Diamondbacks take 2 of 3 in LA

The Arizona Diamondbacks (37-29) string together five hits and score four runs in the top of the 12th inning and go on to beat the Dodgers 8-6 tonight in Los Angeles.

Arizona sends 10 batters to the plate in the top of the 12th inning and finish the night with 20 hits off the Dodgers' pitching staff. The Diamondbacks extend their lead in the NL West to two games over the Colorado Rockies and three games over the San Francisco Giants. The Rockies and the Giants lost tonight. Colorado falls 5-1 to Washington in Denver, while San Francisco loses 12-8 to the Pirates in Pittsburgh.

The Dodgers did not go away quietly tonight, however. After the Diamondbacks broke a 4-4 deadlock with their four-run rally to take an 8-4 lead in the top of the 12th, the Dodgers knocked around Arizona closer Heath Bell in the bottom of the inning -- scoring  two runs on two hits and a couple of walks.

Patrick Corbin (9-0) is chased after five innings tonight. Corbin gives up four runs on eight hits. Josh Collmenter (3-0) gets the win in relief. Cody Ross and Miguel Montero collect four hits apiece, while Gerardo Parra goes 3 for 6 to improve his batting average to .322.