By DANIEL DULLUM
Sports Radio Service
Thursday, April 3, 2014

PHOENIX – San Francisco survived a bumble bee scare before Thursday afternoon’s getaway contest against the Arizona Diamondbacks, then erupted for a five-run rally in the eighth inning for an 8-5 win.

The Giants took three out of four games in the season-opening set at Chase Field.

With the roof open, there was plenty of firepower displayed by both clubs. Paul Goldschmidt and Martin Prado each homered for Arizona, while Brandon Belt, Brandon Hicks and Angel Pagan each clubbed round-trippers for San Francisco.

Jean Machi (2-0) was the winning pitcher in relief for the Giants. Santiago Casilla struck out two in 1 2/3 innings, and Sergio Romo came on with two out in the ninth, retired pinch-hitter Eric Chavez in the non-save situation to end the game.

Will Harris surrendered all five Giants runs in the eighth and took the loss.

The Giants were trailing 5-3 after seven innings. In the San Francisco eighth, Hunter Pence was issued a one-out walk and scored on a double by Hector Sanchez, who leaves for pinch-runner Juan Perez. After Brandon Crawford flied out to center, pinch-hitter Buster Posey was intentionally walked. Pinch-hitter Michael Morse singles in Perez, setting up Pagan’s three-run blast to right-center.

Goldschmidt’s solo home run in the first inning off Giants starter Tim Lincecum extended his hitting streak to 25 games, second-longest in D-Backs history.

Lincecum gave up four earned runs and eight hits in six innings, struck out seven and walked two.