Dodgers score twice in 10th to beat Diamondbacks 6-4

PHOENIX (AP) — Chris Taylor and AJ Pollock each hit a run-scoring single in the 10th inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers overcame a rare off night for ace Clayton Kershaw to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 on Wednesday.

Kershaw struggled early with his command and allowed four runs — three earned — on four hits in five innings.

“With the stuff he had the first couple innings, he was fine and for us to rally behind him there, win a game, was big,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.

Los Angeles tied the game with two runs in the fourth and its bullpen held to send the game into extra innings.

Jake McGee (3-1) struck out two in the ninth and Taylor lined a single off Kevin Ginkel (0-2) after Corey Seager started at second base under baseball's new extra-inning rules.

Pollock made it 6-4 with a single off Hector Rondon, and Blake Treinen worked a perfect 10th for his first save in the Dodgers' seventh straight win over Arizona.

Mookie Betts and Kiké Hernández each hit a solo homer for the NL West leaders, who are 5-1 in extra-inning games.

“Whatever inning it is, whether it's your first at-bat or last at-bat, we're treating it all kind of the same,” Pollock said. “It plays in extra innings, it plays in pressure situations.”

The Diamondbacks repeated a common theme that's plagued them the past month, again failing to come up with hits in key situations. Arizona finished 1 for 13 with runners in scoring position and lost for the 18th time in 20 games.

“I don't want to sit up here and sound like a broken record every time,” manager Torey Lovullo said. “We've got to find a way to keep pressing on, execute and win these types of games. We have to raise the level of expectations.”

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