Home Run Barrage.
Daniel Descalso hit a game-winning home run in the top of the 12th inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, 8-5, on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium.
Six different players hit home runs on the night, but it was the bookend homers by A.J. Pollock and Descalso that proved to be the biggest.
Pollock and Descalso have combined to hit 10 home runs agains the Dodgers this season.
"We believe in one another and we trust one another," said Descalso. "I always like being up there with a chance to come through."
The Dodgers trailed 5-4 in the bottom of the ninth before Enrique Hernandez tied the game with a pinch-hit home run off Brad Boxberger that sent the game into extra-innings.
The game-tying home run marked Boxberger's first blown save of the season and the first blown lead by the Diamondbacks in the 8th inning or later.
The Snakes first three home runs came off Dodgers starter Rich Hill, who was activated off the disabled list before the game. Hill's curveball was sharp, but his fastball lacked life as all three long balls were hit off via the four-seamer.
"The fastballs kept coming back over the middle of the plate and they hit them out," said Hill of his fastball that he struggled with when falling behind in counts. "Tonight's a tough night for me. This loss falls on me. It's really disappointing and frustrating."
Pollock pierced the Dodgers like a thorn in their side, with his two-run shot in the top of the first inning.
In 11 games against the Dodgers this season, Pollock is batting .349 with four doubles, seven home runs, and 11 RBI.
Matt Kemp and Yasmani Grandal helped the Dodgers climb back into the ballgame as Kemp knocked in the first run of the game with and RBI single in the first, and Grandal crushed a cutter from Zack Godley for a solo shot in the third inning.
Kemp finished the game 3-for-6 with a double and now leads the National League in batting average at .353.
After allowing home runs to Owings and Murphy, Hill left the game after the fourth inning, responsible for five runs on seven hits with two walks and five strikeouts. Hill's ERA is now 7.11 on the season.
The Dodgers got within a run in the bottom of the fifth after Cody Bellinger followed an RBI single by Grandal with a two-run double down the right field line.
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After Hernandez's game-tying home run in the bottom of the ninth, the Dodgers loaded the bases with one out in the 10th and had runners on 2nd and 3rd in the 11th as L.A. stranded five runners in extra innings.
Yimi Garcia entered the game to pitch the top of the 12th, and surrendered a single to Alex Avila and a walk to Paul Goldschmidt before Descalso's game-winning home run.
"I was looking for a pitch to give us a run and send everyone home," said Desclaso of the at-bat. "He tried to come up and in with a heater. I was trying to hit a line drive there and luckily it went over the fence."
Descalso has hit well against the Dodgers this season, going 9-for-28 (.321) with five runs, one double, three triples and 10 RBI. He has four total home runs on the season, three of them have come against Los Angeles.
Despite blowing the save in the ninth inning, the Diamondbacks inproved to 18-1 on the season when scoring four runs or more.
The Dodgers dropped to 3-8 against Arizona this season.
Tensions Got Heated
When you play the same team 12 times in the first 36 teams, emotions will boil over. That was evident in the top of the fifth inning when Steven Souza Jr. took out third baseman Max Muncy while trying to steal third. Afterwards, Souza Jr. was jawing the the Dodgers dugout as players poured out onto the field.
Steven Souza Jr.: not happy. #Dodgers #Dbacks pic.twitter.com/XdTbdhq77F— Fabian Ardaya (@FabianArdaya) May 9, 2018
Up Next:
The second game of the quick two-game series takes place on Wednesday as LHP Patrick Corbin heads to the mound opposite LHP Alex Wood for the Dodgers. First pitch is scheduled for 7:10PM PST.
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