2023-10-10 05:26:15
LOS ANGELES — Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and the surprising Arizona Diamondbacks ambushed another Dodgers starter early to beat Los Angeles 4-2 on Monday, relying on a magnificent start from Zac Gallen to take a 2-0 lead in the National League division series.
The young Diamondbacks, who got the last wild card in the National League despite losing their last four games of the regular season, They went 4-0 in the playoffs — all on the road against teams that won their division.
“This is a team that is hungry to win and feels like they have a lot to prove,” Arizona manager Torey Lovullo said.
They will try to surprise by sweeping the Dodgers, who won 100 games in the regular season, when the best-of-five series moves to Arizona for Game 3 on Wednesday.
“There have been two games, but we are against the wall. We have to make an adjustment, we ran out of margin,” said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts.
Gallen allowed two runs in 5 1/3 innings for his second playoff win. Gurriel had an RBI single to cap a three-run first inning, and the Diamondbacks pulled rookie starter Bobby Miller in the second — two days after Los Angeles ace Clayton Kershaw allowed six runs with a out in an 11-2 loss in the first game.
Gurriel Jr. added a home run in the sixth to make it 4-1. Paul Sewald pitched a perfect ninth for his third save of the postseason, aided by a nice catch by Gurriel in left field.
Gallen retired nine in a row in his second playoff start. Winner of 17 games during the campaign, the right-hander allowed five hits and struck out four, walking two.
For the Diamondbacks, Dominican Ketel Marte was 2-for-5 with one run scored. Venezuelan Gabriel Moreno 4-0 with an RBI. Cuban Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 4-2 with one run scored and one RBI.
For the Dodgers, the Venezuelans David Peralta 2-0, Miguel Rojas 2-1. Puerto Rican Enrique Hernández went 1 for 2 with an RBI.
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