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Wade Miley struggled through six innings of work and stranded six baserunners, but managed to limit the damage to just two runs, both coming off a Yasiel Puig homerun. Puig, 3-5, was on the bases in the next inning as the Dodgers blew it open in the seventh. Pitching in his native Australia, Dbacks' lefty Ryan Rowland Smith gave up two runs on two hits whilst just getting two outs before giving way to sidearmer Brad Ziegler who gave up a further three hits, including an RBI double to Hanley Ramirez.

Kershaw meanwhile was in control throughout. After a 10 pitch walk to Miguel Montero with two outs in the bottom of the second was followed by a single to right by Gerardo Parra, the Dbacks wouldn't have another runner at third until the 7th. Kershaw would escape the 2nd by getting Chris Owings to groundout, and would use a double play off Mark Trumbo to get out unscathed from the seventh.

The Dbacks and Dodgers will go again tomorrow as they wrap us this Australia series to head home. The dodgers will send South Korean lefty Hyun-jin Ryu to face the Dbacks' Trevor Cahill.

Los Angeles Dodgers at Arizona Diamondbacks
Mar 22, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (1-0)	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	6	14	0
Arizona (0-1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
W: C. Kershaw (0-1) L: W. Miley (0-1)

Los Angeles Dodgers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
D. Gordon, 2B	5	1	2	0	0	1	0	.400
C. Crawford, LF	5	1	1	1	0	3	0	.200
A. Gonzalez, 1B	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.200
M. Kemp, CF	5	1	2	1	0	1	0	.400
Y. Puig, RF	5	2	3	2	0	1	1	.600
H. Ramirez, SS	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	.250
J. Uribe, 3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500
A. Ellis, C	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250
C. Kershaw, P	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250
TEAM TOTALS	41	6	14	6	0	9	0	.341
BATTING: 2B: H. Ramirez 3B: D. Gordon HR: Y. Puig RBI: C. Crawford, M. Kemp, Y. Puig 2, H. Ramirez 2 GIDP: C. Kershaw
BASERUNNING: SB: C. Crawford, M. Kemp

Arizona Diamondbacks
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
A. Pollock, CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	,000
A. Hill, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
P. Goldschmidt, 1B	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	.000
M. Prado, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250
M. Trumbo, LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
M. Montero, C	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
G. Parra, RF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.333
C. Owings, SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333
W. Miley, P	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
A- C. Pennington, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
R. Rowland-Smith, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
B. Ziegler, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
W. Harris, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
B- T. Gosewisch, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Putz, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	29	0	3	0	2	8	0	.103
BATTING: GIDP: M. Trumbo
FIELDING: E: M. Prado

Los Angeles Dodgers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
C. Kershaw (W, 1-0)	9.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	0.00

Arizona Diamondbacks
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
W. Miley (L, 0-1)	6.0	8	2	1	0	7	1	1.50
R. Rowland-Smith	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	0	27.00
B. Ziegler	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	54.00
W. Harris	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
J. Putz	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	14	6	5	0	9	1	5.00

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Los Angeles Dodgers at Arizona Diamondbacks
Mar 23, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles (1-1, 1-1 Away)	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	10	2
Arizona (1-1, 1-1 Home)	1	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	X	8	8	1
W: Josh Collmenter (1-0) L: Hyun-Jin Ryu S: J.J. Putz (1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			LAD	ARI
ARI	1st	Aaron Hill homers to center	0	1
ARI	2nd	Gerardo Parra reaches second on a throwing error by Ryu, Martin Prado scores, Chris Owings to 3rd	0	2
ARI	2nd	Tuffy Gosewisch reaches first on a throwing error by Ramirez, Chris Owings scores, Gerardo Parra to 3rd	0	3
ARI	2nd	Trevor Cahill sacrificed to Pitcher, Gerardo Parra scores, Tuffy Gosewisch to second.	0	4
LAD	3rd	Adrian Gonzalez flies to left for a single, Hanley Ramirez scores, Justin Turner to 3rd.	1	4
LAD	3rd	Matt Kemp grounds out to Pitcher, Justin Turner scores, Adrian Gonzalez to second.	2	4
LAD	4th	Hyun-Jin Ryu lines to center for a single, Andre Ethier scores.	3	4
LAD	5th	Yasiel Puig lines to left for a single, Adrian Gonzales scores, Matt Kemp to third.	4	4
ARI	6th	Mark Trumbo homers to left, Paul Goldschmidt scores.	4	6
ARI	6th	Gerardo Parra homers to center, Martin Prado scores.	4	8

Los Angeles Dodgers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Hanley Ramirez, SS	4	1	1	0	1	2	0	.250
Justin Turner, 2B	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.200
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B	3	1	2	1	2	0	0	.375
Matt Kemp, CF	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	.300
Yasiel Puig, RF	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	.444
Andre Ethier, LF	4	1	2	0	0	2	0	.500
Juan Uribe, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250
A.J. Ellis, C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125
Hyun-Jin Ryu, P	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	.333
J.P. Howell, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Brian Wilson, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
A- Carl Crawford, PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333
Paco Rodriguez, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	37	4	10	4	3	6	0	.270
BATTING: 2B: Adrian Gonzalez (1) RBI: Hyun-Jin Ryu (1), Yasiel Puig (3), Adrian Gonzalez (1), Matt Kemp (2) GIDP: Yasiel Puig, Juan Uribe
BASERUNNING: SB: Matt Kemp (2)
FIELDING: E: Hyun-Jin Ryu (1), Hanley Ramirez (1)

