PHOENIX (AP) — Kelly Johnson hit for the cycle but it wasn’t enough to overcome three costly Arizona errors, and the surging San Francisco Giants beat the Diamondbacks 7-4 on Friday night.
Aubrey Huff hit two solo home runs and added an RBI single in San Francisco’s 14th victory in 18 games. The Giants scored two unearned runs on consecutive throwing errors by starting pitcher Edwin Jackson. A third unearned run came home after right fielder Justin Upton misjudged a fly ball in the ninth inning.
Johnson, the third major league player to hit for the cycle this season, hit a solo home run in the first, doubled in the fifth and tripled in two runs when the Diamondbacks took a 4-3 lead in the sixth. He completed the feat with a line-drive single in the eighth, becoming the fourth Arizona player to hit for the cycle in the franchise’s 13-year history.
