Giants ride Cueto's arm, Gillaspie's bat to victory
PHOENIX -- Conor Gillaspie had three hits and scored twice and right-hander Johnny Cueto became the National League's second 12-game winner in the San Francisco Giants' 6-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday at Chase Field.
Gillaspie finished a triple short of a cycle and had a hand in second-, fourth- and sixth-inning rallies as the Giants overcame 3-0 and 4-1 deficits to hand Arizona its sixth loss in a row.
Cueto (12-1) won his ninth straight decision to tie the Cubs' defending NL Cy Young winner Jake Arrieta for the NL lead in victories.
Cueto gave up four runs on seven hits, struck out nine and did not walk a batter. He has the longest winning streak among Giants starters since Jason Schmidt won 12 in a row in 2004.
Jarrett Parker had two hits and a homer, Grant Green had two hits and two RBIs and Trevor Brown had a two-out, two-run double off Shelby Miller (2-8) for a 5-4 lead in the sixth inning.
The Giants (51-31) tied the Cubs for the most victories in the NL and have won 15 of 20.
Welington Castillo and Jake Lamb homered and Paul Goldschmidt had an RBI double for Arizona (36-46). Lamb has 17 homers and has homered in three straight games.
Castillo and Chris Herrmann opened the Arizona ninth inning with singles before Santiago Casilla got a double play grounder en route to his 18th save.
Jean Segura doubled to open the game and scored on Goldschmidt's one-out double. Castillo hit his ninth homer of the season on a 3-2 pitch to make it 3-0.
The Giants got a run back in the second inning when Brandon Crawford walked and scored on Gillaspie's one-out triple. Gillaspie was thrown out attempting to score on Greens' groundout.
Lamb's two-out homer in the third inning made it 4-1.
The Giants closed to within a run with two in the fourth inning. Brandon Belt walked and took third on Gillaspie's ground-rule double into the left field corner before Green singled past Miller to drive in two runs and make it 4-3.
Parker and Gillaspie singled with one out in the sixth inning, and both scored on Trevor Brown's doubled into the right field corner for a 5-4 lead.
NOTES: Arizona RHP Zack Greinke (left oblique soreness) will not make his next scheduled start Monday, manager Chip Hale said, but no decision has been made on a possible stint on the disabled list. RHP Archie Bradley is scheduled to start on normal rest Monday and RHP Zack Godley is the top candidate to start Tuesday, Hale said. Greinke was removed after two innings in his last start Tuesday against Philadelphia. ... Giants CF Denard Span (right neck) was a late scratch and was replaced by CF Gregor Blanco. ... San Francisco C Buster Posey was given a day off after playing in 20 straight games, starting 19. He slashed .368/.430/.500 with seven doubles, a homer and 13 RBIs in that stretch. ... The Diamondbacks and Giants have swept each other in a four-game series on the road this season, only the fifth pair to do that since the advent of division play in 1969, according to Stats, LLC.