D-Backs win big

Diamondbacks top Giants 9-3 to win their first series of the season.

Jake Lamb hit a three-run homer and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat San Francisco 9-3 Thursday night to win a four-game series over the Giants at Chase Field for the first time in nine years.

The Diamondbacks needed seven tries to win a home series in 2016 but are 3-1 for the first time since 2013 under first-year manager Torey Lovullo. And they did it against the Giants, who won nine of 10 in the desert last season.

Arizona’s David Peralta and Paul Goldschmidt hit solo homers off Jeff Samardzija (0-1), and Peralta and A.J. Pollock each had two RBIs.

Jorge De La Rosa (1-0) got one out and walked two after replacing Robbie Ray in the sixth inning.

Aaron Hill hit a solo homer for the Giants, who are 1-3 for the first time since 2012.

Samardzija struck out five over the first two innings but gave up consecutive opposite-field homers in the fourth: Peralta to left, Goldschmidt to right. Goldschmidt’s was career hit No. 848, passing Steve Finley for second on Arizona’s career list. He has a ways to go for No. 1, though — Luis Gonzalez had 1,337.

Lamb put Arizona up 5-3 with his three-run homer in the sixth inning.

Samardzija allowed six runs and eight hits and struck out nine in 51⁄3 innings.

Ray retired the first seven batters until Hill hit a belt-high pitch over the plate well over the wall in left for his first homer. Brandon Crawford had a run-scoring single off Ray in the fourth inning, and Buster Posey chased him with a run-scoring double that put the Giants up 3-2 in the sixth.

Ray allowed three runs and three hits and struck out six in 52⁄3 innings.

Wednesday’s game

Save for a 48-game stint as interim manager of the Boston Red Sox in 2015, Torey Lovullo is new to the job.

But the Arizona Diamondbacks’ first-year skipper made the right call in the sixth inning Wednesday night when he sent up Jeremy Hazelbaker to pinch hit for starting pitcher Taijuan Walker. Hazelbaker delivered a oneout double that gave his team the lead, and the Diamondbacks rallied for an 8-6 win over the San Francisco Giants.