D-backs match MLB record with 22nd straight road loss

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Arizona Diamondbacks dropped their 22nd straight road game Wednesday night, matching the 1963 Mets and '43 Philadelphia Athletics for the major league record with a 13-7 loss to the San Francisco Giants.

Buster Posey hit a three-run homer in a first inning that lasted 43 minutes, while Steven Duggar and LaMonte Wade Jr. connected in the fourth as San Francisco sent its NL West rival to a 13th consecutive loss overall. Pinch-hitter Wilmer Flores added a two-run drive in the fifth and Brandon Belt hit his ninth homer that inning.

Giants starter Anthony DeSclafani (7-2) pitched a two-hit shutout against the Nationals on June 11 and followed that with another impressive performance to win his third straight start. The right-hander allowed two runs on five hits, struck out five and walked one over five innings.

Asdrubal Cabrera homered and Ketel Marte hit a two-run double in the D-backs' five-run sixth.

Arizona jumped ahead 2-0 in the first against DeSclafani — but that could hardly feel comfortable for the D-backs a day after they squandered a 7-0 advantage when Mike Yastrzemski hit a grand slam with two outs in the eighth inning for a 9-8 Giants' victory.

On Wednesday, Josh Rojas hit the third pitch of the game for a double and scored moments later on Wade’s error in left field when he over ran a liner by Marte. Eduardo Escobar doubled to left one out later.

After Brandon Crawford's one-out walk in the first, D-backs catcher Stephen Vogt tried six pickoff attempts at first before Donovan Solano's swinging strikeout. Jason Vosler followed with an RBI double against Arizona righty Merrill Kelly (2-7) .

Kelly, who entered the game holding opponents to a .235 average over his previous four road starts, was knocked out after three innings.

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