her throughout the day, manager Dave Roberts said, to show that resiliency, to fight and make it close, put the tying run on third, the winning run on first

PHOENIX -- The rotation has been a big problem for Arizona.For the second game in a row, the Diamondbacks got a strong performance from a starter.Robbie Ray pitched seven scoreless innings, Jake Lamb hit his 21st home run and Arizona held on to beat Los Angeles 6-5 on Sunday to take two of three from the Dodgers.On Saturday night, Archie Bradley allowed one run in six innings during the Diamondbacks 2-1 12-inning victory. The Dodgers won the series opener 13-7.Friday didnt go so well, Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale said. Its all based on our starting pitching. They give us the outing, I think we have enough offense to beat teams.Arizona squandered almost all of a 6-0 lead the last two innings. The Dodgers scored two in the eighth and three in the ninth.For us to stay in it and keep fighting and putting some bats together throughout the day, manager Dave Roberts said, to show that resiliency, to fight and make it close, put the tying run on third, the winning run on first with less than two outs, I thought we were in a good spot.Arizona rookie Jake Barrett relieved Tyler Clippard and gave up a two-run single to Justin Turner to make it 6-5. With runners on first and third, Barrett struck out Yasiel Puig and Chris Taylor to earn his second save.I try my best to go out there and just not think about the situation, Barrett said. Try to slow the game down, control my breathing and my tempo and then try to throw strikes.Ray (5-8) gave up four hits, struck out seven, walked two and hit two batters. The left-hander worked out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the second inning.Archie went out and pitched really well yesterday, Ray said. He established the tone. I think that was the main thing. That was something (that) rolling into today we were just going to keep it going.Lamb hit a solo homer and singled in a run off Kenta Maeda (8-7), tagged for a season-worst five runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings starts.Turner had a two-run home run in the eighth. Corey Seager had three doubles, one knocking in a run in the ninth.With the homer, Lamb hit for the cycle in four consecutive at-bats over two games -- a triple and double Saturday night, a single and homer on Sunday.The Diamondbacks jumped on Maeda for three runs in the first. Lamb drove in one with a single and Brandon Drury doubled in the other two.UMPIRE SWITCHDale Scott was out of the umpire lineup after being hit in the mask by a foul ball and leaving the game in the first inning on Saturday. Stu Scheurwater was called up from minors to take his place.LONG JOURNEYArizonas Mike Freeman made his major league debut after 3,149 plate appearances in the minors. The 28-year-old utility player, who was in his seventh minor league season before his contract was selected by the Diamondbacks from Triple-A Reno, was in the lineup in right field. He struck out three times and walked.TRAINING ROOMDodgers: Roberts said the team will wait a few days to see how LHP Clayton Kershaw (mild disc herniation) responds to his Saturday activity before determining the next step for the Dodger ace. He threw 60 pitches to live batters in Los Angeles. ... CF Joc Peterson singled twice and walked twice in his second consecutive rehab game for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Saturday. He was to make one more rehab start and rejoin the Dodgers in Washington on Tuesday.Diamondbacks: OF David Peralta (lower back strain) was to make his first rehab appearance for Double-A Mobile at Chattanooga on Sunday. ... INF Chris Owings (plantar fasciitis in left foot) was 3 for 4 for Reno in his first rehab game Saturday. 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Their magic number is two, so they could wrap it up as soon as Friday with a win and a New York Mets loss to Philadelphia.While locking up its third NL East title in five years has seemed like a formality for some time, Washington might have wrapped up the division earlier if not for a four-game losing streak that it broke Wednesday with an 8-3 win at Miami.The Nationals were off Thursday and will be playing their final road series of the season.Pittsburgh, meanwhile, seemed to blow its shot at an NL wild-card spot when it lost eight in a row and 12 of 14 beginning in late August. However, the Pirates have used a resurgence to keep their postseason chances alive and render each game the rest of the way critical.Before their 3-1 loss Thursday at Milwaukee, they had won six of seven and seven of nine. They are at .500 (76-76) and were four games out of the wild-card chase, pending a late San Francisco game Thursday, with 10 games remaining.To take advantage of their slim shot at the postseason, the Pirates will need to improve at home. Heading into their final homestand, a seven-gamer against division leaders Washington and Chicago, they are 2-9 in their past 11 home games, 3-13 in their past 16 to fall to just two games over .500, 36-38, at PNC Park.Pittsburgh wont have to face 18-game winner Max Scherzer, a potential Cy Young candidate, this weekend.Friday, Gio Gonzalez (11-10, 4.48 ERA) will attempt to continue his streak against the Pirates. He has made seven career starts against them and has never lost, going 4-0 with a 2.81 ERA. He has never given up more than three earned runs against Pittsburgh.Gonzalez is coming off a tough-luck loss, his first loss in nine starts.dddddddddddd He gave up six runs on nine hits in 4 1/3 innings Saturday in a 7-3 loss to Atlanta, striking out seven and walking none.Only one of those hits was for extra bases, and several were soft singles.Gio was at his best. He made some good pitches, manager Dusty Baker said, according to the Washington Post. I mean, you didnt see those balls blooping in there and stuff? You cant do anything about that.It seems likely Pittsburgh at some point this weekend will face Washington closer Mark Melancon, who returns to PNC Park for the first time since the Pirates traded him to the Nationals before the trade deadline. Melancon is 12-for-12 in save opportunities with Washington.With the Nationals, though, Melancon has not been saved solely for save situations -- including Wednesday, when he pitched the ninth despite the lopsided score.I had not been used prior to this in non-save situations like I have, and I dont want to be (unavailable) when there is a save situation, Melancon told the Washington Post this month. Even in a tie game, I feel like I want to be able to contribute there. Thats been different a little bit.The Pirates on Friday will counter with rookie starter Jameson Taillon (4-4, 3.39 ERA), who has not faced Washington.Taillon has allowed three earned runs or fewer in 13 of his 16 big-league starts, and two runs or fewer in nine starts.After being skipped in the rotation to manage his innings and perhaps being a bit rusty, Taillon gutted through five innings Saturday, giving up three runs on nine hits in a 10-4 win at Cincinnati.What you got to see was a guy go out there not having his A game and still finding a way to compete at this level against a team that swings the bat very well at this ballpark, manager Clint Hurdle said, according to MLB.com. 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