Zac Gallen’s midseason slump deepened as the San Francisco Giants snapped the Arizona Diamondbacks' eight-game win streak against them.
All good things must come to an end, and the Arizona Diamondbacks learned that the hard way on Wednesday, July 1, when they fell to the San Francisco Giants, 6-4.
The Giants snapped an eight-game losing streak against the Diamondbacks this season. Now, Arizona will have to settle for being 8-1 against San Francisco here in 2026.
Arizona allowed three runs in the fifth and three more in the sixth. While the Diamondbacks had a tremendous eighth inning, one that saw them score four runs, it was too little, too late.
The Diamondbacks were outhit 11-7 as Zac Gallen picked up his eighth loss of the year. To no surprise, he allowed all six runs as his midseason struggles continue.
Gallen Falls to 3-8
There's a strong case to be made that Gallen had a tremendous first four innings, but no one is going to remember those when he was responsible for all six runs that came across in the fifth and sixth innings.
Gallen has now allowed a pair of homers in two straight starts. Dating back to Sunday, June 14, his ERA has risen consistently thanks to the 20 runs he's given up in his last three starts.
"I think I had said a while back, sometimes it's better to be lucky than good in this game," Gallen said, according to MLB.com. "Like, right now I'm on neither side of the coin, so it's kind of frustrating. I felt like any time I made a mistake, the ball was [hit] for damage or leaving the ballpark."
Once again, manager Torey Lovullo made a mistake by allowing Gallen to pitch the sixth. Sure, he was only at 69 pitches through five, but everything came back to haunt the 30-year-old in the sixth, even though he got the first two batters out on eight pitches.
Diamondbacks Struck Out 10 Times
Ketel Marte picked up another RBI, but his home run streak sadly came to an end. He still went 2-for-4, which was the most hits any Diamondbacks player had in the loss.
Overall, the middle of this order really struggled. Of the 10 times Arizona's hitters struck out, eight of those belonged to the Nos. 3-7 hitters, including Corbin Carroll, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., and Adrian Del Castillo striking out two times each.
Other than Ryan Walker, who allowed all four runs without recording an out, the Giants pitching staff looked great in the series finale. It was headlined by Trevor McDonald improving to 3-6, ending a streak of three straight losses and six losses in his last seven games.
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