Miguel Montero had three hits and the Diamondbacks scored nine runs in the second and third innings to drive San Francisco's Matt Cain out of the game in a 10-8 victory.

Chicago White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko went to Chaparral High and lives in Scottsdale.

Dan Haren had his best outing in a month and the Arizona Diamondbacks overcame a three-hit night by Manny Ramirez to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1 on Friday.

TUCSON — Expected to be the Los Angeles Dodgers' No. 5 starter, James McDonald was pleased after his longest outing of the spring. The 23-year-old rookie gave up three runs and six hits, while striking out two over 4 1-3 innings in the Dodgers' 10-9 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES - The Diamondbacks turned a slapstick laugher into a white-knuckle Hollywood thriller Saturday before finding yet another way to win and putting even more daylight between themselves and their scuffling division foes.

SAN FRANCISCO  — Bengie Molina homered twice, Pablo Sandoval had four hits and the San Francisco Giants kept their slim wild-card hopes alive with an 8-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.

 Mark Reynolds drew a bases-loaded walk in the ninth and the Diamondbacks beat Los Angeles 4-3 on Wednesday night at Chase Field to slice the Dodgers' NL West lead to 2 1/2 games over the surging Colorado Rockies.

LOS ANGELES — Matt Kemp homered for the fourth consecutive game and Andre Ethier drew a bases-loaded walk that forced in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, sending the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.

 A grueling road trip has turned into a joyride for the San Francisco Giants. Bengie Molina homered and drove in three runs, Brian Wilson struck out the side for his seventh straight save, and the Giants defeated the error-prone Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 on Wednesday night to improve to 6-3 on a three-city tour.

The games have been as extraordinarily intense as they’ve been evenly matched. And so little mistakes are magnified into big-time blunders. A failure to handle a sacrifice bunt helps cost the Los Angeles Dodgers in Friday’s marathon. A failure to tag up on a long fly helps cost the Diamondbacks the next night.

The games have been as extraordinarily intense as they’ve been evenly matched. And so little mistakes are magnified into big-time blunders. A failure to handle a sacrifice bunt helps cost the Los Angeles Dodgers in Friday’s marathon.

LOS ANGELES —- Diamondbacks-Dodgers III went down without incident, but not before Danys Baez and Luis Gonzalez had a confrontation that was, thankfully, contained to the field.

LOS ANGELES —- Diamondbacks-Dodgers III went down without incident, but not before Danys Baez and Luis Gonzalez had a confrontation that was, thankfully, contained to the field.

LOS ANGELES -- After pitching brilliantly in his first three big league starts, Enrique Gonzalez has suffered through the kind of inconsistency one might expect from a rookie.

LOS ANGELES - Ouch! Nomar Garciaparra probably uttered that word, or something more colorful, after being hit by pitches three times, but at least his Dodgers won. Those who endured even more pain than Garciaparra Monday night were the Diamondbacks, who saw their three-game winning streak come to a screeching halt in an ugly 10-4 loss before 47,698 fans at Dodger Stadium.

LOS ANGELES - Ouch! Nomar Garciaparra probably uttered that word, or something more colorful, after being hit by pitches three times, but at least his Dodgers won. Those who endured even more pain than Garciaparra Monday night were the Diamondbacks, who saw their three-game winning streak come to a screeching halt in an ugly 10-4 loss before 47,698 fans at Dodger Stadium.

LOS ANGELES - Ouch! Nomar Garciaparra probably uttered that word, or something more colorful, after being hit by pitches three times, but at least his Dodgers won. Those who endured even more pain than Garciaparra Monday night were the Diamondbacks, who saw their three-game winning streak come to a screeching halt in an ugly 10-4 loss before 47,698 fans at Dodger Stadium.

MILWAUKEE - After hitting his 300th career home run in Philadelphia and ending his franchise-record 30-game hitting streak in San Francisco, Luis Gonzalez would like to get his next milestone at home.

On Friday night, the Diamondbacks strung hits together, collected hits in key situations and had effective pitching.

On Friday night, the Diamondbacks strung hits together, collected hits in key situations and had effective pitching.