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 Since Gosselin was activated Aug. 31, he hit a three-run home run in
both games Corbin started. Gosselin's second-inning shot Monday gave
Corbin more support than he needed in the Diamondbacks' 6-1 victory
over the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field.
"He said he wanted me to pitch every day, because both times he's
had three-run homers," Corbin said.
Gosselin has two homers in 23 at-bats for Arizona, which acquired
him from the Atlanta Braves in June for pitchers Bronson Arroyo and
Touki Toussaint. He spent 3 1/2 months on the disabled list with a
fractured thumb before homering in his second game with Arizona on
Sept. 2, helping Corbin to a 6-3 victory in Colorado.
"When you miss that much time at the major league level, you never
know what it is going to be like when you come back," Gosselin said.
"I feel healthy. I feel good, but you never really know.
"Especially with a new team, you want to do well and show these guys
that you can play, but at the same time, you don't want to put too
much pressure on yourself. Just trying to go out there and play and
let the results be what they may."
Gosselin's homer made it 3-0 in the second inning, and center
fielder A.J. Pollock hit a bases-empty homer the sixth for a 6-0
lead, both off Giants right-hander Mike Leake.
Corbin (5-3) fired six shutout innings, giving up six hits and no
walks while striking out five. The left-hander lowered his ERA to a
season-best 3.32 in his 12th start of the year. He has thrown 62 1/3
innings after missing the 2014 season following Tommy John surgery.
"It feels like I've thrown 200 innings already this year," Corbin
said. "Just being out for 16 months, now around 60 innings, I'm just
trying to maintain and make sure everything in my arm feels good."
Corbin also drove in a run with a bases-loaded single in a two-run
fourth inning as the Diamondbacks (66-72) broke a four-game losing
streak.
"Just trying to keep the inning going," Corbin said. "It's a plus
any time I get on base.
First baseman Buster Posey had three hits and center fielder Angel
Pagan and right fielder Marlon Byrd had two for the Giants (71-67).
San Francisco lost for the eighth time in 10 games to fall eight
games behind the NL West-leading Los Angeles, pending the result of
the Dodgers' game against the Angels later Monday. The Giants are
nine games out of the second NL wild card.
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Posey singled home the Giants' run in the eighth inning after Joe
Panik's pinch-hit double, his first plate appearance after missing
35 games with back inflammation. The Giants left runners on first
and second in the first inning and first and third with no outs in
the fourth.
"We just couldn't do anything offensively," San Francisco manager
Bruce Bochy said. "We had our chances, but we got to get some guys
come through and deliver."
Gosselin, Pollock, left fielder David Peralta, third baseman Jake
Lamb and shortstop Nick Ahmed had two hits apiece for Arizona.
Pollock, who also had a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning, has 45
hits and 17 RBIs in his past 31 games, improving his batting average
to .317.
Leake (9-8) gave up six runs and 11 hits, tying his season high, in
5 2/3 innings. The Giants had nine runs and 11 hits against him in
an 11-2 victory May 16, when he was with the Cincinnati Reds.
"It was a hanging slider that he put a charge into," Leake said of
Gosselin's homer. "He was a tough at-bat the whole day."
NOTES: RHP Brett Bochy had his contract purchased from Triple-A
Sacramento when San Francisco RHP Tim Lincecum was transferred from
the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list. Bochy, son of Giants manager
Bruce Bochy, was 6-1 with a 2.95 ERA in 43 appearances with
Sacramento. ... Arizona will recall RHP Jhoulys Chacin and LHP
Andrew Chafin from Triple-A Reno on Tuesday, after Reno's season
ends, manager Chip Hale said. Chacin is likely to get at least one
more start for the Diamondbacks, Hale said. ... Giants LHP Jeremy
Affeldt (shoulder strain) is expected to be activated from the
disabled list Tuesday, Bruce Bochy said.
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