PHOENIX -- Ender Inciarte predicted his own starring role Friday night.
Inciarte had a game-ending single with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
"I told (David) Peralta I was going to get the at-bat to end the game so I just was waiting for that at-bat," said Inciarte, who had two hits. "It worked out for me."
Pinch-hitter Cliff Pennington drew a one-out walk and went to second on a wild pitch. J.P. Howell (0-1) then walked A.J. Pollock with Pennington stealing third base as ball four went into the dirt.
Dodgers manager Don Mattingly called in Yasiel Puig from the outfield to play third base in a five-man, drawn-in infield but Inciarte hit a grounder just past first baseman Adrian Gonzalez inside the line to bring home Pennington.
"It comes down to the point of hitting it through the infield," said Arizona manager Chip Hale, "hit it through somebody if you have to."
The key for Arizona, Mattingly said, was Pennington stealing third base.
"With Inciarte and you are in first and second and you are at least still in a force situation," Mattingly said. "You are probably not going to double up Inciarte unless he hits a rocket but then you're going to get to Goldschmidt and deal with him. But when he (Pennington) steals third, that hurt us."
Paul Goldschmidt had three hits including his first home run since July 30 for the Diamondbacks, who had dropped 15 of 19 against Los Angeles a year ago.
Yasmani Grandal homered and Jimmy Rollins added a two-run double for the Dodgers.
The Dodgers threatened in the ninth against Addison Reed when Carl Crawford and Juan Uribe hit consecutive one-out singles. But Joc Pederson hit a fly to the warning track in right and Andre Ethier hit a sharp grounder to first to end the inning.
Goldschmidt gave the Diamondbacks a 3-0 lead in the third off Brett Anderson with a drive into the pool area beyond the right-field fence.
Grandal made it 3-1 in the fourth with a homer onto the walkway beyond the center field fence, and Rollins tied the game the following inning with a two-run double to the gap in right-center field against Chase Anderson.
Anderson went five innings, allowing three runs and five hits. He walked three and struck out six, five coming in the first three innings.
Brett Anderson allowed three runs on five hits over six innings with a walk and four strikeouts in his Dodgers debut.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Dodgers: RHP Kenley Jansen played catch before Friday's game and remains on an every-other-day schedule as he recovers from surgery to remove a growth from the fifth metatarsal in his left foot. Jansen remains two weeks away from throwing off a mound.
RUDY IN THE HOUSE
Actor Sean Astin, who played the title role in the film "Rudy," threw out the first pitch.
WHAT'S IN A NAME
The Dodgers' Brett Anderson and Diamondbacks' Chase Anderson were the first pitchers with the same surname to start the same game since Cleveland's Robert Hernandez and Seattle's Felix Hernandez faced off on April 21, 2012. The last matchup involving a Dodgers' pitcher was June 20, 2009, when the Angels' Jered Weaver started against his brother Jeff.
CONTAINING GONZALEZ
Dodgers 1B Adrian Gonzalez singled to left to raise his batting average to .786 in the first, walked in the fourth and was intentionally walked in the fifth. But the Diamondbacks challenged him his last two at-bats, letting left-handers pitch to Yasiel Puig to get to the left-handed Gonzalez with success. Gonzalez grounded out in the eighth with the bases empty and hit into an inning-ending double play in the 10th, dropping his average back to .688 (11 of 16). It marked only the second time this season Gonzalez had been retired in consecutive plate appearances, the first time in the same game.
UP NEXT
Dodgers: RHP Clayton Kershaw will make his second start of the season, against the Diamondbacks. Kershaw had a no-decision on opening day after allowing three runs and six hits over six innings. Kershaw is 10-7 with a 2.45 ERA in 21 starts against Arizona but was 3-1 with a pedestrian 3.47 ERA last season versus the Diamondbacks.
Diamondbacks: RHP Archie Bradley will make his major league debut against the Dodgers. Bradley, rated the Diamondbacks' top prospect the past two seasons by MLB.com, pitched his way into the rotation this spring, giving Arizona the opportunity to trade RHP Trevor Cahill to Atlanta on April 2.
Inciarte had a game-ending single with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
"I told (David) Peralta I was going to get the at-bat to end the game so I just was waiting for that at-bat," said Inciarte, who had two hits. "It worked out for me."
Pinch-hitter Cliff Pennington drew a one-out walk and went to second on a wild pitch. J.P. Howell (0-1) then walked A.J. Pollock with Pennington stealing third base as ball four went into the dirt.
Dodgers manager Don Mattingly called in Yasiel Puig from the outfield to play third base in a five-man, drawn-in infield but Inciarte hit a grounder just past first baseman Adrian Gonzalez inside the line to bring home Pennington.
