PHOENIX (AP) -Randy Johnson fizzled in his return to the desert, and was rescued by Randy Winn.

Winn hit a two-run homer to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 5-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night. Edgar Renteria added a two-run double and Emmanuel Burriss singled home a run for the Giants, who have won five straight.

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``When the starting pitcher struggles, you've got to pick him up,' said Winn, who has two of San Francisco's league-low 10 home runs. ``The starting pitching's been picking up the offense for quite a while, so it's nice to return the favor.'

Six days after beating the Diamondbacks for his 296th career win, the Big Unit walked seven and was gone after 3 1-3 innings.

Justin Miller (1-0) relieved Johnson and was credited with the win despite giving up a run in 1 2-3 innings. Four other relievers shut out the Diamondbacks over the last four innings, including Brian Wilson, who pitched the ninth for his third save in as many chances - all of them against Arizona.

Johnson pitched as a visitor for the first time on the field where he came out of the bullpen to earn the victory in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series.

As Johnson warmed up in the bullpen before the game, fans leaned over and snapped pictures. Bruce Springsteen's ``Glory Days' played as Johnson took the mound to warm up in the first, and he drew a mix of cheers and boos from the Chase Field crowd of 37,253.

Johnson is staying at his Paradise Valley home during the Giants' visit.

``I think everything went pretty well except me showing up me showing to the ballpark today,' Johnson said with a chuckle.

Johnson won four of his five Cy Young Awards with Arizona. But the 45-year-old left-hander's glory days seemed a long way off.

The seven walks were Johnson's most since July 25, 2000. The Diamondbacks didn't make him pay until the fourth, when Justin Upton hit a 1-0 delivery into the left-field seats to give Arizona a 2-0 lead after Johnson issued a leadoff walk to Chris Young.

``I've played this game long enough that I've had a lot of bad games,' Johnson said. ``I didn't get hit hard, but I definitely put myself and the team in a bind by constantly having baserunners on base.'

Johnson threw 81 pitches - only 42 for strikes - and failed to make it through four innings for the second time in four starts. He allowed two runs and three hits, and struck out two.

``He was fighting himself from the first pitch of the game,' San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy said. ``But you know what? He held them to two there. Kept us in the game.'

Arizona starter Max Scherzer (0-2) didn't last much longer than Johnson. He was gone two outs into the fifth after yielding a two-run homer to Winn, who curled his shot around the left-field foul pole and into the Diamondbacks bullpen after Renteria's big double.

Scherzer had retired 11 of 12 hitters before running into trouble in the fifth.

``He was pitching well and all of a sudden hit a wall,' Arizona manager Bob Melvin said. ``They made him throw a lot of pitches that inning, ended up with a home run by Winn.'

Notes: Arizona SS Stephen Drew was out with a left hamstring injury, and Melvin said the club would put him on the disabled list on Sunday. Drew is hitting .205 with one hit in his last 16 at_bats. ... The Diamondbacks have played 17 games and have yet to win two in a row. ... Johnson is the first 45-year-old pitcher in Giants history and their oldest player since 1909, when Arlie Latham played four games for the New York Giants at age 49.