Corbin Burnes throws seven dominant innings, leads Diamondbacks over Dodgers
Corbin Burnes threw seven scoreless innings, Eugenio Suarez hit his 12th homer of the season and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 on Saturday night.
PHOENIX — Corbin Burnes threw seven scoreless innings, Eugenio Suarez hit his 12th homer of the season and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 on Saturday night.
One day after the Dodgers won a thrilling 14-11 slugfest, Burnes and L.A.’s Dustin May had an impressive pitchers’ duel.
Burnes (2-1) hadn’t thrown in a game since April 30, skipping a turn in the rotation after getting a cortisone shot because of shoulder inflammation. The 2021 NL Cy Young winner looked sharp after the nine-day layoff, carving through the Dodgers lineup while giving up just five hits and two walks and striking out five.
May (1-3) was nearly as good, giving up two runs on seven hits and a walk over 6 2/3 innings. The tall righty struck out five.
The Diamondbacks pushed ahead 1-0 in the fourth after Corbin Carroll hit a leadoff triple and scored on Ketel Marte’s groundout. Suarez’s solo homer in the sixth — a 455-foot shot to centre — made it 2-0.
Pavin Smith had a three-hit night and his RBI double in the ninth gave Arizona a 3-0 cushion. Ryne Nelson threw the eighth and ninth innings for his first save of the season, retiring all six batters he faced.
The Dodgers finished with just five hits — none for extra bases. Shohei Ohtani had a single and a walk.
The D-backs have won two of three games against the Dodgers and go for the series win Sunday.
Key moment
Nelson had a tough task following Burnes on the mound in the eighth, but retired the dangerous trio of Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman in order.
Key stat
Suarez’s 12 homers lead the D-backs. He’s on pace for nearly 50 long balls.
Up next
RHP Tony Gonsolin (1-0, 4.09 ERA) was set to start for Los Angeles against RHP Zac Gallen (3-4, 4.37) on Sunday.
