Diamondbacks 8, Dodgers 0
LOS ANGELES -- Center fielder A.J. Pollock and first baseman Paul Goldschmidt hit back-to-back homers in the seventh inning, sparking the Arizona Diamondbacks to an 8-0 rout of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium.
Diamondbacks starter Robbie Ray delivered a solid outing as the Diamondbacks (73-78) beat the Dodgers (85-65) for the second night in a row. Arizona, which ended a nine-game losing streak at Dodger Stadium on Monday, extended the Dodgers' skid to a season-high four straight.
Ray (5-12) struck seven and walked two, limiting Los Angeles to three hits in six innings.
Third baseman Bryce Drury added a three-run shot in the ninth to highlight a five-run inning as Arizona blew the game open.
Shortstop Nick Ahmed led off the fourth with a double down the left-field line and advanced to third on a sacrifice by second baseman Chris Owings. Ahmed scored on a groundout by Pollock for a 1-0 Arizona lead.
Pollock, who went 2-for-4 and extended his hitting streak to 11 games, drilled a solo home run over the wall in center with one out in the seventh for a 2-0 advantage.
That was enough to chase Los Angeles lefty Alex Wood (11-11), who allowed two runs on three hits with six strikeouts and no walks on 79 pitches (53 strikes) in 6 1/3 innings. Before the Pollock homer, Wood retired 10 straight batters.
Goldschmidt, who homered for the second consecutive game, followed with a long ball to right off reliever Chris Hatcher to make it 3-0. It was Goldschmidt's 30th home run this season. He is the fourth Diamondback to have multiple seasons of 30 or more home runs, joining Steve Finley (1999-2000), Luis Gonzalez (2000-01) and Mark Reynolds (2009-10).
Ahmed left the game in the seventh with a jammed lower back after making a diving stop of a grounder by Dodgers third baseman Alex Guerrero.
The loss kept the Dodgers' magic number in clinching the National League West title to seven games.
A crowd of 41,419 attended the contest.
NOTES: Dodgers INF Justin Turner was not in the starting lineup for the third consecutive game. Turner, who pulled himself out of Saturday's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, is nursing a sore knee. ... Despite hitting .322 (92-for-286) and scoring 51 runs (6.4 per game) in the previous eight games against Los Angeles, the Diamondbacks won just three of those contests. ... The Dodgers recalled LHP Adam Liberatore from Triple-A Oklahoma City. ... Former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda celebrated his 88th birthday, while ex-Dodger OF "Sweet" Lou Johnson turned 81. ... Diamondbacks RHP Chase Anderson (6-6, 4.52 ERA) will face Dodgers RHP Zack Greinke (18-3, 1.65 ERA) on Wednesday.