J.D. Martinez set a career high and tied an MLB record with four home runs, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks in a 13-0 rout of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Diamondbacks extended their winning streak to 11 games and won a fourth straight game against the Dodgers.
Rich Hill was much improved a second time around against the Diamondbacks but was let down by a lack of run support. Hill struck out seven of the first 10 batters faced over three no-hit innings.
Kristopher Negron led off the fourth with a single, and two batters later, Martinez hit a two-run homer to give the Diamondbacks a lead.
The two hits and two runs were all Hill allowed, and he finished with nine strikeouts against one walk. His effort was matched by Robbie Ray, who had 10 strikeouts and was perfect through five innings.
Logan Forsythe broke up Ray’s bid for perfection with a leadoff single, but the southpaw responded by striking out the next three batters faced to complete a scoreless sixth inning. Forsythe finished with two of the Dodgers’ three hits.
Pedro Baez took over in the seventh and immediately surrendered back-to-back solo home runs to Martinez and Brandon Drury. Jake Lamb and Adam Rosales each singled, and that marked the end of Baez’s brief appearance.
A failure to retire any of the four batters faced earned Baez a chorus of boos as he walked off the mound. Edward Paredes allowed base hits to Chris Hermmann and Ray, with the latter driving in two runs.
Josh Fields, who was reinstated from the disabled list Monday, allowed a home run to Martinez and two-run homer to Adam Rosales. Wilmer Font was responsible for Martinez making MLB history, as he surrendered a two-run homer to the slugger in the ninth inning.
Ray finished with 14 strikeouts and three hits allowed over 7.2 shutout innings. He became the first pitcher in MLB history to have 10-plus strikeouts in four games against the Dodgers in one season.
One of the singles Ray allowed was to Justin Turner, who extended his hitting streak to nine games.
