San Francisco Giants who came up with a victory on Sunday gets the conga victory line going from left to right Tyler Rogers (71), Donavon Solano, Brandon Belt, and Joey Bart after their win over the Arizona Diamondbacks Sunday at Oracle Park in San Francisco (AP News photo)

By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-Donovan Solano was flirting with a mark that was last seen in the National League by Joe Ducky Medwick of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1937, but he continues to hit the ball very well.

Solano, who was hitting near or above the .400 mark for nearly the first month of the season, hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning and the San Francisco Giants defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-2 in Game Three of their Four-Game series at Oracle Park.

Austin Slater began the frame with a single and then Solano hit his third home run of the season to give the Giants the lead for good.

Things did not start out well for the Giants or starting pitcher Johnny Cueto, as Tim LoCastro hit the third pitch of the game into the left field bleachers to give the Diamondbacks a quick 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. It was the first career leadoff home run for LoCastro and eighth career leadoff home run allowed by Cueto.

Following the LoCastro home run, Cueto was out of sync, as he gave up back-to-back singles to Kole Calhoun and David Peralta before getting Eduardo Escobar to strikeout for the first out of the inning

Josh Rojas then added another run for the Diamondbacks, as he hit a sacrifice fly that scored Calhoun from third base.

That would be the last run that Cueto would allow, as he went 5.2 innings, allowing two runs on seven hits, walking three and seven hits, including ending a bases loaded jam, when he struck out Peralta to end the top of the fifth inning.

After being in a little rut, the Giants bullpen continues to look good, as the combination of Caleb Baragar, Jarlin Garcia, Tony Watson and Tyler Rogers went the final 4.1 innings, allowing just one hit and striking out six. Baragar won for the fifth time and the second time in as many days, while Rogers picked up his third save of the season.

Diamondbacks starter Alex Young went 5.1 innings, allowing three runs on seven hits, did not walk a batter and struck out three; however, those two home runs to Tromp and Solano were the difference and his record fall to 1-3 on the season.

The biggest play of the game did not come at the plate, but it came in the field in the top of the fifth inning.

LoCastro, who hit a leadoff home run to start the game, hit into a fielders choice that saw Wilmer Flores pick up the ball and throw to Chadwick Tromp, who tagged out Nick Ahmed at the plate for the second out of the inning. Following a walk to Calhoun that loaded the bases, Cueto got Peralta to strikeout to end the inning.

Tromp got the Giants on the board in the bottom of the third inning, as he hit his third home run of the season.

Brandon Belt extended the Giants lead in the bottom of the seventh inning, as he came off the bench and hit a pinch-hit home run, his seventh home run of the season. The pinch-hit home run by Belt was the fourth of his career and first since July 30, 2019 against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.

Alex Dickerson made a huge defensive play as he made a diving catch off the bat of Carson Kelly in the top of the eighth inning.

NOTES: Curtis Granderson hit the last leadoff home run off of Cueto, on June 26, 2015, when Cueto was with the Cincinnati Reds and Granderson was with the New York Mets in a 2-1 Mets victory at Citi Field.

With their back-to-back triples last night, Joey Bart and Mauricio Dubon became the first 8th and 9th hitters in SF-era history to hit back-to-back triples. It also marked the first time since the Giants moved to California in 1958 the Giants had back-to-back triples in which each player recorded their first career triple.

Prior to today’s game reliever Rico Garcia was recalled from the Alternate Training Site and pitcher Andrew Suarez was optioned to the Alternate Training Site.

On this date in Giants history, Yusmeiro Petit came within one strike of a perfect game against the Diamondbacks at AT&T Park. Eric Chavez hit a single with two outs in the 9th to deprive Petit of his place in history, but he retired the next batter, A.J. Pollock, to end up with a 3-0 one-hitter.

UP NEXT: With the Giants looking for the series win, as they will send right-handed Kevin Gausman to the hill, while the Diamondbacks will send Zac Gallen to the mound, as they look for the split.