Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Dodgers

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Arizona Diamondbacks

42-44, 20-23 Away

Final
12 - 4

Los Angeles Dodgers

53-34, 26-17 Home

Christian Walker hits 16th and 17th career homers at Dodger Stadium, Diamondbacks rout Dodgers 12-4

Gabriel Moreno and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. added two-run homers for Arizona, down 4-1 before Diamondbacks starter Cristian Mena retired a batter in his major league debut.

“A real gutsy performance,” Walker said.

The D-backs were coming off a walkoff loss in the series opener Tuesday.

“This team did not get fazed,” manager Torey Lovullo said. “We started chipping away.”

Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hernández hit back-to-back homers in the first for the NL West-leading Dodgers. After four of their first five batters had hits, they had only two more the rest of the game. Arizona pounded out 16 hits.

Walker went 4 for 5, falling a triple shy of the cycle, with four RBI and three runs. With two out in the fourth, he sent a 3-2 pitch from Ryan Yarbrough (3-2) to left for a 5-4 lead. Walker hit his 20th homer of the season in the ninth, a two-out shot off Michael Petersen.

“It’s otherworldly,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said about Walker. “He doesn’t give anything away. He’s one of the guys I really enjoy watching play.”

Walker has seven homers in eight games against the Dodgers this season, and his 17 career homers at Dodger Stadium since 2018 are the most among opposing players. He has homered in four straight games in Los Angeles.

“It's a good place to hit, see the ball well,” Walker said. “A big part of it is the lineup and the protection around me in the lineup, it gives me the freedom to take some big swings and try to change the score. It’s helpful coming up with guys on a lot.”

Bryce Jarvis (1-2) got the victory in relief.

Arizona got most of its offense from the bottom of the lineup. Eugenio Suárez, Moreno and Geraldo Perdomo combined for seven hits, including Moreno's homer in the third.

The Dodgers' only hits after the first were a double by Miguel Rojas in the sixth and Freeman's single in the eighth.

Mena allowed a single, walk, back-to-back homers and a single to the first five Dodgers. The 21-year-old right-hander struck out two and walked three in three innings.

“I still have to learn, but that's something important to me — just forget about what just happened and focus on the next inning,” Mena said.

Dodgers rookie Gavin Stone gave up four runs and seven hits in three innings, needing 49 pitches over the first two innings. He struck out three and walked three.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Dodgers: LHP Clayton Kershaw (shoulder) was set to throw a bullpen Thursday.

Diamondbacks RHP Zac Gallen (6-4, 2.83 ERA) was scheduled to make his second start since coming off the IL in the series finale Thursday against Dodgers RHP Landon Knack (1-1, 2.08).

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Matchup Prediction

Dodgers: 64.7%

Diamondbacks: 35.3%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Vargas flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Taylor walked.
	9th Inning	E. Hernández grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Rojas grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Vieira relieved Ginkel
	9th Inning	Newman at second base.

Statistics

ARI		LAD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	9
8	Strikeouts	5
12	Runs Batted In	4
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
16	Hits	6
2	Stolen Bases	0
7	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
12	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
41	At Bats	30
4	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
25	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
5	Doubles	1
23	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	0
201	Pitches	166
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
33	Total Bases	13
50	Plate Appearances	36
648.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
9	Extra Base Hits	3
14.4	Runs Created	4.0
.390	Batting Average	.200
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.805	Slugging Percentage	.433
.634	Secondary Average	.433
.469	On Base Percentage	.333
1.274	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.767
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
14.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.2
88.0	Batter Rating	30.0
10.3	At Bats Per Home Run	15.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.02	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.61
.415	Isolated Power	.233
0.88	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.20
.140	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.167
.244	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.233
24.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.9	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
126.5	MLB Rating	80.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0