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Arizona Diamondbacks\u2019 Tim Tawa gestures after hitting a home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, July 10, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo\/William Liang)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES \u2014 Eduardo Rodr\u00edguez shook off Shohei Ohtani\u2019s leadoff homer to throw six solid innings, Tim Tawa homered and drove in four runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-3 on Friday night.<\/p>

Read more Blue Jays\u2019 Okamoto hits 22nd homer to tie Ohtani\u2019s mark by a Japanese-born rookie<\/a><\/p>\n

Rodr\u00edguez (8-3) didn\u2019t allow another run after giving up back-to-back homers to Ohtani and Andy Pages to start the game.<\/p>\n

Gabriel Moreno had two RBIs to help Arizona to its first win at Dodger Stadium in four tries this season.<\/p>\n

Ohtani had been scheduled to pitch, but the Dodgers went with a bullpen game instead as the Japanese two-way star has been dealing with left knee inflammation for at least a month. Ohtani will have his left knee drained on Sunday<\/a> , and the procedure will force him to miss next week\u2019s All-Star Game in Philadelphia, but Ohtani will continue to start at designated hitter for the three-game series against the Diamondbacks.<\/p>\n

Ohtani cracked a 381-foot homer to left center on the third pitch he saw. It was his eighth leadoff homer, tying Nationals slugger James Wood for the National League league lead.<\/p>

Read more Murakami rejoins White Sox on same day he is named to AL All-Star team<\/a><\/p>\n

Arizona took control when Tawa hit his second homer of the season off a fastball in the fourth inning before adding two more runs in each of the next two frames.<\/p>\n

Diamondbacks center fielder Ryan Waldschmidt left in the sixth inning after being hit on the hand by a pitch trying to lay down a bunt. Waldschmidt, Arizona\u2019s top prospect, had been recalled from Triple-A Reno earlier Friday.<\/p>\n

Will Klein (3-4) took the loss, one of seven Dodgers pitchers used.<\/p>\n

Arizona RHP Brandon Pfaadt (2-1, 4.84 ERA) was set to oppose Dodgers RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-5, 2.49) on Saturday night.<\/p>

Read more Chisholm\u2019s homer keys 3-run 9th as the Yankees rally past Washington 5-3<\/a><\/p>\n

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AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/MLB<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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