Diamondbacks 9, Giants 11: B-bullpen gets an F

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An ugly set of middle innings for the Diamondbacks’ pitching staff, as they let the Giants score nine unanswered runs in the fifth through seventh inning. That turned a 4-2 lead for Arizona into an 11-4 deficit, though the D-backs’ hitters made the final score respectable with a five-run eighth of their own. On the plus side, the pitchers who have a roster spot more or less locked up looked pretty good. Zac Gallen got the start, and was crisply effective, throwing two perfect innings with one strikeout. Can’t ask more from Gallen than that, or the three-up, three-down inning Andrew Chafin pitched in the fourth.…