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Major League Baseball
LA Dodgers 5, Arizona 2
When: 10:10 PM ET, Thursday, April 6, 2023
Where: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
Temperature: 75°
Umpires: Home - Ramon De Jesus, 1B - Alfonso Marquez, 2B - Doug Eddings, 3B - Lance Barrett
Attendance: 48034

Dustin May delivered a second consecutive strong start and the Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 5-2 victory over the host Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday in the opener of a four-game series in Phoenix.

Freddie Freeman hit a home run and J.D. Martinez hit an RBI double as the Dodgers improved to 3-2 against the Diamondbacks this season. May (1-0) gave up one run on two hits over six innings, with two walks and five strikeouts -- six days after he went seven scoreless innings against Arizona.

Josh Rojas had an RBI double for the Diamondbacks, while right-hander Merrill Kelly (0-1) gave up four runs on six hits over 5 2/3 innings, with four walks and four strikeouts. Kelly, 34, recorded his 500th career strikeout in the fourth inning when he fanned former teammate David Peralta.

Jake McCarthy had a triple among his two hits for Arizona in its home opener.

The Dodgers took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Max Muncy walked, went to second on a single from James Outman and scored on a single from Chris Taylor.

Los Angeles made it 2-0 on Muncy's force-out that scored Freeman when D-backs shortstop Geraldo Perdomo made a throwing error while trying to complete a double play. Muncy scored on Martinez's double to left field.

Outman had an RBI single in the sixth inning for the Dodgers, and Freeman's first home run was a solo shot in the seventh.

The D-backs got on the scoreboard in the sixth inning; Perdomo walked and scored on a double to right field by Rojas to cut the deficit to 4-1. McCarthy tripled and scored on a passed ball in the seventh.

Dodgers right-hander Evan Phillips pitched a perfect ninth inning to earn his second save.

Peralta, who signed with the Dodgers in the offseason, was playing at Arizona for the first time since the D-backs moved him to the Tampa Bay Rays in July.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Dodgers   Arizona
Dustin May Player Merrill Kelly
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 5.2
5 Strikeouts 4
2 Hits 6
1.50 ERA 3.18
Hitting
LA Dodgers   Arizona
James Outman Player Jake McCarthy
2 Hits 2
1 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 4
.667 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
LA Dodgers 7 1 13 .219 19 8 4 6 0 0
Arizona 5 0 10 .156 13 8 1 3 0 1