Giants score 4 in 9th to tie, beat Diamondbacks 5-4 in 10

PHOENIX (AP) — LaMonte Wade Jr. tied it with a two-out single in a four-run ninth inning and Kris Bryant doubled in the winning run in the 10th in a 5-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday.

The Giants (69-40) moved four games ahead of the idle Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West. They're 12-2 against Arizona, a major league-worst 34-76.

After managing three hits and no runs against Arizona starter Merrill Kelly over eight innings, the Giants had five hits in the ninth. Wade's single to right on a full count brought in the final two runs against Tyler Clippard.

Bryant started that rally with a double off reliever Taylor Clarke. Alex Dickerson and Brandon Crawford followed with hits, and Clippard came in. He hit Donovan Solano with a pitch and Brandon Belt's single brought in the second run. Clippard retired pinch-hitters Buster Posey and Wilmer Flores before Wade's single tied it.

Tyler Rogers (3-1) pitched a scoreless ninth for the victory. Jake McGee got the last three outs for his 24th save as the San Francisco bullpen worked six innings without giving up a hit.

Arizona's Tyler Gilbert (0-1), in his second major league game, allowed the unearned run with the extra-inning runner to take the loss.

Before the rally, it was all Kelly and Pavin Smith as the Diamondbacks built an early 4-0 lead.

Kelly gave up three hits, walked two and struck out four. He threw 102 pitches and only had one inning with more than one baserunner — the second, when Crawford singled and Belt drew a walk.

The Diamondbacks struck early against Alex Wood. Nick Ahmed doubled to center leading off, moved to third on a flyout and after a pair of walks, Smith lined a hit just to the right of second baseman Solano to score two runs.

Smith, who was out for a week on the COVID-19 list,...

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