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Dodgers top D-backs, cut magic number to 12
- Updated: September 17, 2016
PHOENIX — The Dodgers lost Zack Greinke last winter, but they’ve beaten him twice in the last 11 days after a 3-2 win over the D-backs Friday night at Chase Field. The Dodgers cut the magic number over the Giants to 12 in the division and to 10 over St. Louis to clinch a postseason berth. Those clubs were playing in a late game.
The Dodgers hit five homers off Greinke (12-7) when Kenta Maeda beat him in Los Angeles, but in the rematch Maeda and the Dodgers offense needed the help of Arizona misplays that led to a pair of unearned runs. Meanwhile, Maeda overcame uncharacteristic wildness to improve his record to 15-9, …