PHOENIX (Interstat) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto dominated over six shutout innings and Freddie Freeman launched two of Los Angeles’ four home runs as the Dodgers cruised to an 8-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday afternoon at Chase Field.

The win gave the Dodgers a series split after the teams traded one-run decisions in the first two games of the set. Los Angeles improved to 90-69, while Arizona fell to 80-79.

Yamamoto was the story early, stifling the Diamondbacks’ lineup with precision. The right-hander allowed just four hits, did not walk a batter and struck out seven to earn his 12th win of the season against eight losses. He faced minimal trouble, with Arizona’s only significant threat coming in the third inning when they put two runners on base, but Yamamoto induced an inning-ending groundout from Corbin Carroll to escape unscathed.

The Dodgers’ offense provided all the support he would need in a explosive second inning against Arizona opener Jalen Beeks. Freeman started the scoring by lining his 22nd home run of the season to right-center field. Two pitches later, Andy Pages followed with a solo shot to left, his 27th, for a quick 2-0 lead.

Beeks, who was charged with the loss to fall to 5-3, failed to record an out beyond the two homers. He walked Michael Conforto and allowed a single to Enrique Hernández before being lifted. The Dodgers capitalized on a fielding error by shortstop Geraldo Perdomo to load the bases, and Mookie Betts delivered a two-run single to left to cap the four-run inning.

Los Angeles duplicated the feat in the fourth inning to put the game out of reach. Hernández led off with a double and, after a groundout, Shohei Ohtani crushed a mammoth two-run homer to right-center, his 54th of the season. Later in the inning, after a Teoscar Hernández single, Freeman stepped up again and drilled his second homer of the afternoon, a two-run blast to right-center for his 23rd, making it 8-0.

The Dodgers’ bullpen preserved the shutout with three perfect innings of relief. Anthony Banda struck out two in the seventh, Tanner Scott worked a 1-2-3 eighth, and Will Klein closed it out in the ninth, allowing one hit and striking out two.

Arizona’s bullpen found success after the early damage, with Taylor Rashi delivering a standout performance. Rashi fired three hitless innings, striking out six Dodgers batters. Austin Pope also contributed two scoreless frames.

The game, played in front of a crowd of 34,952, lasted 2 hours, 34 minutes. The result defied the pregame projection from Interstat’s simulator, which had forecast a 7-5 Arizona victory. The Dodgers, who were installed as 1.5-run favorites, covered the spread, and the combined eight runs went under the posted over/under of 8.5.

The Dodgers collected 11 hits in the contest, while the Diamondbacks were held to five, with Ketel Marte’s eighth-inning double representing their only extra-base hit.

Los Angeles now travels to Seattle to begin a three-game series with the Mariners on Friday. Arizona heads to San Diego for a three-game set against the Padres, also beginning Friday.