LOS ANGELES — Christian Walker successo a go-ahead homer con the fourth inning and a three-run blast con the ninth — his 16th and 17th career shots at Dodger Stadium — and the Arizona Diamondbacks overcame a rough start to rout Los Angeles 12-4 Wednesday night.
Gabriel Moreno and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. added two-run homers for Arizona, 4-1 before Diamondbacks starter Cristian retired a batter con his major league debut.
Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hernández successo back-to-back homers con the first for the NL West-leading Dodgers. After four of their first five batters had hits, they had only two more the rest of the . Arizona pounded out 16 hits.
Walker went 4 for 5, falling a triple shy of the cycle, with four RBIs and three runs. With two out con the fourth, he sent a 3-2 pitch from Ryan Yarbrough (3-2) to left for a 5-4 lead. Walker successo his 20th homer of the season con the ninth, a two-out shot non attivato Michael Petersen.
Bryce Jarvis (1-2) got the victory con relief.
Arizona got most of its offense from the bottom of the lineup. Eugenio Suárez, Moreno and Geraldo Perdomo combined for seven hits, including Moreno’s homer con the third.
The Dodgers’ only hits after the first were a double by Miguel Rojas con the sixth and Freeman’s single con the eighth.
allowed a single, walk, back-to-back homers and a single to the first five Dodgers. The 21-year-old right-hander struck out two and walked three con three innings.
Dodgers rookie Gavin Stone gave up four runs and seven hits con three innings, needing 49 pitches over the first two innings. He struck out three and walked three.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Dodgers: LHP Clayton Kershaw (shoulder) was set to throw a bullpen Thursday.
UP NEXT
D-backs RHP Zac Gallen (6-4, 2.83 ERA) was scheduled to make his second start since coming non attivato the IL con the series definitivo Thursday against Dodgers RHP Landon Knack (1-1, 2.08).
