Haniger's three-run homer carries Diamondbacks past Dodgers
PHOENIX -- Mitch Haniger's three-run homer capped a five-run sixth inning and Kyle Jensen also homered as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3 Thursday night to open a four-game series.
Brandon Drury added an RBI single and Archie Bradley threw six-plus solid innings for the Diamondbacks, who have won four consecutive home games for the first time since July 9-20, 2014.
Bradley (7-9) allowed three runs on nine hits, walked two and struck out seven to earn his third win in his last four starts.
Left-hander Patrick Corbin, the one-time starter relegated to the bullpen in mid-August, threw a perfect final three innings for his first save of the season and second of his career.
Dodgers starter Rich Hill (3-1 NL, 12-4 overall) allowed his first runs in four starts since he was acquired from Oakland on Aug. 1. Hill pitched into the sixth, allowing four runs on four hits over 5 1/3 innings with one walk and seven strikeouts. The loss was his first in nine decisions on the road this season.
He had only allowed four runs in a start once this season, in his season debut on April 4, and had not allowed as many as four runs in a game since July 21, 2009 against the New York Yankees as a member of the Baltimore Orioles, a span of 18 starts and 119 relief appearances
Arizona carried a 2-1 lead into the sixth before the offense took off against Hill and reliever Louis Coleman.
Jean Segura walked, took second on a passed ball and scored on a one-out single to left by Paul Goldschmidt, ending Hill's night.
On came Coleman, who gave up Drury's run-scoring single and walked Jensen before Haniger homered to left to give the Diamondbacks the 7-1 lead.
Arizona has hit 12 homers and scored 41 runs in its past four games.
Bradley lasted three batters into the seventh. Joc Pederson singled to left, went to third on Andrew Toles' pinch-hit double and scored on a wild pitch. Chase Utley followed with a double left, scoring Toles to end Bradley's outing.
Hill struck out three of the first five hitters he faced, but both his scoreless run and his perfect streak came to an abrupt halt. Jensen, making his third career start, drove a 2-2 pitch from Hill high off the batters' eye in center field to give the Diamondbacks a 1-0 lead.
It was the first base runner Hill had allowed since Sept. 3 and ended the left-hander's scoreless streak since joining the Dodgers at 20 2/3 innings.
The Diamondbacks tacked on a run in the third when Tuffy Gosewich singled up the middle, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Chris Owings' two-run single to center to make it 2-0.
Tempers flared briefly in the top of the fourth after Hill, leading off the inning, bunted the ball back to Bradley for the first out. After crossing first base, Hill turned immediately and yelled at Bradley, apparently about a pitch on the inside part of the plate. Bradley yelled back and both benches and bullpens emptied, though players from the two teams stayed apart.
Los Angeles quickly scored after the incident. Chase Utley walked and scored when Justin Turner doubled past a lumbering Yasmany Tomas in right to cut the lead to 2-1.
NOTES: The Dodgers on Thursday sent minor league outfielder Joey Curletta to Philadelphia as the player to be named later, completing the teams' Carlos Ruiz-A.J. Ellis trade on Aug. 25. ... Dodgers 3B Justin Turner, who said he jammed his neck on a headfirst slide on Wednesday, was in his usual third spot in the lineup. Turner crashed into the knee of Yankees 2B Starlin Castro sliding into the bag on his go-ahead double in the ninth. ... Diamondbacks LF Kyle Jensen got the start, his third in Arizona's past seven games. ... The Dodgers on Wednesday clinched their sixth straight winning season, the second-longest streak since a 10-year run from 1969 to 1978. ... Arizona entered the game leading the NL in batting average (.279) and slugging percentage (.490) against left-handers.