The Arizona Diamondbacks got a 4-2 win at home against the San Francisco Giants on Monday putting the Diamondbacks at 14-5 for the year.  Arizona is off to a great start and is looking like they might be the National League team to beat this season as they are off to a hot start.

The Diamondbacks hit three home runs in the game that accounted for all four of their runs.  Mark Reynolds got the scoring started in the second inning when he hit a solo home run.  Eric Byrnes hit a two run homer in the fifth inning that made the score 3-2.  Orlando Hudson added an insurance run in the seventh inning with a solo home run to make the score 4-2.

The opening pitcher for the Diamondbacks was Micah Owings who threw for 6.1 innings giving up five hits, two runs, and one walk.  He came away with the win putting him at 4-0 for the year.  Chad Qualls, Tony Pena, and Brandon Lyon were brought in to finish off the last 2.2 innings with Brandon Lyon getting his 4th save of the season.

The Diamondbacks will face off against the Giants again tonight for the last game of  the series.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks used strong pitching and the long ball to defeat the San Francisco Giants by the score of 8-2 on Tuesday afternoon.  Micah Owings pitched six strong innings to get the win while Conor Jackson and Chris Young both hit home runs.

With the victory on Tuesday, Owings improved his record to 3-0 on the year.  It was also his fifth straight dating back into last season.  Tony Pena, Chad Qualls, and Brandon Lyon all pitched in relief with Pena the only one giving up a run.

Jackson led the Diamondbacks with three RBI in the game.  Young wasn’t too far behind with two RBI.  Eric Byrnes, Orlando Hudson, and Steven Drew all had one RBI each.

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Randy Johnson pitched five innings and struckout seven batters as he made his 2008 debut on Monday night against the San Francisco Giants.  Too bad for Johnson, that the bullpen couldn’t hold onto the lead and the Diamondbacks went on to lose 5-4.

Chad Qualls gave up two runs in the 7th inning to take the loss and give Johnson the no-decision.  Other then that the pitchers did a decent job against the Giants.  I would have liked to see Johnson have a little better control as he did walk four batters, but for his first time on the mound I think he did a pretty good job.

Conor Jackson got the Diamondbacks on the board in the 1st inning with a two-run home run.  He then singled in the 3rd inning to score another run.  Justin Upton then singled and scored Jackson.  Jackson finished with three RBI, and Upton with one RBI.

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