Major League Baseball

Grandal's single caps 5-run rally as Dodgers beat D-backs

Published Jul. 30, 2016 3:48 a.m. ET

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LOS ANGELES (AP) Yasmani Grandal's RBI single capped a five-run, seventh-inning rally that carried the Los Angeles Dodgers to a wild 9-7 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.

Joc Pederson and Chase Utley each hit two-run home runs in the deciding rally as the Dodgers erased a 7-3 deficit and improved to 17-9 since June 26.

Three batters after Corey Seager doubled against Zac Curtis (0-1), Grandal hit a 2-1 pitch from Randall Delgado into center field, scoring Seager from third with the tiebreaking run.

Los Angeles pulled one game behind the division-leading Giants, the closest the Dodgers have been to first place since May 15.

Los Angeles sent 10 men to the plate in the bottom of the seventh, a half-inning after the Diamondbacks sent 11 men to the plate and scored seven runs.

Paul Goldschmidt capped a three-hit night with a bases-loaded double off Pedro Baez (3-2) that finished off the Diamondbacks' rally.

Arizona lost for the eighth time in 10 games.