LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — Eduardo Rodriguez pitched six effective innings and Tim Tawa drove in four runs with a home run and two singles as the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-3 on Friday night at Dodger Stadium.

Rodriguez allowed two runs on seven hits and struck out five to improve to 8-3 for the season. He retired nine of the final 11 batters he faced after a shaky first inning. Will Klein took the loss for the Dodgers, falling to 3-4 after allowing three runs in two innings of relief.

The Diamondbacks improved to 47-47, while the Dodgers dropped to 61-34.

Arizona jumped ahead with two runs in the first inning against Dodgers starter Kyle Hurt. Ketel Marte singled to center field, and Geraldo Perdomo followed with a single that moved Marte to second. After Corbin Carroll grounded into a force out that put runners at the corners, Gabriel Moreno lined a single to right field. Marte scored on the hit and Carroll came around to score when right fielder Kyle Tucker threw the ball past third base for an error, allowing Moreno to advance to second. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. grounded out and Ildemaro Vargas grounded out to end the inning.

The Dodgers answered immediately in the bottom half. Shohei Ohtani led off with a home run to left-center field, his 21st of the season. Andy Pages followed with a solo shot to the same part of the ballpark, his 17th, tying the game at 2-2. Freddie Freeman struck out, Mookie Betts singled, Tommy Edman flied out and Kyle Tucker struck out to end the inning.

Both pitchers settled in over the next two innings. Rodriguez retired the side in order in the second and worked around a single in the third, getting a double play groundout from Freeman to end the inning. Hurt walked Nolan Arenado in the second and Carroll in the third but escaped without damage.

Arizona broke the tie in the fourth inning. With one out, Arenado walked for the second time in the game. Ryan Waldschmidt struck out, but Tawa followed by crushing a 2-0 pitch over the left-center field fence for a two-run home run, his second of the season, giving the Diamondbacks a 4-2 lead. Hurt then struck out Marte to end the inning.

The Diamondbacks extended the lead to 6-2 in the fifth inning. Perdomo walked to lead off. Carroll reached on a fielder’s choice when catcher Dalton Rushing threw the ball away trying to nab Perdomo at third, allowing Perdomo to score on the error. Moreno grounded out to drive in Carroll from second, but Tucker’s throw to the plate was cut off. Gurriel struck out and Vargas went down on strikes to end the inning, but Arizona had added two runs.

Rodriguez worked a clean fourth and fifth innings, and the Diamondbacks tacked on two more in the sixth. Arenado walked again to open the inning. Pinch-hitter Jorge Barrosa sacrificed, but third baseman Tommy Edman threw the ball away, allowing Arenado to move to third and Barrosa to second. Tawa singled to left-center, scoring Arenado and moving Barrosa to third. After Marte popped out, Perdomo grounded out to first base, plating Barrosa and sending Tawa to third. Carroll grounded out to end the inning with Arizona ahead 8-2.

The Diamondbacks added their final run in the eighth inning. Barrosa led off with a single to center off reliever Klein. Tawa singled to right field, driving in Barrosa for his fourth RBI of the game. Marte struck out, Perdomo flied out and Carroll struck out on a foul tip.

Dodgers scored a run in the ninth off Drey Jameson. Tommy Edman singled to right with one out. After a popout and a flyout, Miguel Rojas doubled down the left-field line, scoring Edman. Dalton Rushing grounded out to end the game.

Jonathan Loáisiga pitched a perfect eighth inning for Arizona, striking out two.

Attendance was 47,727, and the game lasted 2 hours, 53 minutes.

The Diamondbacks’ victory snapped a two-game losing streak and evened their record at .500 for the first time since June 22. The Dodgers had won four of their previous five games.

Tawa finished 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs. Moreno went 2-for-5 with two RBIs. Perdomo was 1-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored.

For the Dodgers, Ohtani and Pages each hit solo home runs in the first inning. Rojas doubled and singled. Edman and Betts each singled.

Rodriguez threw 63 of 96 pitches for strikes. He did not issue a walk.

Klein entered in the fifth inning and allowed three runs on four hits in two innings, striking out three. Hurt allowed five runs – three earned – on five hits in four innings, walking four and striking out five.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Arizona Diamondbacks 4. Interstat’s ELO system gave the Dodgers a 68.80% probability to win. Los Angeles was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total of 12 runs went under the over/under line of 8.5.