The Los Angeles Dodgers looked to right the ship after dropping their last two games to the San Francisco Giants. They faced the Arizona Diamondbacks a fourth time this season, but got their first look at Zack Greinke.
With one out in the first inning, Corey Seager pulled a base hit into right field. He then raced around from first base on a Justin Turner double off the center field wall to give the Dodgers an early 1-0 lead. Greinke walked Trayce Thompson with two outs before getting out of the inning with just the one run allowed.
The lead was short-lived as Paul Goldschmidt added to his career success against the Dodgers with a solo home run in the bottom of the first. David Peralta followed with a two-out single, but Mike Bolsinger got called strike three on Welington Castillo to end the inning.
Scott Van Slyke doubled off the right-center field fence with one out in the top of the second. After Bolsinger was called out on strikes, Greinke fielded his position well by knocking down a Chase Utley liner to make the play for the third out.
Greinke’s first at-bat against his former club was a first-pitch fly out to deep center field, which included one of his patented bat flips. Seager drew a walk and Turner lined a single to center to put two runners on with none out in the third.
However, Greinke worked his way out of the jam by striking out Adrian Gonzalez and Thompson, and getting Joc Pederson to pop out on the first pitch. Bolsinger was again hurt with two outs, as Jake Lamb jumped on a first-pitch curveball for an opposite-field solo home run in the bottom of the third.
The Dodgers didn’t get anything going in the fourth, with Greinke picking up a strikeout in the process of retiring the side in order. Bolsinger answered back by striking out the side in the bottom of the inning to keep the Dodgers within 2-1.
Seager connected for a towering solo home run that cleared the pool in right-center field to tie the game in the fifth inning. Greinke nearly surrendered back-to-back home runs, but Peter O’Brien made a leaping catch at the wall in left field to rob Turner.
Greinke lined a one-out single to center in the bottom of the fifth, but was erased on a force out at second base one batter later. Nick Ahmed stole second on a pitch that got away from Yasmani Grandal and scored on Jean Segura’s base hit.
With J.P. Howell in the game to face Lamb, Seager made a nice tag on Segura’s stolen base attempt to end the inning. Pederson lined a ball to right field that carried over Tomas’ head for a one-out double in the sixth.
After a grounder advanced Pederson to third base, Segura made a catch on the run in shallow center to rob Van Slyke of a game-tying hit. Goldschmidt appeared to have his second home run of the game, but the Dodgers successfully challenged the call on his shot that nearly snuck inside the right-field foul pole.
Howie Kendrick ended a 10-pitch at-bat with a leadoff single in the seventh inning. Greinke convinced Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale to leave him in the game with one out and the decision paid off. Seager flied out and Greinke got Turner to chase a pitch in the dirt to end the inning.
Daniel Hudson walked Thompson, Pederson and Grandal to load the bases with one out in the eighth. Diamondbacks closer Brad Ziegler answered the bell and gave pinch-hitter Kiké Hernandez a dose of outside sliders to get a strikeout.
Kendrick wasn’t able to lay off the same pitch, did manage to make contact, but was robbed of a hit by Michael Bourn’s diving catch. Joe Blanton came on in the bottom of the eighth to face Goldschmidt with one out and the bases loaded.
The right-handed reliever got the better of the matchup, inducing Goldschmidt into an inning-ending double play. The Dodgers weren’t able to overcome their deficit and lost, 3-2, to fall to 7-13 in one-run games this season.
What’s more, the Dodgers’ streak of three consecutive one-run losses matched the longest since 2013.
