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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Francisco 4, Arizona 3
When: 10:15 PM ET, Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Where: AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
Temperature: 56°
Umpires: Home - Phil Cuzzi, 1B - Bill Miller, 2B - Tom Hallion, 3B - James Hoye
Attendance: 41026

Andres Torres knocked in the go-ahead run with a double in the sixth inning and the San Francisco Giants won their fifth straight game, 4-3 over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday.

Jonathan Sanchez (3-2) allowed three runs, six hits and struck out seven over six innings for the Giants, who moved into a tie with Colorado for first in the National League West.

Brian Wilson, working his fifth game in the last six days, allowed the first two batters to reach in the ninth before securing his 12th save. Wilson retired Kelly Johnson on a deep fly to left center to end the game.

Arizona grabbed a 3-0 lead after scoring a run in three of the first four innings. Backup catcher Henry Blanco went 2-for-3 including a home run, but struck out in the ninth while attempting to sacrifice bunt.

The Giants scored two runs in the fourth off Armando Galarraga (3-3), who gave up four runs on eight hits over 5 1/3 innings. Aubrey Huff tied the score with a solo home run in the fifth.

Miguel Tejada, who entered the game batting .195, went 3-for-4 with an RBI.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Arizona   San Francisco
Armando Galarraga Player Jonathan Sanchez
Loss W/L Win
5.1 IP 6.0
4 Strikeouts 7
8 Hits 6
6.75 ERA 4.50
Hitting
Arizona   San Francisco
Henry Blanco Player Miguel Tejada
2 Hits 3
2 RBI 1
1 HR 0
5 TB 4
.500 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Arizona 7 1 12 .206 21 10 3 3 3 0
San Francisco 10 1 16 .303 15 8 3 3 0 0