The San Francisco Giants Jason Vosler is jubilant after hitting his first home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix on Wed May 26, 2021 (AP News photo)

By Daniel Dullum
Sports Radio Service
Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Power off the bench did the trick on Wednesday for San Francisco, as the Giants came from behind to earn a 5-4 win over Arizona at Chase Field in downtown Phoenix.

It was the 10th straight loss for the Diamondbacks, who led 4-0 early in the game. It’s also Arizona’s longest losing skid since 2010.The D-Backs have lost 19 of their last 22 games.

In the top of the eighth inning, Austin Slater belted a pinch two-run home run to tie the game at 4-4. Slater’s blast traveled 460 feet down the left field line and into the second deck, driving in Donovan Solano, who led off the inning with a double.

Jason Vossler, who was called up from Triple-A Sacramento earlier in the day to replace injured first baseman Brandon Belt, hit a home run down the right field line and into the Giants’ bullpen to break the tie.

Diamondbacks reliever Alex Young (1-4) surrendered both homers.

Vossler entered the game in the sixth inning, replacing the injured Darin Ruf.

The Snakes loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth with three base hits off San Francisco reliever Tyler Rogers. But Rogers struck out Ketel Marte and got Eduardo Escobar to ground out to earn his sixth save.

Nick Tropeano (1-0) threw a scoreless seventh to get the win, and Jake McGee tossed a scoreless eighth.

Arizona used a three-run second inning off Giants starter Johnny Cueto. The big D-Back hits were delivered by Josh Rojas (two-run single) and Nick Ahmed (RBI single), In his five innings, Cueto surrendered four earned runs on eight hits, struck out five and walked four.

Diamondbacks starter Merrill Kelly worked six innings, giving up two runs on five hits with six strikeouts and no walks.

The Giants travel to Los Angeles for a weekend series with the Dodgers. Neither team has announced a starting pitcher for Thursday’s game.