Eduardo Escobar homered off Kenta Maeda leading off the ninth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks tightened the NL West race with a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night.
Los Angeles (88-70) had won 10 of its previous 12 games to surge into the NL West lead, but Colorado (87-70) pulled within a half-game of the NL champions by beating Philadelphia 10-3.
Chris Taylor hit a tying double off Brad Boxberger (3-7) in the top of the ninth. Escobar sent a full-count fastball from Maeda (8-10) into the right-field seats, stopping Arizona's four-game losing streak.
"My job in that situation was to get on base," said Kiké Hernandez who started the ninth inning off with a single, then stole second and advanced to third on an errant throw before Taylor's double. "I was able to stay short, put the ball in play, base hit, and after that CT did a great job coming off the bench. It was a tough loss."
David Peralta had a two-run double and pinch-hitter Ildemaro Vargas lined a run-scoring single in the seventh inning for Arizona (80-78), which needs two wins to ensure consecutive winning seasons for the first time since 2007-08.
Cody Bellinger hit a solo home run for the Dodgers.
Coming off a career-high 12-strikeout performance against Colorado in a no-decision, Los Angeles starter Walker Buehler allowed two runs and four hits in six innings.
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He gave up a pair of singles through the first five innings and led 1-0 before allowing Peralta's double.
"It was going pretty good through five, but Peralta got the barrel to it and hit where we weren't so tip your cap to him," said Buehler. "We battled back, like we do, and it just didn't work out for us."
Enrique Hernandez hit a tying single in the seventh following Yasmani Grandal's leadoff triple.
Matt Koch gave up a leadoff homer to Bellinger in the second, Los Angeles' NL-leading 227th home run this season. Koch allowed one run and five hits in 4 1/3 innings.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: 1B Christian Walker is out for the season with a sinus fracture after being hit by a pitch from Maeda on Monday night. ... RHP Shelby Miller, recovering from Tommy John surgery, threw a 60-pitch simulated game and could pitch this weekend against San Diego.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks RHP Zack Greinke is 2-1 with a 4.29 ERA this season against the Dodgers heading into Wednesday's series finale. Dodgers RHP Ross Stripling is 1-1 with a 4.80 ERA in three career starts against Arizona.
