Hawpe homered to lead off the second, doubled in the fourth and drove in two with a triple in the fifth. He had an RBI grounder in the seventh, and was on deck in the ninth when Matt Holliday grounded out to end the inning.
Shawn Green, 2-for-19 to start the season, hit a 431-foot home run off closer Brian Fuentes to lead off the ninth. One out later, Orlando Hudson reached on an infield single and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Fuentes got Clark to strike out swinging and Craig Counsell hit a fly ball to right field, breaking the club record with his 18th consecutive save -- first this season.
Aaron Cook (1-1) allowed four runs on six hits in six innings to beat the Diamondbacks after losing to them in Colorado 4-2 last week. Hernandez (1-1) threw 108 pitches in 4 2-3 innings. He gave up five runs on six hits, struck out six, walked two and hit two.
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