Dodgers Four Run Fourth Earns Them A Series Win Over Arizona

W: Dan Haren (7-4) L: Josh Collmenter (4-4) SV: Kenley Jansen (19)

Arizona Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson has made it clear that the team's goal is to simply win series. The 6-4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers Saturday night made it impossible to do so.

After a leadoff double off the bat of Didi Gregorious was followed with a Paul Goldschmidt two run home run in the first inning against Dan Haren, it was hard to picture a more perfect start to a game for the Diamondbacks. Unfortunately for the D-backs, unlikely offensive outputs from the Dodgers would change the game.

Dee Gordon squeaked a two run homer over the short wall down the right field line to tie the game in the bottom of the third. Gordon, who is having a career season thus far, had just three home runs his entire career coming into the game. Martin Prado's RBI single in the top of the fourth gave Arizona a one run lead until the bottom half, where Matt Kemp's RBI single tied it again. Dan Haren had the biggest at bat of the night, a two out three run double that put L.A. up 6-3. The six earned run outing for Collmenter jumped his ERA back over four, and earned him his fourth loss of the season.

Martin Prado led off the ninth with a solo homer off Kenley Jansen that went for naught, as Jansen retired the next three batters.

The D-backs will look to take at least one game from the Dodgers Sunday afternoon, where a pair of veteran pitchers will face off in Josh Beckett and Bronson Arroyo.