D-backs beat Giants 8-2 as Ketel Marte extends hot streak
The D-backs beat the San Francisco Giants 8-2 on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, at Chase Field, running their season record to a perfect 8-0 against San Francisco. Ketel Marte homered for the fourth straight game—a career first—while Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Brandon Pfaadt powered an early blowout the Giants never threatened.
For fans tracking how data and broadcast tech are reshaping live sports storytelling, our Future Tech & AI Wonders hub covers the tools changing how games like this reach audiences. The D-backs moved to 43-42 while the Giants fell to 35-50, per ESPN's game recap.
Key Takeaways
- Arizona is 8-0 versus San Francisco in 2026, including five home wins and three on the road.
- Ketel Marte homered in his fourth consecutive game and drove in three runs, joining 11 MLB batters with such a streak this season.
- Brandon Pfaadt allowed one run over 5⅓ innings in his first start since April 11 after a Triple-A stint.
- Landen Roupp issued a career-high six walks and lasted just 2⅔ innings for the Giants.
- Luis Arraez collected three of San Francisco's four hits and finished a double shy of the cycle.
How did the D-backs jump on the Giants early?
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. set the tone in the first inning with a three-run homer to left center—his second long ball of the season and one that barely cleared the fence. The blast came one pitch after he successfully challenged a strike call that was overturned to a ball, according to ESPN.
Arizona piled on in the third. Jorge Barrosa drew a bases-loaded walk, and Marte followed with a two-run single that stretched the lead to 6-0. The Arizona Republic framed the night around Marte continuing to climb the franchise hits list on a productive evening at the plate.
What made Ketel Marte's night historic?
Marte added a 431-foot solo homer in the sixth, giving him home runs in four straight games for the first time in his career. ESPN reported he became one of 11 big leaguers to homer in at least four consecutive games during the 2026 season.
He finished 2-for-5 with three RBIs, extending a stretch that has defined Arizona's dominance over San Francisco. The D-backs have now beaten the Giants eight times without a loss, a run that McCovey Chronicles chronicled as "part 8" of San Francisco's ongoing futility against Arizona.
Why couldn't San Francisco's pitching keep pace?
Landen Roupp (5-8) unraveled quickly. He surrendered six runs on five hits across 2⅔ innings, walking six batters and striking out four. McCovey Chronicles noted those six free passes were a career high and more than the hits he allowed, innings he pitched, or runs the Giants scored.
It was Roupp's shortest outing of the season, and the Giants have not won a game he started since April 26. Meanwhile, Pfaadt (1-1) stabilized Arizona's rotation in his return from roughly a month at Triple-A Reno, where azcentral reported he had been stretched back out after losing his rotation spot early in the year.
Did the Giants offense offer any fight?
Beyond Arraez's near-cycle effort, Rafael Devers supplied a solo homer in the seventh. No other Giant reached base against Pfaadt and the Arizona bullpen until that point, leaving most of the damage on Roupp's ledger.
The Giants head into Wednesday's series finale facing a possible third sweep at Arizona's hands this season. Zac Gallen (3-7, 6.15 ERA) starts for the D-backs while Trevor McDonald (2-6, 4.94) takes the ball for San Francisco, per ESPN.