Grandal Hits Walk-Off HR In 13th Inning To Lift Dodgers Past D'Backs, 1-0
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Yasmani Grandal threw out a runner at the plate after an errant pitch in the top of the 13th inning, then homered leading off the bottom half to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Arizona Diamondbacks 1-0 on Sunday for their fourth straight win.
Arizona had runners at the corners with two outs in the 13th when J.P. Howell (1-1) bounced a pitch to Cliff Pennington that Grandal had to chase to the right of home plate. The catcher threw to Howell covering the plate, and the pitcher reached down behind with his glove to make a blind tag on a sliding Aaron Hill.
Grandal then drove a 1-1 pitch from Evan Marshall (0-2) into the pavilion seats in left-center for his second homer since the Dodgers acquired him from San Diego in the offseason Matt Kemp trade.
It was the Dodgers' first 1-0 win of 13 innings or longer since they beat the Diamondbacks in 14 innings on June 2, 2010, according to STATS.