Dodgers Fall To Diamondbacks On A Walk-off Homer As Losing Skid Reaches 7 Games

PHOENIX — Dodgers person Edwin Díaz trudged toward nan dugout arsenic Arizona’s Ryan Waldschmidt celebrated pinch teammates aft hitting a two-run, walk-off location tally successful nan ninth inning to seal a 4-3 triumph that sent nan Dodgers to a season-worst seventh consecutive loss.

“We’ve conscionable sewage to play better,” head Dave Roberts said earlier nan game. “I don’t deliberation that nan standings — obviously, they are important, they matter. But I conscionable consciousness for illustration pinch nan talent that we have, we conscionable sewage to play bully baseball, and it’ll return attraction of itself. It ever does.”

The Dodgers’ caller skid dropped their National League West lead into azygous digits for nan first clip successful complete a month. They are now only 7½ games up of nan second-place Diamondbacks successful nan division.

They besides now person nan fourth-best grounds successful nan fields (69-47), falling down nan Brewers (72-43) and Braves (70-45) and Rays (69-46).

“A week ago, it looked a batch different,” Roberts said. “And different week from now, it could look moreover much different. So you’ve conscionable sewage to put your caput down and play baseball.”

They did, astatine least, person a amended grounds than past play (67-49) astatine nan 116-game mark. But nan Dodgers would for illustration to, dissimilar past year, astatine slightest gain a first-round bye, and ideally home-field advantage passim nan playoffs.

Their capacity Friday sent them successful nan incorrect direction.

The Dodgers went hitless against Diamondbacks starting pitcher Merrill Kelly for nan first 5 innings he pitched. Kyle Tucker and Shohei Ohtani some drew walks, arsenic nan Dodgers’ only baserunners earlier nan sixth — and Ohtani was thrown retired attempting to bargain 2nd to extremity nan 3rd inning.

Finally, starring disconnected nan sixth, Tommy Edman — who 3 innings anterior was robbed of a location tally connected a leaping drawback by Diamondbacks correct fielder Corbin Carroll — collapsed up Kelly’s no-hit bid pinch a crisp infield hit.

Kelly picked disconnected Edman astatine first base, but Hunter Feduccia followed pinch a azygous of his own, nan catcher’s first deed since rejoining nan Dodgers astatine nan waste and acquisition deadline.

Ohtani and Andy Pages some drew walks to load nan bases. And nan Dodgers yet scored connected a crushed shot fielder’s prime from Freddie Freeman. That azygous tally was each they sewage retired of nan inning.

Dodgers starting pitcher Roki Sasaki held nan Diamondbacks to 2 runs successful six innings. He surrendered a solo homer to Arizona 3rd baseman Nolan Arenado successful nan 2nd and an RBI triple to Geraldo Perdomo successful nan fifth. But he only gave up 2 different hits.

With some starters retired by nan seventh (Kelly exited pinch 2 outs successful nan sixth because of cramping successful his correct leg), nan Dodgers orchestrated a comeback and past gave it up.

Edman drove successful nan tying run, too, lining a azygous to near for nan Dodgers’ 3rd deed of nan inning disconnected Diamondbacks right-hander Taylor Clarke successful nan seventh. But nan Dodgers grounded to move a bases-loaded business into a crooked number erstwhile Ohtani grounded into a double play to extremity nan inning.

The adjacent inning, Pages gave nan Dodgers nan lead pinch a solo homer disconnected Diamondbacks lefty Brandyn Garcia.

The Diamondbacks threatened against Dodgers setup man Tanner Scott. But he escaped a bases-loaded jam successful nan eighth by winning a 12-pitch at-bat against Arenado for nan inning-ending strikeout.