McCann’s two homers power Diamondbacks past Dodgers

LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — James McCann hit a three-run homer and a solo shot, driving in four runs to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 9-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday, July 11 at Dodger Stadium.

McCann’s three-run blast in the sixth inning capped a five-run outburst. He added a solo homer in the eighth. Tim Tawa had three hits and two RBIs, and Nolan Arenado also homered for Arizona, which improved to 48-47. The Dodgers fell to 61-35.

Brandon Pfaadt (3-1) allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings, striking out two. Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6) took the loss, surrendering six runs on five hits in six innings, with six strikeouts. Arizona’s bullpen tossed four scoreless innings, with Juan Morillo, Kevin Ginkel, Brandyn Garcia and Philip Abner each working hitless frames.

Arizona scored one run in the fourth, five in the sixth, one in the seventh and two in the eighth. Los Angeles scored both its runs in the sixth. Attendance was 48,102, and the game lasted 2:44. The Diamondbacks have won the first two games of the three-game series.