PHOENIX -- For most of the night Friday, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks were locked in a tight NL West fight.
Then came the eighth inning, and an avalanche of Arizona runs.
Paul Goldschmidt, Yasmany Tomas and Chris Iannetta each drove in two in a nine-run inning and the Diamondbacks routed the Dodgers 13-5.
"Hats off to everybody," Arizona's Chris Owings said. "It was just a team effort, one you can look back on and just smile."
Chris Taylor's pinch-hit home run had put the Dodgers up 5-4 in the seventh and manager Dave Roberts turned things over to the usually reliable Los Angeles bullpen.
"Uncharacteristic for us," Roberts said. "You have to give those guys credit. They were aggressive in the zone and when we were just missing off (the plate) with balls, they were taking them."
The Diamondbacks had six hits and five walks in the inning. Only one hit was for extra bases.
"Usually there's homers or extra-base hits or something like that worked in," Goldschmidt said. "It was really a great team inning there."
It was the sixth time Arizona has scored nine runs in an inning. The club record is 13.
"Quite a day, highlighted by a very impressive eighth inning," Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said. "I thought the at-bats inside of that inning were very patient, exactly what we're talking about as far as handing it off to the next guy. It was much needed after a couple of lean games offensively."
The Diamondbacks had managed a total of one run in their previous two games, losses at San Diego.
Luis Avilan walked in the tying run in the eighth and Sergio Romo was called for a balk to bring home the go-ahead score. Romo said it was his first big league balk.
"It got called a balk regardless of what I think," Romo said. "It was a balk in a big situation."
Goldschmidt, coming off a 5-for-33 road trip, singled off the glove of second baseman Chase Utley to make it 8-5, Tomas doubled into the left field corner to bring in a pair and Iannetta singled home two more.
Ross Stripling (0-1) pitched one inning plus two batters in the loss.
Taylor's homer was the first run allowed this season by Archie Bradley (1-0), who went two innings to get the victory.
The Dodgers took a 2-1 lead in the first and it was a one-run game the rest of the way until Arizona's eighth-inning avalanche.
A.J. Pollock fell a triple shy of the cycle for the Diamondbacks, just off a 4-6 road trip. They improved to 7-1 at home.
Corey Seager had three hits, including a home run, and drove in three runs for Los Angeles.
The Dodgers scored twice on Taijuan Walker's first five pitches of the game.
Joc Pederson singled sharply up the middle and Seager followed with a shot over the porch and onto the walkway beyond the wall in left center.
Arizona cut the lead in half quickly, with Pollock hitting his first career leadoff home run. The Diamondbacks tied it on consecutive doubles by Pollock and Chris Owings in the third.
BACKFIRED
The Dodgers' strategy backfired in the fifth inning when Goldschmidt was intentionally walked to put runners at first and second and bring up left-handed batting Jake Lamb to face the lefty Alex Wood.
The runners advanced on a wild pitch and scored when Lamb singled up the middle to put Arizona up 4-3.
Los Angeles tied it at 4 in the sixth on Andrew Toles' RBI single.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Dodgers: Roberts says he hopes 2B Logan Forsythe, placed on the 10-day DL with a hairline toe fracture on Wednesday, can be back in about two weeks.
Diamondbacks: Right-handed reliever Jake Barrett (shoulder), who hasn't played this season, is expected to throw a live batting practice session Saturday.
UP NEXT
Left-hander Robbie Ray (1-0, 1.96 ERA), who struck out 10 in a no-decision against the Dodgers in Los Angeles on Monday, takes the mound for Arizona and right-hander Kenta Maeda (1-1, 7.07 ERA) goes for the Dodgers. Maeda allowed four runs in four innings against Arizona last Saturday, with no decision in the Dodgers' 8-4 victory.
Los Angeles Dodgers
Then came the eighth inning, and an avalanche of Arizona runs.
Paul Goldschmidt, Yasmany Tomas and Chris Iannetta each drove in two in a nine-run inning and the Diamondbacks routed the Dodgers 13-5.