"It comes down to the point of hitting it through the infield," said Arizona manager Chip Hale, "hit it through somebody if you have to."
The key for Arizona, Mattingly said, was Pennington stealing third base.
"With Inciarte and you are in first and second and you are at least still in a force situation," Mattingly said. "You are probably not going to double up Inciarte unless he hits a rocket but then you're going to get to Goldschmidt and deal with him. But when he (Pennington) steals third, that hurt us."
Paul Goldschmidt had three hits including his first home run since July 30 for the Diamondbacks, who had dropped 15 of 19 against Los Angeles a year ago.
Yasmani Grandal homered and Jimmy Rollins added a two-run double for the Dodgers.
The Dodgers threatened in the ninth against Addison Reed when Carl Crawford and Juan Uribe hit consecutive one-out singles. But Joc Pederson hit a fly to the warning track in right and Andre Ethier hit a sharp grounder to first to end the inning.
Goldschmidt gave the Diamondbacks a 3-0 lead in the third off Brett Anderson with a drive into the pool area beyond the right-field fence.
Grandal made it 3-1 in the fourth with a homer onto the walkway beyond the center field fence, and Rollins tied the game the following inning with a two-run double to the gap in right-center field against Chase Anderson.
Anderson went five innings, allowing three runs and five hits. He walked three and struck out six, five coming in the first three innings.
Brett Anderson allowed three runs on five hits over six innings with a walk and four strikeouts in his Dodgers debut.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Dodgers: RHP Kenley Jansen played catch before Friday's game and remains on an every-other-day schedule as he recovers from surgery to remove a growth from the fifth metatarsal in his left foot. Jansen remains two weeks away from throwing off a mound.
RUDY IN THE HOUSE
Actor Sean Astin, who played the title role in the film "Rudy," threw out the first pitch.
WHAT'S IN A NAME
The Dodgers' Brett Anderson and Diamondbacks' Chase Anderson were the first pitchers with the same surname to start the same game since Cleveland's Robert Hernandez and Seattle's Felix Hernandez faced off on April 21, 2012. The last matchup involving a Dodgers' pitcher was June 20, 2009, when the Angels' Jered Weaver started against his brother Jeff.
CONTAINING GONZALEZ
Dodgers 1B Adrian Gonzalez singled to left to raise his batting average to .786 in the first, walked in the fourth and was intentionally walked in the fifth. But the Diamondbacks challenged him his last two at-bats, letting left-handers pitch to Yasiel Puig to get to the left-handed Gonzalez with success. Gonzalez grounded out in the eighth with the bases empty and hit into an inning-ending double play in the 10th, dropping his average back to .688 (11 of 16). It marked only the second time this season Gonzalez had been retired in consecutive plate appearances, the first time in the same game.
UP NEXT
Dodgers: RHP Clayton Kershaw will make his second start of the season, against the Diamondbacks. Kershaw had a no-decision on opening day after allowing three runs and six hits over six innings. Kershaw is 10-7 with a 2.45 ERA in 21 starts against Arizona but was 3-1 with a pedestrian 3.47 ERA last season versus the Diamondbacks.
Diamondbacks: RHP Archie Bradley will make his major league debut against the Dodgers. Bradley, rated the Diamondbacks' top prospect the past two seasons by MLB.com, pitched his way into the rotation this spring, giving Arizona the opportunity to trade RHP Trevor Cahill to Atlanta on April 2.
