Pacheco at first base. | 7 | 0 |
| Blanco grounded out to second. | 7 | 0 |
| Crawford flied out to center. | 7 | 0 |
| Duffy flied out to right. | 7 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Yusmeiro Petit pitching for San Francisco | ARI | SF |
| Collmenter reached on infield single to shortstop. | 7 | 0 |
| Inciarte singled to center, Collmenter to second. | 7 | 0 |
| Pollock doubled to center, Collmenter scored, Inciarte to third. | 8 | 0 |
| Pacheco walked. | 8 | 0 |
| Peralta hit sacrifice fly to left, Inciarte scored. | 9 | 0 |
| Tomás hit for Lamb. | 9 | 0 |
| Tomás flied out to center. | 9 | 0 |
| Gosewisch struck out swinging. | 9 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Josh Collmenter pitching for Arizona | ARI | SF |
| Pacheco at third base. | 9 | 0 |
| Tomás at first base. | 9 | 0 |
| Aoki grounded out to first. | 9 | 0 |
| Panik doubled to left. | 9 | 0 |
| Maxwell struck out swinging. | 9 | 0 |
| Sánchez popped out to shortstop. | 9 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona Diamondbacks | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Inciarte RF | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .395 | .435 | .535 |
| Pollock CF | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | .333 | .422 | .487 |
| Goldschmidt 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | .317 | .429 | .634 |
Pacheco 1B-3B
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .200 | .273 | .200 |
| Peralta LF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .269 | .333 | .462 |
| Lamb 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | .440 | .548 | .760 |
a-Tomás PH-1B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Gosewisch C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .194 | .237 | .194 |
| Owings 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | .152 | .200 | .182 |
| Ahmed SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .161 | .257 | .161 |
| Collmenter P | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .429 | .429 | .429 |
| Totals | 44 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 176 | |||
| a-flied out to center for J Lamb in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Peralta 2 (2, Vogelsong 2); Pollock (3, Petit) 3B: Lamb (1, Peavy) RBI: Goldschmidt (13), Lamb 2 (9), Collmenter (1), Gosewisch (2), Peralta 2 (5), Pollock (6) SF: Peralta 2-out RBI: Lamb 2, Peralta Diamondbacks RISP: 6-20 (Collmenter 1-1, Owings 0-1, Lamb 1-1, Inciarte 0-1, Tomás 0-1, Gosewisch 1-5, Ahmed 0-4, Pollock 1-1, Goldschmidt 1-3, Peralta 1-2) Team LOB: 15 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Owings (1, 2nd base off Peavy/Posey); Pollock (1, 2nd base off Vogelsong/Posey) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Goldschmidt). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA |
| Attendance | 41,550 (99.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:00 |
| Weather | 54 degrees, clear |
| Wind | 11 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Chris Segal, First Base - Lance Barrett, Second Base - Dan Iassogna, Third Base - CB Bucknor |
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