Adam LaRoche homered and had three RBIs to pace the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 7-5 victory over the host Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.
LaRoche had a run-scoring double in Arizona’s three-run third inning and smashed a two-run homer in the fifth to give the Diamondbacks a 7-1 lead.
Rookie left-hander Zach Kroenke (1-0) allowed one run and two hits in five innings to win his first major-league start. Juan Gutierrez retired the side in the ninth for his 15th save.
Chris Young doubled in a run in the Arizona first and scored on Kelly Johnson’s single. Mark Reynolds followed LaRoche’s third-inning double with an RBI-single and Brandon Allen added a sacrifice fly to give the Diamondbacks a 5-0 advantage.
The Dodgers got on the board on Matt Kemp’s fourth-inning homer. Kemp also had an RBI when he was hit by a pitch in Los Angeles’ three-run sixth.
James Loney followed with a run-scoring single and Rod Barajas hit a sacrifice fly.
Dodgers starter John Ely (4-10) gave up seven runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Arizona | LA Dodgers | |
Zachary Kroenke | Player | John Ely |
Win | W/L | Loss |
5.0 | IP | 4.2 |
1 | Strikeouts | 3 |
2 | Hits | 7 |
1.80 | ERA | 13.50 |
Arizona | LA Dodgers | |
Adam LaRoche | Player | Matt Kemp |
2 | Hits | 1 |
3 | RBI | 2 |
1 | HR | 1 |
6 | TB | 4 |
.500 | Avg | .333 |
Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
Arizona | 10 | 1 | 17 | .294 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
LA Dodgers | 4 | 1 | 7 | .138 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |