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- Updated: September 12, 2016
PHOENIX — Hunter Pence concluded a torrid series with a two-run double in Sunday’s seventh inning that fattened San Francisco’s slender lead and backed Matt Moore’s 11-strikeout performance as the Giants completed a three-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 5-3 decision at Chase Field.
Trailing, 2-1, the Giants reversed matters by scoring twice in the sixth inning and adding another pair of runs in the seventh. Brandon Belt highlighted the sixth with a single that scored the tying run after Arizona starter Zack Greinke walked the bases loaded. One inning later, Pence delivered the hit that improved his series batting average to .727 (8-for-11).
Moore, who matched his personal best for strikeouts in a game, got the better of Greinke, who entered the game with a 9-1 career mark against the Giants. The outcome left San Francisco 1 1/2 games ahead of the Mets and two games ahead of the Cardinals in the National League Wild Card race. The Giants also trimmed their NL West deficit to three games behind first-place Los Angeles, which lost in Miami on Sunday.
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