Arizona Rallies Past Dodgers 5‑3 for Third Straight Win

LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — The Arizona Diamondbacks scored four runs in the fifth and sixth innings to erase a three-run deficit and beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 on Sunday evening at Dodger Stadium. Arizona has won three in a row and improved to 49-47, while the Dodgers dropped to 61-36.

Los Angeles struck first. Shohei Ohtani homered in the first inning, and Tommy Edman’s two-run single in the third made it 3-0. Arizona answered in the fifth on Nolan Arenado’s RBI double and Ryan Waldschmidt’s sacrifice fly. In the sixth, a throwing error by third baseman Max Muncy allowed the tying run, and Ildemaro Vargas singled home the go-ahead run.

Diamondbacks starter Emmet Sheehan allowed three hits and one earned run over 5⅓ innings with seven strikeouts in a no-decision. Ryan Thompson (4-2) pitched a scoreless inning for the win, and Paul Sewald earned his 22nd save with a perfect ninth. Edgardo Henriquez (4-1) took the loss.

Arizona added an insurance run in the ninth. Attendance was 47,967. The game lasted 2 hours, 54 minutes.