The Dodgers came close to getting the series sweep, but fell short as Ramon Troncoso walked home the Dbacks’ winning run in the ninth for the Dodgers 3-4 loss.
Jon Garland made a solid start, going six innings to three runs on six hits. His only real trouble was in the second when he gave up two leadoff back-to-back homeruns. Belisario and Sherrill tossed the seventh and eighth innings, and Troncoso came on for the ninth with a tie game, hoping to extend the game and save Broxton for the extra innings. Troncoso put a runner on second by his own throwing error, who soon moved to third on a sacrifice bunt. Troncoso then issued two intentional walks to load the bases with one out. The plan failed, though, as Troncoso worked Mark Reynolds to a full-count but he drew the walk to allow Gerado Parra to score the winning run.
Manny Ramirez drove in a run in the first before driving a solo shot in the fourth. James Loney made it back-to-back shots with his 11th of the year to give the Dodgers a 3-2 lead. The Dodgers were otherwise dominated by the Dbacks staff, with Dan Haren fanning nine and Juan Gutierrez keepin the Dodgers off base for the last 1 2/3 innings.
Since the Rockies are still on their hot win streak, the Dodgers NL West lead has been cut to 2 1/2 games. The Rockies have a chance to cut the Dodgers lead to two, as the Dodgers have Thursday off and the Rockies close out a series with the Reds. The Dodgers head to San Fran this weekend, with Hiroki Kuroda taking on Matt Cain on Friday.
