D-Backs outlast Dodgers in 15 innings

They finally ended it when Orlando Hudson belted a 3-2 pitch with two outs from Aaron Sele (7-5) just over the yellow line in center field for a two-run homer.

The D-Backs had seemed to just about concede the inning when pitcher Brandon Lyon (2-3) stepped to the plate with one out.

He was making his first big-league plate appearance.

But Lyon drew a walk. And after Eric Byrnes flew out, Hudson got the pitch he wanted.

The game also was notable in that the D-Backs unveiled their rock-concert-decibel sound system.

Maybe that wore down — and eventually wore out — the Dodgers (66-62), who misplaced leads of 6-3 after five innings and 7-6 in extra innings.

The Dodgers looked like they would win the game in the 11th.

That’s when Jose Valverde, who mostly baffled the Dodgers, gave up a line-drive single to J.D. Drew.

That scored Rafael Furcal — who opened the 11th with a single and then stole second by an eyelash — to make it 7-6.

Drew had already homered in his first two at-bats to drive in three runs.

Then the Dodgers played giveaway.

Reliever Takashi Saito walked Conor Jackson, then they couldn’t handle Stephen Drew’s sacrifice bunt; first baseman Nomar Garciaparra failed to catch a shaky throw from third baseman Wilson Betemit.

That sent Jackson to third; he scored the unearned run on a fly to center by Carlos Quentin, which sent the game to the 12th inning and beyond.

The D-Backs had great chances to win the game in the 13th and 14th.

In the 13th, Jackson and Stephen Drew led off with singles off Sele. Carlos Quentin then bunted the runners over, then the Dodgers intentionally walked Johnny Estrada.

But Sele struck out pinch-hitter Livan Hernandez and Brynes.

The D-Backs loaded the bases with one out in the 14th vs. Sele on a single by Luis Gonzalez, a walk by Chad Tracy and a bloop single by Jackson (his fourth hit). But Drew bounced into a force play at the plate and Carlos Quentin ended the inning by grounding into a force play at second.

The Diamondbacks did what they nearly always do: They pounded Greg Maddux, who inexplicably brought a 1-9 career record against them.

But they made the maximum out of the minimum against him.

They did so in part because of a young D-Backs’ dare against his big brother, one that had dire consequences.

The D-Backs had Maddux pinned against the ropes in the fifth, but came apart when they had two base-runners thrown out.

Down 6-3, Chad Tracy and Connor Jackson opened the inning with singles.

Then Stephen Drew singled down the right-field line, scoring Tracy and sending Jackson to third.

But Drew gambled and tried to stretch it to a double. His brother J.D. scooped up the ball, whirled and fired a strike to second base, easily throwing out his younger brother.

Then Carlos Quentin hit a hard grounder to shortstop Rafael Furcal. With the infield playing back, Jackson tried to score, only to be thrown out at the plate.

Chris Snyder then singled for the D-Backs, their fourth hit of the inning off Maddux.

Then pinch-hitter Craig Counsell lined out to center to end the threat, and the D-Backs settled for just one run.

Maddux departed for a pinch-hitter couldn’t come up with career win No. 330 when the D-Backs scored one run in the sixth, then tied it at 6-6 in the eighth.

Reliever Jonathan Broxton gave up an infield single to Eric Byrnes when third baseman Betemit stumbled on Brynes’ ground ball. Then Broxton walked Orlando Hudson and, after a wild pitch, intentionally walked Gonzalez. Brynes scored when Jackson beat out a possible double-play ball up the middle.