Giants close in on Diamondbacks

The San Francisco Giants win 6-2 today at Chase Field and capture the three-game series, two games to one. The back-to-back wins by the Giants allows San Francisco to pull within 1 1/2 games of the Diamondbacks, the NL West leader.

The Giants pounded the D'backs 10-5 on Saturday as they chased Trevor Cahill after just 3 2/3 innings and today Tyler Skaggs lasted just five innings as San Francisco improves to 33-29 on the season. The D'backs fall to 35-28. The Colorado Rockies beat San Diego 8-7 in 10 innings today and improve to 34-30 and are also just 1 1/2 games behind the Diamondbacks.

The San Francisco pitching staff kept Paul Goldschmidt, the Diamondbacks hard-hitting first baseman, off the bases during the final two games of the series. Goldy goes 0 for 8, but does knock in a run on Saturday to up his National League lead in RBI to 58.

The Diamondbacks begin a three-game series with the Dodgers in Los Angeles on Monday night.