Chris Owings singled home the winning run and the Diamondbacks scored twice with two outs in the ninth inning off new San Francisco closer Mark Melancon to beat the Giants 6-5 in a wild season opener Sunday.
Derailed by a dreadful bullpen last year, the Giants started this season the same way — even after trying to fix the problem by bringing in Melancon on a $62 million, four-year contract as a free agent. They wasted a record-breaking performance by pitcher Madison Bumgarner, who homered twice and retired his first 16 batters.
BOX SCORE: Diamondbacks 6, Giants 5
Arizona got a double and three singles after Melancon (0-1) retired the first two batters in the ninth.