Dodgers Drop Finale to Diamondbacks, 10-9 in Extra Innings

We were somewhere around Phoenix, on the edge of the desert, when baseball began to take hold.

Fans in attendance got a few innings of free baseball as Brandon Drury drove in the game-winning run in the 12^th inning as the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, 10-9, on Sunday at Chase Field.

The Dodgers rallied from a six-run deficit and even took a two-run lead in the top of the eighth, but the bullpen relinquished the lead right back and the game went on to extra innings.

Mitch Haniger, Chris Owings and Drury all homered for the Diamondbacks who split the four game series with the first place Dodgers.

Robbie Ray had a perfect game through the first four innings until Enrique Hernandez his a solo shot to left field to put the Dodgers on the board.

Ray did not factor in the decision, allowing five runs on five hits with eight strikeouts in 5 and 2/3 innings of work.

Rookie Jose De Leon struggled for the Dodgers in just his third start and was unable to make it out of the fourth inning after he served up six runs (four earned) on seven hits with two walks and two strikeouts.

The Dodgers trailed 7-1 entering the sixth inning, but scored six runs of their own to tie the game. The inning was capped off by a bases clearing double for Adrian Gonzalez that tied the game at 7-7. 

Howie Kendrick broke the tie in the top of the eighth with a two-out, two-run double of his own, but Owings erased the short-lived lead with a two-run homer in the bottom half of the inning.

The game lasted 4 hours and 30 minutes.

Los Angeles still leads the NL West by four games over the Giants who were shutout by the St. Louis Cardinals for the third consecutive game at AT&T Park in San Francisco earlier in the day.

The Dodgers Magic Number to win the West is 9 games as the two rivals collide at Chavez Ravine on Monday night.

Players of the Game:

 Brandon Drury: Home run and game-winning RBI.
Howie Kendrick: 3-for-6 with two RBI and a run scored.
Chris Owings: Game-tying two-run home run in the 8^th. 

Takeaways:

1. Lonely at the Top: Corey Seager broke Steve Sax's Los Angeles Dodger record with his 181^st hit on Saturday. Sax first set the record in 1982. Seager also has Dodger rookie records in runs, doubles, on-base percentage, and is third behind Mike Piazza in home runs, batting average and slugging percentage.

With the 1B in the 9th, @coreyseager_5 is now the all-time leader in hits by a #Dodgers rookie, with 181, passing Steve Sax. — Alanna Rizzo (@alannarizzo) September 18, 2016

Up Next:

Dodgers (84-65): The rivalry renews as Los Angeles hosts the hated San Francisco Giants on Monday at the Ravine. Clayton Kershaw is expected to start opposite Madison Bumganer on Game one at 7:10 PM PST.

Diamondbacks (63-86): Arizona hosts the San Diego Padres on Monday in a battle for NL West mediocrity.

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