"Hats off to everybody," Arizona's Chris Owings said. "It was just a team effort, one you can look back on and just smile."
Chris Taylor's pinch-hit home run had put the Dodgers up 5-4 in the seventh and manager Dave Roberts turned things over to the usually reliable Los Angeles bullpen.
"Uncharacteristic for us," Roberts said. "You have to give those guys credit. They were aggressive in the zone and when we were just missing off (the plate) with balls, they were taking them."
The Diamondbacks had six hits and five walks in the inning. Only one hit was for extra bases.
"Usually there's homers or extra-base hits or something like that worked in," Goldschmidt said. "It was really a great team inning there."
It was the sixth time Arizona has scored nine runs in an inning. The club record is 13.
"Quite a day, highlighted by a very impressive eighth inning," Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said. "I thought the at-bats inside of that inning were very patient, exactly what we're talking about as far as handing it off to the next guy. It was much needed after a couple of lean games offensively."
The Diamondbacks had managed a total of one run in their previous two games, losses at San Diego.
Luis Avilan walked in the tying run in the eighth and Sergio Romo was called for a balk to bring home the go-ahead score. Romo said it was his first big league balk.
"It got called a balk regardless of what I think," Romo said. "It was a balk in a big situation."
Goldschmidt, coming off a 5-for-33 road trip, singled off the glove of second baseman Chase Utley to make it 8-5, Tomas doubled into the left field corner to bring in a pair and Iannetta singled home two more.
Ross Stripling (0-1) pitched one inning plus two batters in the loss.
Taylor's homer was the first run allowed this season by Archie Bradley (1-0), who went two innings to get the victory.
The Dodgers took a 2-1 lead in the first and it was a one-run game the rest of the way until Arizona's eighth-inning avalanche.
A.J. Pollock fell a triple shy of the cycle for the Diamondbacks, just off a 4-6 road trip. They improved to 7-1 at home.
Corey Seager had three hits, including a home run, and drove in three runs for Los Angeles.
The Dodgers scored twice on Taijuan Walker's first five pitches of the game.
Joc Pederson singled sharply up the middle and Seager followed with a shot over the porch and onto the walkway beyond the wall in left center.
Arizona cut the lead in half quickly, with Pollock hitting his first career leadoff home run. The Diamondbacks tied it on consecutive doubles by Pollock and Chris Owings in the third.
BACKFIRED
The Dodgers' strategy backfired in the fifth inning when Goldschmidt was intentionally walked to put runners at first and second and bring up left-handed batting Jake Lamb to face the lefty Alex Wood.
The runners advanced on a wild pitch and scored when Lamb singled up the middle to put Arizona up 4-3.
Los Angeles tied it at 4 in the sixth on Andrew Toles' RBI single.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Dodgers: Roberts says he hopes 2B Logan Forsythe, placed on the 10-day DL with a hairline toe fracture on Wednesday, can be back in about two weeks.
Diamondbacks: Right-handed reliever Jake Barrett (shoulder), who hasn't played this season, is expected to throw a live batting practice session Saturday.
