Andrew McCutchen and Brandon Crawford hit back-to-back home runs to ignite a seven-run fourth inning Monday night, sending the San Francisco Giants to a 10-3 victory over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks in the opener of a three-game series.
Pablo Sandoval and Nick Hundley also homered for the Giants, who won their fifth straight while snapping the Diamondbacks’ winning streak at three. After Ketel Marte’s two-run double gave Arizona a 2-0 lead in the top of the fourth, the Giants needed just six pitches to get even. McCutchen belted Zack Godley’s fourth offering of the inning into the bleachers in left field, followed two pitches later by Crawford’s blast to left-center. The homers were the fifth and seventh of the season, respectively, for McCutchen and Crawford.
Pinch hitter Alen Hanson and Buster Posey added two-run doubles before inning’s end, making it a 7-2 game and sending Godley to an early shower.
Godley (5-5) went just 3 1/3 innings, allowing seven runs and five hits. He walked two and struck out three.
Giants starter Derek Holland left for a pinch hitter in the fourth and thus did not qualify for the win. He allowed two runs and four hits in four innings, walking one and striking out five. Four Giants relievers backed Holland with five innings of one-run relief. Pierce Johnson (3-2), the third Giants pitcher, got the win after going two shutout innings, striking out two.
Sandoval had three hits while Posey and Crawford had two apiece for the Giants, who improved to 4-0 on their six-game homestand. Sandoval, Posey and Hanson drove in two runs each, while Sandoval and Crawford scored twice apiece. The home run was Sandoval’s third of the season. Hundley’s homer, which came in a pinch-hitting role, was his sixth of the year.
Marte’s double was one of just two extra-bases hits for the Diamondbacks, who were opening a six-game trip after a 5-1 homestand. Jake Lamb drove in Arizona’s third run with an eighth-inning single. The Diamondbacks, who were out-hit 11-7, have lost nine of their past 10 road games. 

Tigers top Yanks, salvage doubleheader split
 Aaron Judge whiffed his way to history Monday.
The New York Yankees slugger set a major league record by striking out eight times in a doubleheader. 
He finished the day 0-for-9 as the Yankees split a pair against the Tigers in Detroit. New York took the first game 7-4, then lost the nightcap 4-2.
In the second game, Judge struck out in all five of his at-bats. 
“That’s not just a rough day, that’s a terrible day,” Judge said. “But that’s the beauty of baseball, you get to start fresh (Tuesday) in Toronto. There’s nothing else you can do.”
Yankees manager Aaron Boone said of the designated hitter/right fielder, “That’s just the nature of his at-bats. He gets so deep in counts and he takes so many close pitches that he’ll have the occasional day like this. But he could just as easily have put a big swing on one. I don’t think he’s fazed by that at all.”
According to Baseball-Almanac.com, the doubleheader strikeout record of seven had been held by Pat Seerey (Chicago White Sox, 1948), Dave Nicholson (White Sox, 1953), Frank Howard (Washington Senators, 1965), Bill Melton (White Sox, 1970), Mike Vail (New York Mets, 1975) and Shea Hillenbrand (Toronto Blue Jays, 2005).
Judge is no stranger to strikeouts. He led the majors with 208 K’s as a rookie in 2016, though he also topped the American League in home runs (52), runs (128) and walks (127).
This month, he is 2-for-19 (.105) with one homer and 13 strikeouts, prompting Boone to say Judge might get a day off Tuesday. For the year, Judge is batting .276 with 16 homers and 43 RBIs. 
He has fanned 83 times and walked 44 times in 57 games. Teammate Giancarlo Stanton can understand what Judge is experiencing. 
He went 0-for-5 with five strikeouts on April 3 against the Tampa Bay Rays, then went 0-for-7 with five whiffs on April 9 against the Baltimore Orioles.
“He’ll bounce back,” Stanton said of Judge, according to the New York Post. 
“I’ve gone through it. He’s gone through it. He’ll bounce back for sure. Throw it in the trash and he’ll help us in Toronto.”

RESULTS
 Yankees 2 Tigers 4
Padres 11 Braves 4
Angels 9 Royals 6
Giants 10 Diamondbacks 3