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 Justin Turner's RBI pinch single off reliever Randall Delgado
drove in an inherited runner to break Ray's 20-inning scoreless
streak against the Dodgers, and Enrique Hernandez followed with a
go-ahead, two-run double to give Los Angeles a 5-2 victory over the
Diamondbacks on Thursday at Dodger Stadium.
The Dodgers, who trailed 2-0, scored all their runs in the seventh
inning after Trayce Thompson hit a leadoff single and Austin Barnes
walked with one out. Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale then changed
pitchers.
Delgado (0-1) gave up hits to the only two batters he faced before
Yasiel Puig and Adrian Gonzalez added RBI singles off left-hander
Andrew Chafin to cap the scoring.
The Dodgers put five consecutive men on base in the seventh after
getting only one runner as far as third in the previous six.
"As a manager, you make some decisions during a game, and sometimes
they don't work out," Hale said.
 "You have to take responsibility. Randall has done so well with
runners on base the last two years, I felt like he was the right
matchup. I'll take it. Those guys deserve better."
Dodgers rookie right-hander Ross Stripling made his second
consecutive strong, giving up two runs on five hits and six innings.
He struck out five and walked one but was not involved in the
decision. He threw 96 pitches.
Stripling threw 7 1/3 hitless innings in his first major league
start April 8 at San Francisco before being removed after reaching
his team-imposed, 100-pitch limit. He was charged with a run that
game when a reliever left an inherited runner scored.
Left-hander J.P. Howell (1-0) pitched a 1-2-3 seventh for the
victory Thursday. Yimi Garcia and Kenley Jansen followed with a
scoreless inning apiece, and Jansen earned his fourth save of the
season.
Hernandez and Puig had two hits apiece for Los Angeles (6-4).
Socrates Brito had two hits and scored for Arizona (3-7), and Nick
Ahmed and David Peralta each had a hit and an RBI.
Ray gave up two runs on four hits, walked five and struck out six in
6 1/3 innings. He extended his scoreless-innings streak against the
Dodgers to 20 dating to July 1, 2015, before being charged with the
two runs after leaving in the seventh inning.
Ray has two of Arizona's three quality starts this season.
Tyler Clippard, who is Arizona's designated seventh-inning reliever,
pitched the first two games of the series.
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"I should have gone to Clippard in the seventh there," Hale said. "A
chance to win a game against a division opponent in their ballpark,
you have to take your shot."
Stripling lost his no-hitter early, as Arizona leadoff hitter Jean
Segura singled to center on the fifth pitch of the game.
The Diamondbacks took a 1-0 lead in the fifth inning when catcher
Chris Herrmann doubled with one out and scored on Ahmed's two-out
single. It was Herrmann's first hit of the season.
Brito singled to open the Arizona sixth inning, stole second and
came around to score on groundouts by Paul Goldschmidt and Peralta.
That pushed Arizona's lead to 2-0.
Ray gave up a single and walked three in the first two innings but
was helped by two infield double plays.
NOTES: Dodgers LHP Clayton Kershaw will face Giants LHP Madison
Bumgarner in a rematch Friday after the two faced each other in San
Francisco on Sunday. Neither received a decision in the Dodgers'
3-2, 10-inning victory. Kershaw is 16-7 with a 1.57 ERA against the
Giants in 32 career appearances (31 starts). ... Arizona RHP Zack
Greinke enters his third start of the season Friday looking for his
first victory after giving up 11 earned runs in 10 innings in losses
to Colorado and the Chicago Cubs. He had not given up that runs many
in consecutive starts since the middle of the 2011 season, when he
was with Milwaukee. Greinke lost his first two starts for the first
time in his career. ... Dodgers LHP Adam Liberatore was promoted
from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Thursday, when RHP Chris Hatcher was
placed on the paternity list. Hatcher tweeted news of the birth of
his son Jensen Thomas Hatcher on Thursday afternoon. ... Although
the Dodgers lopped about $50 million off their payroll this season,
it remains the highest in baseball at $253.6 million, as evaluated
by Forbes. ... Dodgers 3B Justin Turner, who was hit by two pitches
in the Dodgers' 3-1 victory Wednesday, did not start Thursday as
INF/OF Howie Kendrick opened at third base.
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