Yasmani Grandal and Corey Seager each hit three-run home runs, Joc Pederson added a two-run shot for the Dodgers who scored 25 runs in the three-game series. Patrick Corbin wobbled through a shaky first inning, but kept the Dodgers off the board through three, and Arizona then added two runs in the fourth.
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The Dodgers had already shortened their rotation to four pitchers with a glut of three off days in an eight-day span ending Monday.
Stripling, the first of six relievers the Dodgers called on in the come-from-behind victory, was not close to ready for the call when starter Bud Norris came out after two hitters.
The errors happened in consecutive innings, as third baseman Jake Lamb had a ball bounce off his glove in what could have been a double play in the bottom of the fourth inning.
“The ball hits his mask, and gets lodged behind the chest protector, that’s essentially an extra base advance”, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.
The Arizona Diamondbacks look to sweep the Los Angeles Dodgers early Sunday afternoon.
C Yasmani Grandal drove in the game-winning run with a single in the seventh.
In the fifth inning, shortstop Chris Owings misfired on a routine ground ball to allow a Dodgers’ chance with runners on the corners, but Corbin was able to get out of it. Puig’s double was misplayed by Diamondbacks left fielder Yasmany Tomas – a performance Tomas would reprise on Grandal’s leadoff double in the eighth, leading to another run.
Paul Goldschmidt, who torched Los Angeles for 21 doubles, 24 home runs and 74 RBIs in his first 86 games against the Dodgers including 3 for 5 with 3 RBIs in the series’ opener went 0 for 4 in this game. It was his 15 of the season, tied for the most by a catcher in the majors this year. Three of Utley’s homers have come in the seventh inning or later.
Ross Stripling entered the game for Norris as a long reliever who can also start and eat up innings.
NOTES: The Diamondbacks traded veteran RHP Tyler Clippard to the New York Yankees in exchange for RHP Vicente Campos.
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Buoyed by a bullpen that has put up a 3.01 ERA during Kershaw’s absence and an offense that has averaged 4.85 runs per game during that span, the Dodgers are 17-10 without their ace. Corbin is 0-2 with a 5.51 ERA this year, but has a 2-1 record with a 3.25 ERA in five career starts at Dodger Stadium. Hernandez had been out since June 29 with left ribcage inflammation. INF Austin Barnes was optioned back to Triple-A Oklahoma City to clear a roster spot. OF Trace Thompson (lower back tightness) continues to progress toward a rehab assignment, taking batting practice, throwing and running, “sometime next week the goal”, said manager Dave Roberts.
