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 Kendrick delivered a walk-off single in the ninth inning, and the
Dodgers completed a three-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks
with a 7-6 win Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium.
Kendrick sliced a base hit down the right field line off reliever
Daniel Hudson (1-2), scoring right fielder Yasiel Puig for the
game-winner.
"That pitch ran up and in, but I was just trying to look for
something out over the plate," said Kendrick, who went 6-for-13
during the three games, including a 2-for-4 outing Tuesday night
when he drove in all three Los Angeles runs in a 3-1 decision. "The
first pitch wasn't a bad one either, but it was an off-speed pitch.
Initially, I was just looking for a fastball. Got one and just took
a swing at it."
Puig, who walked in the ninth, went 4-for-4 with a homer and three
RBIs, tying a career best with four hits as the Dodgers (35-25) beat
the Diamondbacks (27-32) for the ninth consecutive time at Dodger
Stadium. Puig finished a triple shy of the cycle.
"You know he's been really hot coming back, and he's been keeping
things going for us," Kendrick said. "He's been the man on base that
guys have been driving in. He's definitely welcomed back to the
lineup, and he's definitely been a spark for us."
Puig said he is just simply doing his job.
"The cycle doesn't matter to me. What I was just trying to do is get
on base," said Puig, who has hit safely in all four games since
coming off the 15-day disabled list Saturday after recovering from a
strained hamstring.
Catcher Yasmani Grandal also homered for Los Angeles.
The winning rally came after the Diamondbacks tied the game in the
top of the ninth.
Center fielder A.J. Pollock crushed a 1-0 fastball from closer
Kenley Jansen, who was successful in his previous seven consecutive
save opportunities this season, into the left field bleachers to tie
the score at 6 to lead off the inning. Jansen (1-0) allowed a run
and a hit in his lone inning.
"We had a few opportunities to put more runs on the board early, and
they made plays to take them away," said Pollock, who homered for
the eighth time and finished 3-for-5.
First baseman Paul Goldschmidt, who went 4-for-5, and right fielder
Yasmany Tomas also hit home runs for Arizona, which lost its fourth
in a row.
Left fielder Enrique Hernandez's sacrifice fly in the sixth inning
gave Los Angeles a 6-4 advantage, but Arizona rallied.
A sacrifice fly in the seventh by second baseman Chris Owings cut
the margin to 6-5 before Pollock homered to tie the score.
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Tomas' RBI single to center in the first gave a 1-0 Arizona lead.
Los Angeles scored four runs in the second. Arizona third baseman
Aaron Hill was forced to field a sacrifice by Dodgers pitcher Brett
Anderson. With Hill racing down the third base line, Andre Ethier
ran past him and scored on the play to knot the score at 1-1.
After a walk to center fielder Joc Pederson, Puig drilled Jeremy
Hellickson's first pitch into the seats in center for a three-run
blast and a 4-1 Dodgers lead. It was Puig's third home run this
season.
Pederson robbed Tomas of a three-run homer in the third, snagging
his drive at the wall in center.
Grandal made it 5-1 with a solo shot to right in the fourth. For
Grandal, it was his sixth long ball of the season.
Goldschmidt hammered his 17th home run of the season, a two-run bomb
to right off Anderson in the fifth, cutting the deficit to 5-3.
Tomas followed with a solo home run -- his second this season -- for
back-to-back shots, pulling the Diamondbacks within a run.
Anderson allowed four runs on eight hits with three strikeouts and a
walk in five innings.
Hellickson surrendered five runs on six hits with four strikeouts
and two walks in 3 2/3 innings.
NOTES: Dodgers 3B Justin Turner did not play for the second
consecutive game as he recovers from a left knee contusion. Turner
sustained the injury by fouling a ball off the knee Monday. Alberto
Callaspo got the nod at third again and went 2-for-4. ... Both clubs
are off Thursday before beginning three-game series Friday. RHP
Chase Anderson (1-1, 3.12 ERA) and the Diamondbacks will visit the
San Francisco Giants, who have yet to name a starter. LHP Clayton
Kershaw (5-3, 3.36 ERA) and the Dodgers will face RHP Odrisamer
Despaigne (3-4, 4.72 ERA) and the San Diego Padres at Petco Park.
... A crowd of 47,174 attended the game.
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