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Ahmed homers twice, Diamondbacks beat Giants 9-3

PHOENIX -- Nick Ahmed homered twice and had four RBI, Steven Souza Jr. drove in three more runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks jumped on the San Francisco Giants early for a 9-3 victory on Saturday night.

Souza hit a two-run triple and Ketel Marte hit a two-run homer off Andrew Suarez (4-7) in Arizona's second-straight five-run first inning against the Giants.

Ahmed had a run-scoring single in the first, a two-run homer in the fifth and a solo shot in the eighth.

Steven Duggar hit his first career home run and Andrew McCutchen had a solo shot for the only runs off Clay Buchholz (5-1), who won his fourth straight start.