Justin Turner hit a two-run homer in the eighth and a two-run double that made it a one-run game in the ninth.
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The Diamondbacks and Dodgers will get together at Chase Field for the third and final game of this series on Sunday.
Los Angeles loaded the bases with no outs in the sixth. In two starts against Arizona this year, the 28-year old righty is 1-0 with 10 strikeouts and a 1.59 ERA.
Three hits off the stingiest relief corps in the major leagues turned what was so close to being the Dodgers’ fifth straight win into a 2-1 loss in 12 innings Saturday night to the struggling Arizona Diamondbacks.
Norris (5-7) entered 0-7 with a 13.92 ERA against the Diamondbacks but ended the drought with the help of the Dodgers’ offensive outburst. It’s all based on our starting pitching. “If they give us the outing, I think we have the offense to beat teams”. That includes a no-decision back on April 14, in which he yielded two runs over 6.1 innings.
The Dodgers scored five in the fourth, with two scoring on Taylor’s triple.
Third baseman Jake Lamb’s two errors in the third led to an unearned Los Angeles run. With runners on first and third, Barrett struck out Yasiel Puig and Chris Taylor to earn his second save.
“I hit it hard enough to get through”. “Try to slow the game down, control my breathing and my tempo and then try to throw strikes”.
Dodgers starter Brandon McCarthy gave up three hits and struck out eight in six scoreless innings.
The Dodgers stranded the bases loaded in the seventh and again in the 11th.
“I’m not afraid to fail”, Lamb said after a three-hit night. “He established the tone”.
“I just wanted to stay on top the ball”, he said.
Jake Lamb hit his 21st homer and singled in a run off Kenta Maeda (8-7), tagged for a season-worst five runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings starts. His ERA is up to 5.25, and even though his groundball rate is strong, he’s served up 19 home runs in 109 2/3 innings.
They were unable to take advantage of a stellar outing from Brandon McCarthy, who gave up three hits and allowed only one runner past first base in six innings of his third start since returning from Tommy John surgery.
The Diamondbacks jumped on Maeda for three runs in the first.
Dale Scott was out of the umpire lineup after being hit in the mask by a foul ball and leaving the game in the first inning on Saturday. Stu Scheurwater was called up from minors to take his place. He struck out five and walked one.
“We had our opportunities”, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “Those guys made pitches and they hung in there”, Roberts said. Peralta is dealing with a lower back strain, and will start with Double-A Mobile. Meanwhile, Owings is working his way through plantar fasciitis and will be with Triple-A Reno. He tripled and scored a run. Arizona LHP Patrick Corbin singled in his only at-bat Friday, giving the Diamondbacks’ pitching staff their 36th hit of the season – matching its total from all of last season.3.
Diamondbacks: Sunday starter Robbie Ray (4-8) is 2-2 with a 2.40 ERA in five career starts against the Dodgers.
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Diamondbacks: Arizona has Monday off then plays a two-game interleague home series against Toronto. Following a day off Monday, the match-ups for Tuesday night at 6:40 has Zack Godley (2-0, 5.28) taking on Jays’ righty Aaron Sanchez (9-1, 2.97).
