Evan Longoria’s late home run leads San Francisco to win over Arizona

PHOENIX - Evan Longoria’s last hit was the biggest one - a tiebreaking homer in the eighth.

Longoria’s solo shot in the eighth led the Giants to a 3-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.

He drilled Diamondbacks reliever Archie Bradley’s 2-2, ?97 mph fastball with one out into the outcropping of seats in left-center field. It was Longoria’s 12th home run of the season.

“You just try to get the barrel on the ball. I thought it might go,” Longoria said. “The wall is pretty high out there so you have to hit it pretty high. I’m glad it just scraped over.”

The Diamondbacks’ loss and the Los Angeles Dodgers’ win Sunday created a tie for first place atop the NL West between the two teams.

Bradley (3-3) entered the game leading the NL in holds with 30. He had not allowed a run to the Giants in 12 straight games against them.

“Archie just made a mistake to a really good hitter,” Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. “I thought he threw the ball well outside of that.”

Right-hander Ray Black (1-0) earned his first major league win with a scoreless seventh inning. The Diamondbacks loaded the bases in the bottom of the eighth with two outs against Giants relievers Tony Watson and Sam Dyson, but Dyson got Ketel Marte to fly out to end the inning.

Will Smith retired the Diamondbacks in order with two strikeouts in the ninth for his seventh save.

“The pitching was there and we needed it,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.

Giants All-Star catcher Buster Posey returned to the lineup after missing Saturday’s game for concussion testing. Posey played first base and reached base twice.

Both starters lasted 5? innings in no-decision efforts. The Giants’ Derek Holland allowed two runs on three hits and struck out six with two walks. The Diamondbacks’ Robbie Ray walked four and struck out eight, giving up two runs on seven hits.

The Giants finished a six-game road trip to San Diego and Arizona with a 4-2 record after earning a series split against the Diamondbacks. It’s their first winning road trip this season.