Dodgers 6, Diamondbacks 1
PHOENIX -- Zack Greinke pitched seven shutout innings and Hanley Ramirez extended his career-high hitting streak to 19 games and drove in a run and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Arizona 6-1 on Monday.
Greinke, who was hit by a pitch to trigger a benches-clearing brawl when the teams played June 11 in Los Angeles, gave up two hits and struck out seven. Greinke (7-2) added a career-high three hits and scored once.
Los Angeles (44-46) has won eight of its last 10 and 13 of its last 16 to move within 2 1/2 games of the NL West-leading Diamondbacks (47-42), who had a season-long five-game winning streak broken.
Ramirez had three of the Dodgers' 17 hits and scored a run. He is hitting .486 during his hitting streak.
Dodgers rookie Yasiel Puig had two hits to keep his batting average at .409, and had the 17th multiple-hit game in his first 33 in the majors.
Andre Ethier also had three hits, and he drove in a run with the Dodgers' only extra-base hit, a double in the seventh inning. Adrian Gonzalez and Juan Uribe had two hits and an RBI, and Gonzalez scored twice.
Paul Goldschmidt had two of the Diamondbacks' three hits, singles in the fourth and ninth innings, and he scored on Eric Chavez's two-out double in the ninth. The Diamondbacks have been shut out a major league-low once this season.
Ramirez and Andre Ethier hit back-to-back singles with one out in the fourth inning, and Juan Uribe hit a two-out single to center to drive in Ramirez, breaking a scoreless tie.
Adrian Gonzalez and Ramirez singled in runs in the fifth, after Greinke and Puig had singled off Arizona starter Randall Delgado, who gave up 11 singles in his six innings.
The D-backs did not have their first hit off Greinke until Goldschmidt's fourth-inning single, but he was erased on a double play.
NOTES: Los Angeles CF Matt Kemp was placed on the disabled list with inflammation in the A/C joint in his left shoulder before Monday's game. Kemp had not played since tweaking his shoulder in the first inning Friday against San Francisco. He underwent surgery Oct. 5 to repair a torn left labrum, but manager Don Mattingly said the Dodgers do not believe the new injury is related. The Dodgers recalled OF Scott Van Slyke to take Kemp's roster spot. ... Arizona RHP Ian Kennedy will make his first home start since May 15 when he faces the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday. His last seven starts have been on the road, including the June 11 game in Los Angeles when he hit Puig and Greinke with pitches, the latter starting an on-field brawl. Kennedy was suspended 10 games for his actions. ... The Dodgers placed RHP Stephen Fife on the disabled list with right shoulder bursitis to make room on the roster for RHP Ricky Nolasco, who is scheduled to make his Dodgers' debut Tuesday after being acquired from Miami on Saturday. ... New York Mets 3B David Wright, the captain of the NL team for the Home Run Derby, said Arizona 1B Paul Goldschmidt was on his candidate list but not selected.
