D'backs hang on to slim lead in NL West

The Arizona Diamondbacks hold on to their slim 1/2 game lead over the LA Dodgers in the NL West with a 3-1 win over the Giants today in the getaway game in San Francisco.

After losing the first two of the three-game series, Arizona gets a solid 5 2/3 innings from starting pitcher Randall Delgado and makes good use of a sacrifice fly by Paul Goldschmidt in the first inning and a two-run single by Cody Ross in the eighth to dispose of the Giants.

Delgado allows just three hits, strikes out two and walks four before giving way to the bullpen. He  improves to 2-3. Goldschmidt gets his 78th run batted in of the season, Martin Prado goes 3 for 4 and scores two runs, while Ross finishes a nice day with a 2 for 4 performance.

Brad Ziegler, despite giving up a run in the ninth inning, records his fourth save for the D'backs.

Arizona improves to 51-47, while the Dodgers, with their 9-2 win today over Washington, improve to 50-47.