UP NEXT
Left-hander Robbie Ray (1-0, 1.96 ERA), who struck out 10 in a no-decision against the Dodgers in Los Angeles on Monday, takes the mound for Arizona and right-hander Kenta Maeda (1-1, 7.07 ERA) goes for the Dodgers. Maeda allowed four runs in four innings against Arizona last Saturday, with no decision in the Dodgers' 8-4 victory.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Los Angeles - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Taijuan Walker pitching for Arizona | LAD | ARI |
| Pederson singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Seager homered to center (425 feet), Pederson scored. | 2 | 0 |
| Turner flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| González struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Puig grounded out to third. | 2 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Alex Wood pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | ARI |
| Pollock homered to center (393 feet). | 2 | 1 |
| Owings fouled out to first. | 2 | 1 |
| Goldschmidt lined out to right. | 2 | 1 |
| Lamb struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Taijuan Walker pitching for Arizona | LAD | ARI |
| Grandal struck out looking. | 2 | 1 |
| Toles grounded out to second. | 2 | 1 |
| Utley grounded out to second. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Alex Wood pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | ARI |
| Tomás grounded out to third. | 2 | 1 |
| Drury grounded out to third. | 2 | 1 |
| Peralta singled to left center. | 2 | 1 |
| Mathis struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Taijuan Walker pitching for Arizona | LAD | ARI |
| Wood struck out looking. | 2 | 1 |
| Pederson grounded out to first. | 2 | 1 |
| Seager grounded out to second. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Alex Wood pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | ARI |
| Walker struck out looking. | 2 | 1 |
| Pollock doubled to center. | 2 | 1 |
| Owings doubled to left, Pollock scored. | 2 | 2 |
| Goldschmidt grounded out to second, Owings to third. | 2 | 2 |
| Lamb flied out to left. | 2 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Taijuan Walker pitching for Arizona | LAD | ARI |
| Turner doubled to deep right. | 2 | 2 |
| González grounded out to first, Turner to third. | 2 | 2 |
| Puig grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Turner out at home. | 2 | 2 |
| Grandal walked, Puig to second. | 2 | 2 |
| Toles struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Alex Wood pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | ARI |
| Tomás grounded out to third. | 2 | 2 |
| Drury singled to shallow left center. | 2 | 2 |
| Peralta struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| Mathis struck out swinging. | 2 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Taijuan Walker pitching for Arizona | LAD | ARI |
| Utley grounded out to pitcher. | 2 | 2 |
| Wood struck out looking. | 2 | 2 |
| Pederson doubled to right. | 2 | 2 |
| Seager singled to center, Pederson scored. | 3 | 2 |
| Turner flied out to center. | 3 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Alex Wood pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | ARI |
| Walker struck out bunting foul. | 3 | 2 |
| Pollock singled to right. | 3 | 2 |
| Owings grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Pollock out at second, Owings to second on throwing error by second baseman Utley. | 3 | 2 |
| Goldschmidt intentionally walked. | 3 | 2 |
| Owings to third, Goldschmidt to second on wild pitch by Wood. | 3 | 2 |
| Lamb singled to center, Owings and Goldschmidt scored. | 3 | 4 |
| Báez relieved Wood. | 3 | 4 |
| Tomás fouled out to right. | 3 | 4 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Taijuan Walker pitching for Arizona | LAD | ARI |
| González struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| Puig flied out to right. | 3 | 4 |
| Grandal doubled to right, Grandal to third on error by right fielder Peralta. | 3 | 4 |
| Toles singled to center, Grandal scored. | 4 | 4 |
| De La Rosa relieved Walker. | 4 | 4 |
| Utley flied out to left. | 4 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Pedro Baez pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | ARI |
| Drury walked. | 4 | 4 |
| Peralta walked, Drury to second. | 4 | 4 |
| Drury to third, Peralta to second on passed ball by Grandal. | 4 | 4 |
| Mathis struck out swinging. | 4 | 4 |
| Hazelbaker hit for De La Rosa. | 4 | 4 |
| Hazelbaker struck out swinging. | 4 | 4 |
| Pollock flied out to center. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Archie Bradley pitching for Arizona | LAD | ARI |
| Bradley relieved De La Rosa. | 4 | 4 |
| Taylor hit for Báez. | 4 | 4 |
| Taylor homered to left (390 feet). | 5 | 4 |
| Pederson fouled out to catcher. | 5 | 4 |
| Seager singled to left. | 5 | 4 |
| Turner hit by pitch, Seager to second. | 5 | 4 |