Arizona Diamondbacks
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
A.J. Pollock, CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Aaron Hill, 2B	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	.125
Paul Goldschmidt, 1B	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.143
Mark Trumbo, LF	4	1	1	2	0	1	1	.143
Martin Prado, 3B	4	2	3	0	0	1	0	.500
Chris Owings, SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.286
Gerardo Parra, RF	4	2	1	2	0	1	1	.286
Tuffy Gosewisch, C	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	.000
Trevor Cahill, P	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000
Joe Thatcher, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Josh Collmenter, P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J.J. Putz, P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	33	8	8	7	0	6	3	.242
BATTING: 2B: Paul Goldschmidt (1), Martin Prado (1) HR: Gerardo Parra (1), Aaron Hill (1), Mark Trumbo (1) RBI: Trevor Cahill (1), Gerardo Parra 2 (2), Aaron Hill (1), Mark Trumbo 2 (2), Tuffy Gosewisch (1) SAC: Trevor Cahill
FIELDING: E: Martin Prado (2)

Los Angeles Dodgers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hyun-Jin Ryu (L, 0-1)	5.0	4	5	4	0	5	1	7.20
J.P. Howell	0.2	3	3	3	0	1	2	40.50
Brian Wilson	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Paco Rodriugez	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	8	8	7	0	6	3	7.88
PITCHING: WP: J.P. Howell (1)

Arizona Diamondbacks
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Trevor Cahill	4.0	9	4	4	2	2	0	9.00
Joe Thatcher	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Josh Collmenter (W, 1-0)	3.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0.00
J.J. Putz (S, 1)	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	10	4	4	3	6	0	4.00

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The Dbacks got their homer party started in the bottom of the first, when Aaron Hill launched a solo shot to right center field, the Dbacks first run of the season. The Dbacks wouldn't have to wait long for their second run of the season. After Martin Prado and Chris Owings kicked off the bottom of the second with back to back singles, Gerardo Parra offered a tailor made double play ball to Dodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu. The Korean southpaw rushed his throw and airmailed shortstop Hanley Ramirez. Prado scored, Owings jogged into third and Gerardo Parra hustled all the way into second behind him. Ramirez would once again be in the thick of it straight after. Tuffy Gosewisch hit a sharp grounder to the former Marlins' shortstop, and he couldn't come up with a clean throw. Another error by the Dodgers and another run for the Diamondbacks. By the time Trevor Cahill came up and sacrificed Parra home, the Dbacks had built a 4-0 lead with just three hits.

But Trevor Cahill never looked comfortable on the mound, and the Dodgers would come back fighting. A lead off walk to Hanley Ramirez kicked off the 3rd and Justin Turner followed with a single. That brought up Adrian Gonzalez, who the Diamondbacks were handling with kid gloves. This time Cahill had to go after him, and the first baseman hit a long single to left over the shift to plate Ramirez and put Justin Turner on 3rd. Matt Kemp cut the deficit in half when he grounded back to the pitcher and Cahill struggled to handle it, allowing Turner to dash home and leaving the Dbacks hurler with just the play at first.

The Dodgers would add a run in the fourth through an RBI single from Hyun-Jin Ryu, and when Yasiel Puig drove in Gonzalez in the fifth to tie it, Cahill's day was over. Joe Thatcher would come in to face Andre Ethier with one out and men on the corners. Ethier went down swinging and the LOOGY Thatcher gave way to long man Josh Collmenter who would retire the side without further damage.

Hyun-Jin Ryu meanwhile, had settled into a groove for the Dodgers. But when Paul Goldschmidt opened the bottom of the sixth with a double off the wall in left-center, his first hit of the year, Ryu was sent to the showers. Don Mattingly chose to bring in another lefty, J.P. Howell, a surprising move with the right handed Mark Trumbo awaiting him. The warning sign was sent when Trumbo fouled off a first pitch breaking ball a good four hundred feet down the left field line. Undeterred, Howell came with another breaking ball on 0-1 and Trumbo kept that one between the lines, dispatching it into the left field bleachers for his first homerun as a Diamondback and giving the Dbacks a 6-4 lead.

Howell was left in the game to work with clean bases, but they would soon be occupied again as Martin Prado collected his second of three hits on the day. After Chris Owings was retired, that brought up the left handed Gerardo Parra, the first lefty Howell had faced. Parra responded by cracking a homerun of his own to deep right center and just like that the Dbacks had doubled up the dodgers, owning an 8-4 lead.

The Dbacks would shut the door from there, with J.J. Putz working the final 1 1/3 innings to earn his first save of the season, being left in over Addison Reed who awaits his Diamondback debut.

Both the Dodgers and Dbacks fly back to America with a win and a loss under their belt. The Dodgers take on the Padres at Petco Park while the Dbacks will host the San Francisco Giants.