Final
Dodgers salvage series against D-backs
Apr 13, 2015 - 2:33 AM Phoenix, AZ (SportsNetwork.com) - Alex Guerrero was a triple shy of the cycle in his first MLB start to help the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.Guerrero went 3-for-5 with his first career home run and drove in four runs.
Joc Pederson went 3-for-4 and also hit his first MLB homer, Yasiel Puig went deep and Jimmy Rollins added an RBI for the Dodgers, who salvaged the three- game series with the win.
Los Angeles avoided its first winless series against the D-backs since dropping three straight May 6-8, 2013.
Zack Greinke (1-0) was brilliant for the Dodgers, pitching seven scoreless innings and striking out seven.
"He was what we needed today," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "He kept his pitch count down and was able to go deep for us."
Josh Collmenter (0-2) gave up three runs on nine hits over five innings of work for Arizona. A.J. Pollock had three RBI in the loss.
Los Angeles, which scored one run in each inning from the third to the seventh, broke through in the third inning with some small ball. Pederson led off with a double, moved over on Greinke's bunt and scored on Rollins' sacrifice fly to center.
Yasmani Grandal and Andre Ethier both singled with one out in the fourth, then Guerrero chased Grandal home with a base hit. Pederson followed with an infield single to load the bases, but Collmenter struck out Greinke before getting Rollins to ground out to end the threat.
Puig sent Collmenter's 3-2 cutter over the wall in left center for a 3-0 lead after five, and Pederson added his first career homer an inning later to extend the margin.
Guerrero's RBI knock in the seventh brought home Adrian Gonzalez for a 5-0 lead. He then hit a two-run shot to left in the ninth to make it a seven-run game.
Arizona plated four in the home ninth, with Pollock's three-run double highlighting the frame. Joel Peralta picked up his second save of the season for getting the last out.
"Those innings are important whether you win or lose," Pollock said. "You never want to just roll over."
Game Notes
Greinke is 6-0 against the D-backs dating back to the 2013 season ... Rollins had two errors in the win, just the sixth time in his career he finished a game with multiple miscues ... Los Angeles went 3-for-13 with runners in scoring position and left 13 men on base.
- LOS ANGELES: 7
ARIZONA: 4
Final
Apr 12 7:37 PM - A.J. Pollock doubles to right field. Jordan Pacheco scores. Cliff Pennington scores. Chris Owings scores.
Dodgers 7, Diamondbacks 4 Bot 9, 2 OutsApr 12 7:28 PM - Pollock doubled to right, Owings scored, Pennington scored, Pacheco scored.
Dodgers 7, Diamondbacks 4 Bot 9, 2 OutsApr 12 7:26 PM - Pacheco singled to right, Lamb scored, Owings to third, Pennington to second.
Dodgers 7, Diamondbacks 1 Bot 9, 2 OutsApr 12 7:21 PM - Jordan Pacheco singles to right field. Cliff Pennington to second. Chris Owings to third. Jake Lamb scores.
Dodgers 7, Diamondbacks 1 Bot 9, 2 OutsApr 12 7:21 PM - Guerrero homered to left on a 0-2 count, Grandal scored.
Dodgers 7, Diamondbacks 0 Top 9, 1 OutApr 12 6:54 PM - Alex Guerrero homers to left field. Yasmani Grandal scores.
Dodgers 7, Diamondbacks 0 Top 9, 1 OutApr 12 6:54 PM - Guerrero doubled to left, A.Gonzalez scored, Ethier to third.
Dodgers 5, Diamondbacks 0 Top 7, 2 OutsApr 12 6:11 PM - Alex Guerrero doubles to left field. Andre Ethier to third. Adrian Gonzalez scores.
Dodgers 5, Diamondbacks 0 Top 7, 2 OutsApr 12 6:11 PM - Guerrero singled to right, Grandal scored, Ethier to second.
Dodgers 2, Diamondbacks 0 Top 4, 1 OutApr 12 5:07 PM - Alex Guerrero singles to right center field. Andre Ethier to second. Yasmani Grandal scores.
Dodgers 2, Diamondbacks 0 Top 4, 1 OutApr 12 5:07 PM - Rollins hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Pollock, Pederson scored.
Dodgers 1, Diamondbacks 0 Top 3, 2 OutsApr 12 4:49 PM - Jimmy Rollins out on a sacrifice fly to center field to A.J. Pollock. Joc Pederson scores.
Dodgers 1, Diamondbacks 0 Top 3, 1 OutApr 12 4:48 PM - Jimmy Rollins singles to right field.
Apr 12 4:11 PM - LOS ANGELES: 0
ARIZONA: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Apr 12 4:11 PM
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