Diamondbacks 1, Giants 0
SAN FRANCISCO -- Right-hander Chase Anderson took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and combined with two relievers on a two-hit shutout Friday night, lifting the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 1-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three-game series.
Facing the Giants for the first time in his two-year career, the 27-year-old lost a no-hitter on catcher Buster Posey's infield hit with one out in the seventh.
It was the only hit Anderson allowed in seven innings en route to his first win since May 20. He hasn't lost since April 27, an eight-game stretch during which he's gotten a no-decision six times.
The Diamondbacks gave Anderson just one run of offensive support, but it was all he needed. Left fielder Ender Inciarte drove in the run with a two-out single in the second inning against Giants left-hander Madison Bumgarner.
Anderson entered the game having received the fifth-fewest average run support (2.85 runs per game) in the National League.
The win was the Diamondbacks' first in four games on their current eight-game trip. They had lost four in a row overall.
Anderson (2-1) had allowed only three baserunners -- hitting third baseman Matt Duffy twice and walking Bumgarner -- through 6 1/3 innings before Posey lined a one-hopper off the pitcher's right calf. The ball deflected toward the third-base line, allowing Posey to record his single without a throw.
Diamondbacks trainer Ken Crenshaw checked out Anderson and allowed him to continue. He went on to retire the next two batters he faced to complete the seventh inning before turning the ball over to the Arizona bullpen in the eighth.
Right-handers Daniel Hudson and Brad Ziegler pitched a scoreless inning apiece, with Ziegler recording his seventh save with a 1-2-3 ninth.
The closest the Giants came to scoring occurred before they recorded their first hit.
After Anderson hit Duffy for the first time, he issued a one-out walk to Bumgarner to put two aboard.
Left fielder Nori Aoki then hit a liner apparently destined for left field, but Diamondbacks third baseman Aaron Hill leaped to snatch it. He then doubled off Duffy at second to kill the threat.
The base-running gaffe was the first of two for Duffy, who led off the eighth against Hudson with a single.
After reaching second on a wild pitch, Duffy got caught straying too far off the base on a hard one-hopper to Arizona second baseman Chris Owings. Duffy got caught in a rundown between second and third, and was tagged out by Hill.
Hudson then retired Aoki on a grounder to first to end the inning, before Ziegler was called upon for the ninth.
Bumgarner (7-3) was the hard-luck loser, allowing only one run in eight innings. He allowed nine hits -- all in the first five innings -- and three walks, and struck out seven.
The loss snapped Bumgarner's four-game winning streak.
The reigning World Series Most Valuable Player hadn't lost since May 9 against Miami. The nine hits allowed were one fewer than his season-high.
Castillo had three of Arizona's 11 hits, including their only extra-base hit of the night, a double. Hill and first baseman Paul Goldschmidt contributed a pair of hits apiece.
The Diamondbacks stranded 11 baserunners in the game.
The loss was the Giants' sixth in a row at home. It came on the heels of a 4-2 trip in the opener of a five-game homestand.
As opposed to his counterpart, Bumgarner struggled through the early going. He allowed two hits in each of the first, second, third and fifth innings but pitched out of all but one of the jams unscathed.
The Diamondbacks got on the scoreboard in the second, with a sacrifice bunt by Anderson contributing. Inciarte's two-out single drove in catcher Welington Castillo, who had singled and advanced on the bunt.
Arizona stranded eight baserunners in the first five innings.
NOTES: Before the game, the Giants placed RF Hunter Pence on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 3. Pence hasn't played since June 2 because of a sore left wrist. ... RHP Michael Broadway was promoted from Triple-A Sacramento to fill Pence's spot on the roster. ... Giants RHP Jake Peavy allowed four runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings in his fourth injury-rehab start at Sacramento on Thursday night. The veteran, rehabbing a sore lower back, is expected to make at least one more minor-league start before being considered for reinstatement to the major-league roster. ... The Diamondbacks took three of four from the Giants in San Francisco in April. Arizona has not won consecutive series from the Giants since 2011. ... The Diamondbacks have played 41 of their first 60 games against teams with winning records.