Diamondbacks 5, Dodgers 1: Wade Miley pitched 6 2/3 solid innings and Willie Bloomquist had three hits as visiting Arizona snapped a three-game losing streak.
Miley (4-1) allowed one run and eight hits as the Diamondbacks won for only the third time in 13 games and halted Los Angelesâ?? five-game winning streak.
Arizona sent nine batters to the plate in the fifth when it scored three times on six straight singles to take a 4-0 lead. Justin Uptonâ??s infield single off Chad Billingsley (2-3) plated the first run and Miguel Montero and Jason Kubel followed with run-scoring singles.
Mark Ellis got the Dodgers on the board with a booming homer to center in the sixth. Ellis had three of Los Angelesâ?? 10 hits.
Lyle Overbay hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh to boost Arizonaâ??s lead to 5-1.
The Dodgers had two runners on base with two out in the seventh before Bryan Shaw replaced Miley and retired Ellis on a fly to center.
Arizona scored a run in the second when Gerardo Parra walked with the bases loaded.
Billingsley allowed four runs and eight hits in four-plus innings in his sixth consecutive winless outing.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Kubel went 2-for-4 for his third multi-hit outing in four games. â? Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis went 2-for-4 and has reached base in 25 consecutive games. â? Diamondbacks reliever Bryan Shaw has retired the first batter he has faced in 16 of 17 appearances. â? Billingsley has allowed 21 baserunners in eight innings over his last two starts.
