Shohei Ohtani had three hits, and his three-run homer capped a six-run ninth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 14-11 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix on Friday.
Los Angeles overcame a three-run deficit after squandering a five-run lead.
Ohtani hit a 1-2 pitch from Ryan Thompson with one out to break a tie at 11-11. Earlier in the inning, Andy Pages and Enrique Hernandez had RBI doubles and Max Muncy tied the game with an RBI single off Kevin Ginkel (0-1), who gave up four straight hits to open the ninth.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had a grand slam and five RBIs, Ketel Marte homered twice and Eugenio Suarez and Randal Grichuk also went deep for the D-backs in the slugfest, which featured seven homers and 14 extra-base hits.
Ohtani added two doubles and four RBIs and Hernandez had a homer, three hits and three runs for the Dodgers, who earned their major-league-leading 14th comeback victory.
Los Angeles¡¯ Freddie Freeman, who singled to open the ninth, had two hits and a sacrifice fly while extending his hitting streak to 14 games. Pages had two hits and three RBIs, and Mookie Betts finished with two hits and an RBI.
Alex Vesia (1-0) gave up two homers in the eighth but got the win. Tanner Scott pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his ninth save.
Hernandez homered to open a two-run second when Los Angeles tied it at 3-3, and the first seven Dodgers reached base in a five-run third off Eduardo Rodriguez. The frame included a two-run single by Pages.
Gurriel drove in a run with a groundout in the fourth, and his 401-foot slam off Anthony Banda tied the game at 8-8 in the fifth. Suarez walked with the bases loaded off Luis Garcia in the sixth for the go-ahead run.
The D-backs got bases-empty homers by Marte and Grichuk off Vesia in the eighth for an 11-8 lead.
Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki gave up five hits and five runs in four-plus innings, leaving with an 8-4 lead that Gurriel¡¯s homer overcame. Sasaki walked two, hit one and had no strikeouts. He started on five days¡¯ rest, his shortest rest period of the season.
Rodriguez gave eight runs on nine hits and three walks while striking out three in 2 2/3 innings.
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