Dodgers win wild 14-11 showdown against Diamondbacks

The two NL West rivals hit a combined 7 home runs including a Lourdes Gurriel Jr. grand slam.

The Dodgers (26-13) used their firepower and the open roof at Chase Field to get a big 14-11 win against the Diamondbacks (20-19) in a wild NL West showdown Friday night.

Dodgers bats were ahead early on with eight runs in the first three innings, but the offense failed to generate anything else until they exploded for six runs in the top of the ninth.

Freddie Freeman got the Dodgers on the board in the first inning with a sac fly to cash in Shohei Ohtani’s leadoff double and a Mookie Betts single.

The D-backs answered right back with three runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning against Sasaki. Sasaki surrendered a Josh Naylor double and home runs to both Ketel Marte and Eugenio Suárez to make it 3-1 in favor of the Snakes.

The Dodgers scored in each of the first three innings. Enrique Hernández’s solo home run in the second made it a one-run game.

Ohtani doubled for the second time in as many innings (a double-double) to tie it at three runs a piece.

Andy Pages continues to be the guy. His line drive single to left field scored Will Smith and Freeman in the five-run third inning for the Dodgers.

Despite having a four-run lead, the game quickly unraveled for Anthony Banda in the bottom of the fifth. After Sasaki walked Marte to start the fifth inning, that was the end of his night. Sasaki allowed five runs on five hits in four innings but wasn’t involved in the decision.

The D-backs brought up the tying run against Anthony Banda in the bottom of the fifth with the bases loaded and one out. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a grand slam, the second slam in as many nights for the D-backs. It became a whole new game tied up 8-8.

Banda re-loaded the bases for Josh Naylor with one out in the bottom of the sixth, but he battled back to get Naylor to go down on strikes swinging with his slider for the second out.

Luis García walked Eugenio Suárez, and Geraldo Perdomo scored to give the Snakes a 9-8 lead.

Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior was ejected from the game after several poor calls from the umpiring team over the course of the game including the bases-loaded walk that broke the tie.

The D-backs not only slammed in the game, but they also hit back-to-back jacks.

Marte’s second home run of the game, a solo shot off Alex Vesia in the bottom of the eighth, gave the D-backs a bit more cushion in the lead. A pinch-hit Randal Grichuk homer made it 11-8.

The Dodgers’ bats finally woke up in the top of the ninth and re-tied the game off Arizona reliever Kevin Ginkel. Freeman singled and scored on another Pages RBI base hit to make it 11-9. Hernández doubled down the left field line, and Max Muncy came up big with a game-tying RBI base hit.

Ohtani wasn’t looking for another double in the ninth. The baseball machine drove a majestic 426-ft. three-run home run off Ryan Thompson to cap off the six-run ninth for the Dodgers.

Tanner Scott shut down the D-backs in the bottom of the ninth to secure the win and tie this crazy series up.

Friday particulars

Home runs: 2 Ketel Marte (3), Eugenio Suárez (11), Enrique Hernández (6), Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (7), Randal Grichuk (1), Shohei Ohtani (12)

WP — Alex Vesia (1-0): 1 IP, 2 hits, 2 runs, no walks, 1 strikeout (17 pitches)

LP — Kevin Ginkel (0-1): ⅓ IP, 4 hits, 5 runs, no walks, 1 strikeout (18 pitches)

Sv — Tanner Scott (9): 1 IP, no hits, no runs, no walks, two strikeouts

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Up next

The four-game series in the desert continues on Saturday night (6:10 p.m., SportsNet LA).

Dustin May (1-2, 4.36 ERA, 1.24 WHIP) takes on Corbin Burnes (1-1, 3.58 ERA, 1.38 WHIP).