Yaz big base knock: The San Francisco Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski belts a solo home run in the sixth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks to contribute to the Giants 6-1 win at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sun Aug 23, 2020 (photo from mysanantonio.com)

By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-What a weekend for Mike Yastrzemski at both home plate and in the playing field.

Yastrzemski, who made a tremendous catch in the top of the sixth inning in Saturdays night victory, came up big in the bottom of the sixth inning in Sundays finale, as he hit a solo home run and the San Francisco Giants defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-1 to complete the three-game series sweep, their first sweep of the 2020 season.

The catch by Yastrzemski on Saturday night came on the 81st birthday of his grandfather Carl, who made a share of great catches with the Boston Red Sox from 1961-1983 and today is Mikes 30th birthday and he celebrated by hitting his 7th home run of the season.

With the victory, the Giants have now won six in a row after losing five in a row and are now 5-0 on their current home stand.

Once again, the Giants starting pitching came up huge, as one night after Tyler Anderson threw a complete game three-hitter, Trevor Cahill went 5.1 innings, allowing one run on just one hit, walking two and striking out eight; however, he did not fare in the decision.

After Cahill was replaced by Caleb Baragar, David Peralta hit a sacrifice fly to Yastrzemski right near the 365-foot mark and the State Farm sign in right-center field that scored Kole Calhoun from third base.

Calhoun walked to lead off the inning, and a Cahill strikeout of Ketel Marte, Starling Marte doubled Calhoun to third base and then Peralta tied up the game with his sacrifice fly.

Alex Dickerson broke the game open in the bottom of the seventh inning, as he hit a three-run home run and then Pablo Sandoval drove in the sixth and final run of the game, as he singled in Brandon Belt in the bottom of the eighth inning.

Evan Longoria got the Giants on the board in the bottom of the fifth inning, as he doubled to right field to score Belt.

The Giants bullpen, who was roughed up against the Oakland As and in the first game against the Los Angeles Angels continued to pitch well, as the quartet of Baragar, Tony Watson, Tyler Rogers and Jarlin Garcia pitched the final 4.2 innings, allowing no runs on four hits, walking just one and striking out two.

Despite giving up the game-tying sacrifice fly to Peralta, Baragar picked up his third win of the season against just one loss.

Joey Bart picked up a single, as he continues to impress after just being in the big leagues for four games. Bart made a tremendous catch, as he fell to the ground off the bat off of former Giants catcher Stephen Vogt.

Through his first four games in the big leagues, Bart is hitting .333, as he is 4-for-12 at the plate with three doubles.

NOTES: After last nights victory, Hunter Pence was designated for assignment by the team and to replace Pence on the roster, Sam Coonrod was activated from the 10-day injured list.

The team was not done with transactions, as the team acquired infielder Daniel Robertson from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for cash considerations or a player to be named later. Robertson spent three seasons with the Rays, hitting .231 with 91 runs scored, 32 doubles, three triples, 16 home runs and 72 RBI in a total of 237 games and he will report to the Alternate Training Site.

UP NEXT: Following their first off day since August 13, the Giants will begin a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers beginning on Tuesday night, when Johnny Cueto will take the mound versus Julio Urias.