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DIAMONDBACKS 3, DODGERS 0 — END OF THE FIRST INNING The Diamondbacks jumped out to another good start in Game 2 — not as good as in Game 1, when they knocked Clayton Kershaw out of the game
after one out, but good enough to take a 3-0 lead. Coupled with Game 1’s debacle, it was the first time the Dodgers have given up at least three runs in the first inning in consecutive games
in 2023. Not a good time for that. It started with Corbin Carroll, the National League Rookie of the Year favorite, working a walk to lead off the game against Bobby Miller. Ketel Marte
then dropped a savvy bunt down the third base line for an infield hit. Tommy Pham followed with a jamshot single to load the bases. Christian Walker then lined a ball to center field where
James Outman, whose blunder to start Game 1 cost the Dodgers an out, made a difficult catch jumping into the wall. The Diamondbacks scored the game’s first run on the play — a sacrifice fly
— but it could’ve been much worse for the Dodgers. Arizona finished the scoring with an RBI groundout from Gabriel Moreno and a Lourdes Gurriel Jr.’s RBI single. Miller escaped the inning —
unlike Kershaw in Game 1 — but he needed 32 pitches. Before the game, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Miller’s ceiling was at about 95 pitches. At this pace, he won’t last past the third
inning. BOTTOM OF THE FIRST: The Dodgers put runners on first and second against Arizona ace Zac Gallen after Freddie Freeman beat out an infield single and Max Muncy drew a two-out walk,
but J.D. Martinez struck out to end the threat.