PHOENIX — Arizona signed Evan Longoria through the offseason, hoping the three-time All-Star might present some management for a younger roster working to rise within the NL West.
It additionally helps that the 37-year-old infielder remains to be a reasonably good baseball participant.
Longoria and rookie Corbin Carroll hit back-to-back homers within the sixth inning off Clayton Kershaw, lifting the Diamondbacks over the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3 on Friday evening.
“I want to produce on the field, first and foremost,” Longoria mentioned. “When I came here, there was a lot of talk about being a mentor, but I’m still putting on a uniform to go out and play the game. I don’t just want to go 0 for 4 and be the guy who guys are asking questions like, ‘How was it 15 years ago?”
Kershaw took a 3-2 lead into the sixth however Longoria launched a low breaking ball into the seats in left-center. Carroll then turned on an inside fastball, giving Arizona a 4-3 lead with a drive over Chase Field’s pool in right-center.
Longoria reached 4 occasions, including a double, single and a stroll. The Diamondbacks opened a 6-3 lead within the eighth on two-out RBI hits from Nick Ahmed and rookie catcher Gabriel Moreno.
PHOTOS: Longoria, Carroll hit back-to-back HRs, D-backs high Dodgers
“Today was the type of game I’ve been waiting for,” D-backs supervisor Torey Lovullo mentioned. “These guys have been working their tails off offensively and you could see we had a great approach, all-field approach, with timely hitting. It was a lot of fun.”
Drey Jameson (2-0), Miguel Castro and Andrew Chafin mixed to pitch 4 1/3 innings of hitless aid.
James Outman and Chris Taylor homered for the Dodgers. Kershaw (1-1) gave up 4 runs and 7 hits over six innings.
“A little bit of an off night,” Kershaw mentioned. “I did a lot of things I shouldn’t have, especially when your team grinds and gives you the lead like that. It’s disappointing to give up the lead late in the game. Just a lot of things to work on for the next one.”
The Dodgers had gained three in a row.
Diamondbacks lefty Madison Bumgarner had one other shaky night, giving up three runs and 5 hits over 4 2/3 innings. He struck out 5 and walked six. Bumgarner additionally acquired hit exhausting in his season-opening begin towards the Dodgers in L.A. final week and went again to Phoenix early to examine for a possible damage.
The excellent news is there was no damage. The unhealthy information is he’s nonetheless struggling to get outs.
“Not my best,” Bumgarner mentioned. “But we won … that’s all that matters. If that’s what it takes to win, sign me up.”
Bumgarner gave up a single and two walks to load the bases with two outs within the fifth however Jameson retired Chris Taylor on a groundout.
400 CLUB
Kershaw made his four-hundredth profession begin. He’s the 139th pitcher in huge league historical past to hit that mark, in keeping with baseball-reference.com.
“That’s a big number, given the rare company he’s in,” supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned. “I think with greatness – longevity – that’s something he prides himself on. Not only being good in a small snippet of time, but for 400 starts, that’s pretty remarkable.”
Kansas City’s Zack Greinke is the energetic chief with 516 begins, which ranks forty fourth.
Kershaw – a three-time NL Cy Young Award winner – has a 198-87 profession file and a 2.48 ERA.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Dodgers: Roberts mentioned RHP Tony Gonsolin (ankle) threw a 32-pitch bullpen. Roberts added that he watched and that “today was pretty encouraging.” He mentioned the group was nonetheless figuring out the following step in his rehab.
Diamondbacks: Placed RHP Cole Sulser (strained proper shoulder) on the injured record. RHP Luis Frias was referred to as up from Triple-A.
UP NEXT
The Dodgers ship RHP Noah Syndergaard (0-0, 1.50 ERA) to the mound on Saturday evening. He’ll go towards D-backs RHP Zach Davies (0-0, 1.80 ERA).
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