The Arizona Diamondbacks were able to complete their series sweep of the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday by beating them, 3-2, and closer Paul Sewald notched his 14th save of the season.

After the game, Sewald talked highly of the Diamondbacks' resiliency and navigating a long season.

"Just super resilient," Sewald said. "You know, we had one bad week all year and people tried to write us off. It's so early, we're going to have ups and downs, but just, you know, people are going to say bottom half of the schedule, but you're going to beat the teams you're supposed to beat, and we did an amazing job the last two weeks. 

"And we're going to enjoy this sweep on the way to Seattle." Sewald added. "We're going to take tomorrow off and be ready to go on Friday."

Before Sewald came into the game to close out the Giants, reliever Kevin Ginkel found himself in a difficult situation with two men on and only one out in the bottom of the eighth inning after he gave up a double to Willy Adames and a single to Luis Arraez.

When Arraez singled, Adames made a run for home plate in an attempt to tie the game, but was tagged out by catcher Aramis Garcia after the latter received the cutoff throw from third baseman Jose Fernandez. Subsequently, Ginkel picked off Arraez at second base to end the inning.

"You go buy a lottery ticket first," Sewald jokingly said about the Diamondbacks getting out of the eighth unscathed. "You thank the players on the team and then, you know, he's been fantastic all year. Couple of games where it's like, well, you pitch better than your numbers. 

"That's what happens when you pitch 60, 70 times this season," Sewald added regarding Ginkel. "You're going to have a couple where you just take your zero and you walk off, and he should be proud of the way he's thrown all year."

Sewald, 36, is in his second stint with Arizona after coming over in a 2023 trade deadline move. After the Diamondbacks went to the World Series that season, Sewald dealt with injuries throughout 2024 before electing free agency in October of that year. 

Now, he is back, and while he was not part of the team in 2025, he understands the importance of its defensive identity.

"You know, I wasn't here last year," Sewald said. "It sounded like our defense wasn't quite the same as it's been. Our defense is supposed to be good. We have great players, a couple of the guys we've added late are young and athletic and really make plays. So, sure makes my life a lot easier when we have good defense out there. So, I appreciate it."

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