PHOENIX–As the calendar flipped to July, the Giants waved goodbye to their most successful month in two years, an 18-win June that featured a return to the formula that’s become a hallmark of Bruce Bochy’s most successful clubs.
They won with pitching and defense and they kept up with a torrid pace set by the D’backs and Dodgers.
The Giants didn’t use that recipe Sunday, but good teams must win in more ways than one and San Francisco proved it could with a 9-6 victory that capped off a three-game sweep of first-place Arizona.
With their first sweep at Chase Field since September 9-11, 2016, the Giants pulled within 2.