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08/07 23:40 CDT Waldschmidt walks off LA with 2-run HR as D-backs hand Dodgers
8th straight loss
Waldschmidt walks off LA with 2-run HR as D-backs hand Dodgers 8th straight loss
By DAVID BRANDT
AP Baseball Writer
PHOENIX (AP) --- Rookie Ryan Waldschmidt hit a two-run homer in the ninth
inning off closer Edwin Diaz to give the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 victory over
Los Angeles on Friday night, sending the Dodgers to their season-high seventh
straight loss.
Waldschmidt connected on a slider, hitting a shot to left center that barely
cleared the wall. Diaz walked Max Kepler to start the ninth before striking out
Tim Tawa, but Waldschmidt followed with the biggest hit of his young career.
Diaz --- a three-time All-Star --- has given up 11 earned runs in nine innings
this season.
The Dodgers trailed 2-0 early in the game but rallied. Andy Pages' solo homer
to lead off the eighth gave them a 3-2 lead.
D-backs right-hander Merrill Kelly took a no-hitter into the sixth before Tommy
Edman led off with an infield single. Freddie Freeman brought home a run later
in the inning on a fielder's choice, cutting Arizona's lead to 2-1, and Kelly
had to leave the game with cramping in his right leg.
The Dodgers tied it at 2 in the seventh on Edman's RBI single and had the bases
loaded before Shohei Ohtani grounded into an inning-ending double play.
Roki Sasaki gave up two runs on five hits and a walk over six innings. He
struck out five.
Nolan Arenado gave the D-backs a 1-0 lead in the second with a solo homer that
barely cleared the left field fence and the glove of Teoscar Hernandez. It was
Arenado's 17th homer of the season.
In the third, Corbin Carroll robbed Edman of a ying homer, leaping high above
the right field fence to make the grab.
Up next
The Diamondbacks were set to start RHP Brandon Pfaadt (6-1, 3.66 ERA) vs.
Dodgers RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7, 2.76) on Saturday.
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