Clayton Kershaw struck out 10 and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2.
Crew chief James Hoye ruled fan interference when a man in the lower left-field seats wearing a Dodgers jersey made a clumsy attempt at catching the ball in his glove. The ball struck the man in the belly and it ricocheted back onto the field.
The Dodgers challenged the call and after a video review, Taylor came trotting home with a three-run shot that extended their lead to 5-0. Joey Gallo drove in the Dodgers' first two runs. He hit a 437-foot homer to the right-field pavilion with two outs in the second. Gallo had an RBI single in the fourth in which Max Muncy scored on a fielding error by center fielder Varsho.
The Dodgers thought they'd executed an inning-ending double play in the fifth. Instead, the video review went against them. Geraldo Perdomo grounded into a fielder's choice to third that scored Carson Kelly, who doubled leading off, and Arizona trailed 5-1.Merrill Kelly gave up five runs and eight hits in six innings. The right-hander struck out seven and walked two.D-backs: RHP Zach Davies starts Game 1 of Tuesday's doubleheader in pursuit of his first win since May 13.
Dodgers: RHP Michael Grove gets a second start in Game 1. He faced the D-backs in a spot start on Sept. 14, giving up two runs and and two hits in five innings. He struck out four and walked one. LHP Tyler Anderson is expected to come off the paternity list and start Game 2.