Recap: Arizona vs. Los Angeles
Phoenix, AZ (SportsNetwork.com) - Dee Gordon stole four bases and scored a run in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 8-6 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday.
Adrian Gonzalez hit a three-run homer and scored twice for the Dodgers, who recorded their second sweep of the 2014 season following their season-opening two-game sweep over Arizona in Australia. Gonzalez extended his hitting streak to nine games.
Juan Uribe and Matt Kemp also homered for Los Angeles, which improved to 7-1 on the road this season. Hanley Ramirez and Andre Ethier had an RBI apiece.
Dan Haren (2-0) got the start for the Dodgers and allowed three runs on nine hits with five strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings. Haren, who pitched two-plus seasons in Arizona, improved to 3-1 against his former team.
Mark Trumbo hit a three-run homer for the Diamondbacks, who fell to 4-11. Eric Chavez added a solo homer
Arizona starter Trevor Cahill (0-4) gave up seven runs -- six earned -- on five hits while striking out eight and walking five over four-plus innings.
The Dodgers took a 1-0 lead on Kemp's homer in the second inning.
Los Angeles tacked on four more runs in the third. Gordon walked and stole second and third before Yasiel Puig worked a walk. Ramirez followed with a high chopper back to Cahill that allowed Gordon to score. Gonzalez then cleared the wall in right to make it a 5-0 contest.
The Diamondbacks got three runs back in the bottom half of the frame. Gerardo Parra led off with a double and raced home on Aaron Hill's triple to left- center field. Paul Goldschmidt's RBI groundout and Chavez's solo homer cut the gap to two.
The Dodgers scored a pair of runs in the fifth. With men on second and third with one out, Ethier hit a grounder to first baseman Goldschmidt, who failed to field the ball cleanly. Ramirez and Gonzalez both scored on the play, making it 7-3.
Uribe hit a solo homer in the seventh, but Trumbo responded with a three-run shot in the bottom half.
Kenley Jansen tossed a perfect ninth for his fourth save of the season.