PHOENIX, Oct. 11 \u2014 There was another pool party at Chase Field Wednesday night. It was one of jubilation. The mighty Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>, longtime tormentors of the Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a>, had fallen in yet another early October exit, thanks to a 4\u20132 victory by the home nine. Third-inning home runs by Geraldo Perdomo<\/a><\/strong>, Ketel Marte<\/a><\/strong>, Christian Walker<\/a><\/strong>, and Gabriel Moreno<\/a><\/strong> propelled the Diamondbacks to victory, sweeping the longtime NL West power out of the playoffs in dominant fashion. Not once in the three games had the Diamondbacks trailed. In fact, they held the lead in 25 of the 27 innings. Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts<\/a><\/strong> and first baseman Freddie Freeman<\/a><\/strong>, superstars on Hall-of-Fame career trajectories, combined to go 1-for-21 in the series with three walks and four strikeouts. The lone hit from the pair was an infield single by Freeman in the bottom of the first inning of Game Two.<\/p>\n Dodgers starting pitchers Bobby Miller<\/a><\/strong>, Lance Lynn<\/a><\/strong>, and Clayton Kershaw<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 himself a future Hall of Famer \u2014 were disastrous, combining for 19 runs on 16 hits, three walks, and five homers. Lynn, the Game Three starter, gave up the quartet of clouts Wednesday night. He lasted 2 2\/3 innings, allowing two other hits besides the homers, walking none and striking out one.<\/p>\n Diamondbacks rookie starting pitcher Brandon Pfaadt<\/a><\/strong> put in one of his strongest outings of the season, despite having a short leash. In 4 1\/3 innings, he allowed no runs on two hits while striking out two. Lefty Joe Mantiply<\/a><\/strong> relieved him, allowing no baserunners in 1 1\/3 innings while fanning one.<\/p>\n Dodgers manager Dave Roberts<\/a><\/strong> was gracious in defeat, telling reporters before answering the first postgame question, \u201cI want to congratulate Torey (Lovullo, the Diamondbacks manager), Mike (Hazen, the general manager), the entire Diamondbacks organization. Those guys \u2014 Torey had those guys ready to play.\u201d<\/p>\n A beaming Lovullo spoke afterwards, nearly gushing as he answered questions. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of emotion inside of our clubhouse, inside of each body,\u201d he declared. \u201cAnd I\u2019m not exempt from that.\u201d He was also gracious toward his opponent, saying, \u201cThe LA Dodgers have been an unbelievable team for the past, I don’t know, X-plus-one years. And they’re the team that we beat to advance. It feels just a little more special because we know how hard we’ve been working to make this day happen.\u201d<\/p>\n The Diamondbacks notched the first hit of the game for either team in the bottom of the second. Left fielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr.<\/a> <\/strong>lined a two-out single to center and advanced to second on a single to center by center fielder Alek Thomas<\/a><\/strong>. That brought up third baseman Evan Longoria<\/a><\/strong>, who struck out to end the inning.<\/p>\n The Dodgers entered the hit column in the third on a single to left by Kik\u00e9 Hernandez<\/a><\/strong>. Up came former Diamondback David Peralta<\/a><\/strong>, greeted by a hearty chorus of boos. He grounded the first pitch to second baseman Ketel Marte, who rolled it into a 4\u20136\u20133 double play. A Miguel Rojas<\/a><\/strong> groundout to his counterpart at short ended the frame.<\/p>\nThe Managers Speak<\/h4>\n
Trading Zeroes Early<\/h3>\n
Diamondbacks Set Record, Chase Another Dodgers Starter Early<\/h3>\n