By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-Since joining the starting rotation in place of the struggling Tim Lincecum, Yusmeiro Petit continues to find that certain groove.

Petit went the distance, allowing one run on four hits, walking zero and striking out nine and the Giants defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-1 before 41,683 at AT&TPark, the 318th consecutive sellout.

On the evening, Petit threw just 84 pitches, the fewest by a starting pitcher that threw a complete game and the fewest by a Giants pitcher ever thrown in a complete game.

The former Diamondbacks pitcher, who nearly threw a perfect game on September 6, 2013 against the Diamondbacks, raised his record to 3-0 all-time against his former team.

This was the Giants seventh consecutive win at home, the Giants longest winning streak at home since April 8-22, 2013, when they also won seven in a row.

Diamondbacks starter Wade Miley lasted only two innings, allowing three runs on five hits, walking four and striking out one.

Angel Pagan and Joe Panik led off the bottom of the first inning with back-to-back singles, and then after back-to-back outs by Buster Posey and Hunter Pence, Pablo Sandoval walked to load the bases and then Andrew Susac walked to drive in Pagan.

Petit got in on the hit parade in the bottom of the second inning, as he singled with one out, Pagan then singled for the second time in as many at-bats, as did Panik.

Posey then grounded into a Fielders’ Choice that scored Petit from third base, and retired Pagan for the second out of the inning.

Pence then walked to load the bases, and then Sandoval drove in a run, as he walked off of Miley to give the Giants a 3-0 lead.

When Panik singled off of Will Harris in the bottom of the eighth inning, it was the fifth hit of the night for the rookie, his first five-hit game as a big leaguer.

Panik picked up four hits in two different games, with the last coming against the Milwaukee Brewers on August 29.

He is the first Giants rookie since Fred Lewis on May 13, 2007 against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field to have a five-hit game.

Panik is the youngest Giants player to have five hits in a game since Garry Maddox on May 26, 1973.

It was also a huge night at the plate for Pagan, as he went four-for-five at the plate against Diamondbacks pitching

Ender Inciarte broke up the shutout in the top of the fourth inning, as he put a Petit pitch into McCovey Cove to give the Diamondbacks their lone run of the night.

Panik picked up his third hit of the game in the bottom of the sixth inning that drove in Gregor Blanco, who reached on an infield single against Diamondbacks reliever Zeke Spruill.

Posey drove in his second run of the night, as he hit a sacrifice fly that scored Pagan with the Giants fifth and final run of the evening.

NOTES: Petit joins Don Robinson, who threw 90 pitches against the Montreal Expos on August 20, 1990 and Bill Swift against the Cincinnati Reds, when he threw 85 pitches on September 17, 1993.

Ryan Vogelsong takes to AT&TPark mound for the Giants on Wednesday night, while Josh Collmenter will start for the Diamondbacks.