Arizona Diamondbacks’ Paul Goldschmidt, right, is congratulated by… But the Dodgers have aces for the next two – major league ERA leader Zack Greinke on Wednesday night and reigning NL MVP Clayton Kershaw on Thursday afternoon.
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But that was the only hit of the game for Ruggiano, who hit into an inning-ending double play with two runners on base against lefty Andrew Chafin to end the seventh inning.
Still, it’s no secret the Diamondbacks despise the Dodgers and would like nothing better to put a crimp in stretch-drive ambitions. The other win during that stretch was against the Dodgers at Chase Field on September 11, a 12-4 rout.
“I’m just anxious about going out there and putting up zeroes”, Wood said. “It’s everything that you work for”.
Manager Chip Hale liked what he saw. “He came out and was firing”. He came out and he was firing, velocity was up, he was attacking the hitters. He gave us what we needed and what he needed, to be honest. “It was a great job”.
Leading off the fourth, Tomas hit a solo blast off Anderson, his ninth home run, to tie the score. For Wednesday’s game the Diamondbacks start Chase Anderson who has allowed 153 hits and 71 earned runs while striking out 97 over 141.1 innings for a 6-6 record and a 4.52 ERA. Pollock drove a ball off the top of the center field wall and out for a home run with one out, ending Wood’s night after just 79 pitches. Goldschmidt said. “I thought Van Slyke might have caught it, fortunately he didn’t”. He is the fourth Diamondback to have multiple seasons of 30 or more home runs, joining Steve Finley (1999-2000), Luis Gonzalez (2000-01) and Mark Reynolds (2009-10).Ahmed left the game in the seventh with a jammed lower back after making a diving stop of a grounder by Dodgers third baseman Alex Guerrero.The loss kept the Dodgers’ magic number in clinching the National League West title to seven games.A crowd of 41,419 attended the contest.NOTES: Dodgers INF Justin Turner was not in the starting lineup for the third consecutive game.
“At the beginning, my sinker was up, so they had a better chance of hitting the ball”, Chacin said.
Ray allowed six runs in 12 2-3 innings in two losses to Los Angeles earlier this season. Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a bloop RBI single and scored on a bases-loaded wild pitch by Adam Liberatore. His 18 home runs are a career high.
Arizona Diamondbacks’ Nick Ahmed is congratulated by teammates…
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C Yasmani Grandal hit a two-run shot in the eighth inning to pull the Dodgers within two runs but the Diamondbacks halted the rally.
