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 Yasmany Tomas, Aaron Hill and Paul Goldschmidt each homered, and the
Diamondbacks earned an 8-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Goldschmidt added his 29th homer in the eighth inning as the
Diamondbacks (72-78) held off a late rally by the Dodgers (85-64) to
prevail. Los Angeles catcher Yasmani Grandal hit a two-run homer,
his 16th of this season, in the eighth to pull the Dodgers within
two runs, but they got no closer.
Arizona's Jhoulys Chacin (1-1), who spent the first three months of
the season with the Cleveland Indians before being signed by the
Diamondbacks in June, allowed two runs on six hits with four walks
and three strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.
Chacin gave up those runs in the first but kept the Dodgers
scoreless for the rest of his stint.
"You know with their offense we were going to have to score some
runs," said Goldschmidt, who went 2-for-4. Goldschmidt has 19 career
home runs and 60 RBIs, which are tops among active opposing player.
"They got those two runs in the first inning. Chacin did a great
job. I don't think he gave up a run the rest of the night. For him
to put up all those zeros, he gave our offense a chance."
Chacin said he had better command of his off-speed pitches after the
first.
"At the beginning, my sinker was up, so they had a better chance of
hitting the ball," Chacin said. "I was trying to mix it up more and
throw my sinker down."
Diamondbacks left fielder David Peralta had a two-run single in the
ninth to cap the scoring.
Closer Brad Ziegler pitched a scoreless ninth to seal the win.
Dodgers starter Brett Anderson (9-9) lasted just 4 2/3 innings,
giving up five runs on 10 hits with one strikeout and a walk.
Anderson served up two of the three Arizona homers.
"He made a couple of mistakes up and I think we were able to hit
him. That was really a turning point," Goldschmidt said.
Dodgers manager Don Mattingly agreed, saying Anderson's lack of
control of his breaking ball in the fifth cost him and allowed the
Diamondbacks to rally from a two-run deficit with three runs.
"Pretty good early. The first couple (of innings) I thought were
pretty good," Mattingly said. "Then all of sudden the breaking ball
is up."
First baseman Adrian Gonzalez put the Dodgers up 1-0 with a solo
home run to center in the first inning. It was Gonzalez's
club-leading 28th home run.
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Later in the first, after back-to-back singles by second baseman
Howie Kendrick and right fielder Andre Ethier, shortstop Corey
Seager lined a double to right, scoring Kendrick for a 2-0
advantage. With the hit, Seager set a Los Angeles record for most
consecutive games reaching base to start a career at 16 games in a
row. He broke Bill Russell's 1969 mark.
In the third, Arizona right fielder Ender Inciarte scored on a
sacrifice fly by center fielder A.J. Pollock to cut the deficit in
half.
Leading off the fourth, Tomas hit a solo blast off Anderson, his
ninth home run, to tie the score.
An umpire's decision prevented Arizona from scoring more in the
inning. With third baseman Brandon Drury at third and two outs,
Inciarte dribbled a grounder down the first-base line that Gonzalez
fielded. As Inciarte raced toward the bag, he veered to his right
and avoided the tag by Gonzalez. However, first base umpire Hunter
Wendelstedt called Inciarte out for running outside the base path.
Hill's solo shot -- his sixth homer this season -- lifted Arizona to
a 3-2 lead in the fifth. The Diamondbacks added on in the inning
thanks to an RBI single by catcher Welington Castillo and a
run-scoring groundout by Drury, making it 5-2.
The Dodgers' magic number to clinch the National League West
remained at seven.
NOTES: The Dodgers have a shot at setting a record for most wins at
home in a season. With the loss to Arizona, the Dodgers have a 50-25
mark at Dodger Stadium, meaning they would need to go 6-0 to eclipse
the 55-win season by the 1980 club. ... Arizona 1B Paul Goldschmidt
led the National League with a .374 average against left-handers
before Monday's contest. His closest competition consisted of Miami
Marlins 2B Dee Gordon (.351), Pittsburgh Pirates CF Andrew McCutchen
(.349) and teammate A.J. Pollock (.333). ... Diamondbacks LHP Robbie
Ray (4-12, 3.72 ERA) will face Dodgers LHP Alex Wood (11-10, 3.63
ERA) in Tuesday's game. ... A crowd of 38,791 attended.
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