The Diamondbacks bats woke up back at home in the desert after going cold in Chicago. The D’backs pounded out 15 hits, 13 off Rockies starter Jeff Francis, on their way to an 8-4 win. Each of the Diamondbacks 1-5 hitters had at least two hits in the game, with Chris Young leading the way with three.
Stephen Drew had a huge three run homer to deep right field off Jeff Francis, among his two hits. He scored two runs along with driving in the three runs. Orlando Hudson had two hits and two runs batted in. Conor Jackson and Justin Upton each had two hits as well. Randy Johnson got in the act, blasting a ball off the wall that went for a single after he fell going around first base.
Johnson was strong on the hill after receiving huge offensive backing. He went five innings, allowing four runs and nine hits but did not walk a hitter and struck out four. He took the win to improve to 3-1 on the year. He continues to work his way closer to 300 wins in his career. The win was number 287 of his career.
Jeff Francis remained winless, dropping to 0-4. He was rocked in 4.2 innings, giving up a whopping 13 hits and all eight of the Diamondbacks runs. Five Rockies managed to put up two hits in the game. Garrett Atkins had two runs, and an RBI on a solo homer, his seventh of the year. Jeff Baker drove in two runs in the losing effort. Clint Barmes, Matt Holliday, Ryan Spilborghs, and Javier Herrera were the others with two hits.
