Dodgers 9, Diamondbacks 3
LOS ANGELES -- Shortstop Jimmy Rollins and right fielder Andre Ethier both hit three-run homers, and the Los Angeles Dodgers crushed the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-3 before a crowd of 42,167 at Dodger Stadium on Monday night.
Dodgers starter Mike Bolsinger, who the club acquired for cash from the Diamondbacks during the offseason, struck out eight, walked two and allowed two runs on three hits in seven innings as the Dodgers (33-25) defeated Arizona for the 11th time in the past 13 meetings at Dodger Stadium. It was the first time Bolsinger (4-1) faced his former club.
Center fielder A.J. Pollock had a two-run double for Arizona (27-30), which dropped its second in a row. Third baseman Jake Lamb drove in the other Diamondbacks run.
The Dodgers tagged Arizona’s Rubby De La Rosa for nine runs on 10 hits in five innings. De La Rosa (2-3), a former Dodger, struck out four, all looking, and walked one. The loss was his second this season at the hands of the Dodgers, who also beat him on May 1.
Los Angeles second baseman Howie Kendrick went 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs. Ethier, who went 2-for-4, drove in four runs.
Kendrick's RBI single in the first inning scored third baseman Justin Turner for a 1-0 Dodgers lead.
The Dodgers led off the fourth with three singles and a walk. Left fielder Alex Guerrero drove in Kendrick, and Ethier plated catcher Yasmani Grandal with run-scoring hits for a 3-0 advantage.
Rollins delivered his seventh homer of the season, drilling a 2-1 De La Rosa offering into the center-field bleachers for a 6-0 cushion in the fourth. That alone equaled the scoring output the Dodgers produced in their just completed four-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Ethier's three-run shot -- his eighth home run of the season -- gave Los Angeles a 9-0 lead in the fifth.
Turner left the game in the fourth inning with a left knee contusion after fouling a ball off his knee. He is listed as day-to-day.
NOTES: The Diamondbacks selected Vanderbilt SS Dansby Swanson with the top pick of the draft Monday. The Dodgers picked Swanson's Commodores teammate, RHP Walker Buehler, with the 24th selection. ... Dodgers 2B Howie Kendrick started for the first time since Wednesday. He missed three games with a sore right knee before appearing Sunday as part of a double switch. ... Los Angeles' Andre Ethier started in right field instead of Yasiel Puig. Manager Don Mattingly said he doesn't want to push Puig, who returned from the 15-day disabled list Saturday after missing 39 games with a strained hamstring. ... Diamondbacks LHP Robbie Ray (0-1, 0.82 ERA) will face Dodgers RHP Carlos Frias (4-3, 4.25 ERA) on Tuesday.