Dodgers 3
(2-2, 0-1 away)
9:40PM,EDT,April 10,2015
Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Los Angeles - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Chase Anderson pitching for Arizona | LAD | ARI |
| Rollins flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Puig struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| González singled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Kendrick walked, González to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Grandal struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Brett Anderson pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | ARI |
| Pollock flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Inciarte grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt reached on infield single to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Trumbo grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Goldschmidt out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Chase Anderson pitching for Arizona | LAD | ARI |
| Crawford struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Uribe grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Pederson grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Brett Anderson pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | ARI |
| Hill flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Owings flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Gosewisch walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Ahmed grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Chase Anderson pitching for Arizona | LAD | ARI |
| Anderson struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Rollins struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Puig flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Brett Anderson pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | ARI |
| Anderson struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Pollock singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Inciarte singled to center, Pollock to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt homered to right center (400 feet), Pollock and Inciarte scored. | 0 | 3 |
| Trumbo struck out looking. | 0 | 3 |
| Hill grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Chase Anderson pitching for Arizona | LAD | ARI |
| González walked. | 0 | 3 |
| Kendrick grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, González out at second. | 0 | 3 |
| Grandal homered to right center (440 feet). | 1 | 3 |
| Crawford grounded out to second. | 1 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Brett Anderson pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | ARI |
| Owings grounded out to third. | 1 | 3 |
| Gosewisch lined out to shortstop. | 1 | 3 |
| Ahmed flied out to right. | 1 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Chase Anderson pitching for Arizona | LAD | ARI |
| Uribe singled to left. | 1 | 3 |
| Pederson singled to right, Uribe to third. | 1 | 3 |
| Anderson sacrificed to catcher, Pederson to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Rollins doubled to deep right center, Uribe and Pederson scored. | 3 | 3 |
| Puig struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| González intentionally walked. | 3 | 3 |
| Kendrick lined out to right. | 3 | 3 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Brett Anderson pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | ARI |
| Pacheco hit for Anderson. | 3 | 3 |
| Pacheco struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| Pollock popped out to second. | 3 | 3 |
| Inciarte grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Chafin pitching for Arizona | LAD | ARI |
| Chafin relieved Anderson. | 3 | 3 |
| Grandal grounded out to second. | 3 | 3 |
| Crawford grounded out to second. | 3 | 3 |
| Uribe struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Brett Anderson pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | ARI |
| Goldschmidt flied out to right. | 3 | 3 |
| Trumbo reached on infield single to third, Trumbo to second on throwing error by third baseman Uribe. | 3 | 3 |
| Hill grounded out to pitcher, Trumbo to third. | 3 | 3 |
| Owings struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Chafin pitching for Arizona | LAD | ARI |
| Pederson grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 3 |
| Van Slyke hit for Anderson. | 3 | 3 |
| Van Slyke grounded out to third. | 3 | 3 |
| Rollins bunt grounded out to pitcher. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Yimi Garcia pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | ARI |
| García relieved Anderson. | 3 | 3 |
| Gosewisch flied out to left. | 3 | 3 |
| Ahmed struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| Chafin struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Chafin pitching for Arizona | LAD | ARI |
| Puig grounded out to second. | 3 | 3 |
| González grounded out to third. | 3 | 3 |
| Kendrick grounded out to first. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Yimi Garcia pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | ARI |
| Pollock struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| Inciarte flied out to center. | 3 | 3 |
| Goldschmidt singled to center. | 3 | 3 |
| Trumbo struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Addison Reed pitching for Arizona | LAD | ARI |
| Reed relieved Chafin. | 3 | 3 |
| Grandal struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| Crawford singled to center. | 3 | 3 |
| Uribe singled to right, Crawford to second. | 3 | 3 |
| Pederson flied out to right, Crawford to third. | 3 | 3 |
| Ethier hit for García. | 3 | 3 |
| Ethier grounded out to first. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Joel Peralta pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | ARI |
| Peralta relieved García. | 3 | 3 |
| Hill popped out to second. | 3 | 3 |
| Owings struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| Gosewisch struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 10th | SCORE | |
| Oliver Perez pitching for Arizona | LAD | ARI |
| Rollins flied out to left. | 3 | 3 |
| Puig singled to center. | 3 | 3 |
| González grounded into double play, first to shortstop to first, Puig out at second. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 10th | SCORE | |
| J.P. Howell pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | ARI |
| Ahmed grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 3 |
| Pennington hit for Pérez. | 3 | 3 |
| Pennington walked. | 3 | 3 |
| Pennington to second on wild pitch by Howell. | 3 | 3 |
| Pollock walked, Pennington stole third. | 3 | 3 |
| Inciarte singled to right, Pennington scored, Pollock to second. | 3 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles Dodgers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Rollins SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .278 | .316 | .667 |
| Puig RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .118 | .211 | .176 |
| González 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | .688 | .722 | 1.750 |
| Kendrick 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | .333 | .375 | .533 |
| Grandal C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .111 | .333 | .444 |
| Crawford LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .357 | .400 | .500 |
| Uribe 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .231 | .286 | .231 |
| Pederson CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .214 | .313 | .357 |
| Anderson P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Van Slyke PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .333 | .000 |
García P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
b-Ethier PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Peralta P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Howell P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 161 | |||
| a-grounded to third for B Anderson in the 7th b-grounded to first for Y Garcia in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Rollins (2, Anderson) HR: Grandal (1, 4th inning off Anderson 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: Grandal (1), Rollins 2 (6) S: Anderson 2-out RBI: Grandal GIDP: Kendrick, González Dodgers RISP: 1-6 (Grandal 0-1, Rollins 1-1, Puig 0-1, Kendrick 0-1, Ethier 0-1, Pederson 0-1) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Uribe (1, throw) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ |
| Attendance | 27,404 (56.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:01 |
| Weather | 82 degrees, clear |
| Wind | 6 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Chris Conroy, First Base - Ted Barrett, Second Base - Angel Hernandez, Third Base - Scott Barry |
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