| González grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, Turner out at second. | 5 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Ross Stripling pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | ARI |
| Stripling relieved Báez. | 5 | 4 |
| Owings lined out to second. | 5 | 4 |
| Goldschmidt hit a ground rule double to deep center. | 5 | 4 |
| Lamb lined out to left, Goldschmidt to third on throwing error by left fielder Toles. | 5 | 4 |
| Tomás fouled out to right. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Archie Bradley pitching for Arizona | LAD | ARI |
| Puig struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| Grandal grounded out to third. | 5 | 4 |
| Toles grounded out to second. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Ross Stripling pitching for Los Angeles | LAD | ARI |
| Drury doubled to deep center. | 5 | 4 |
| Peralta singled to shallow left, Drury to third. | 5 | 4 |
| Herrmann hit for Mathis. | 5 | 4 |
| Avilán relieved Stripling. | 5 | 4 |
| Iannetta hit for Herrmann. | 5 | 4 |
| Iannetta walked, Peralta to second. | 5 | 4 |
| Descalso hit for Bradley. | 5 | 4 |
| Descalso walked, Drury scored, Peralta to third, Iannetta to second. | 5 | 5 |
| Romo relieved Avilán. | 5 | 5 |
| Peralta scored, Iannetta to third, Descalso to second on balk by Romo. | 5 | 6 |
| Pollock struck out swinging. | 5 | 6 |
| Owings walked. | 5 | 6 |
| Goldschmidt reached on infield single to second, Iannetta and Descalso scored, Owings to third, Goldschmidt to second advancing on throw. | 5 | 8 |
| Lamb intentionally walked. | 5 | 8 |
| Tomás doubled to left, Owings and Goldschmidt scored, Lamb to third. | 5 | 10 |
| Drury walked. | 5 | 10 |
| Fields relieved Romo. | 5 | 10 |
| Peralta struck out swinging. | 5 | 10 |
| Iannetta singled to center, Lamb and Tomás scored, Drury to second. | 5 | 12 |
| Descalso doubled to deep right, Drury scored, Iannetta to third. | 5 | 13 |
| Pollock struck out looking. | 5 | 13 |
| 9 Runs, 6 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Andrew Chafin pitching for Arizona | LAD | ARI |
| Chafin relieved Bradley. | 5 | 13 |
| Iannetta catching. | 5 | 13 |
| Descalso at first base. | 5 | 13 |
| Hernández hit for Utley. | 5 | 13 |
| Hernández flied out to right. | 5 | 13 |
| Van Slyke hit for Fields. | 5 | 13 |
| Van Slyke flied out to center. | 5 | 13 |
| Eibner hit for Pederson. | 5 | 13 |
| Eibner grounded out to second. | 5 | 13 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Los Angeles Dodgers
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pederson CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .233 | .333 | .349 |
b-Eibner PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Seager SS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .308 | .370 | .523 |
| Turner 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .358 | .452 | .528 |
| González 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .250 | .344 | .286 |
| Puig RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .254 | .352 | .508 |
| Grandal C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | .250 | .377 | .432 |
| Toles LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .238 | .273 | .452 |
| Utley 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .043 | .120 | .043 |
c-Hernández PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .240 | .321 | .600 |
| Wood P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Báez P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Taylor PH
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .750 | .750 | 2.000 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
Avilán P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Romo P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Fields P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
d-Van Slyke PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .143 | .308 | .333 |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 143 | |||
| a-homered to left for P Baez in the 7th b-grounded to second for J Pederson in the 9th c-flied out to right for C Utley in the 9th d-flied out to center for J Fields in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Turner (9, Walker); Pederson (2, Walker); Grandal (2, Walker) HR: Seager (3, 1st inning off Walker 1 on, 0 Out); Taylor (1, 7th inning off Bradley 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: Seager 3 (14), Toles (7), Taylor (1) 2-out RBI: Seager, Toles GIDP: González Dodgers RISP: 2-6 (González 0-2, Puig 0-1, Toles 1-2, Seager 1-1) Team LOB: 5 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Utley (1, throw); Toles (1, throw) PB: Grandal. | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ |
| Attendance | 27,018 (55.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:28 |
| Weather | 91 degrees, clear |
| Wind | 14 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Mike Muchlinski, First Base - Marty Foster, Second Base - Mike Winters, Third Base - Mark Wegner |
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