D-backs 1, Dodgers 5 - History made but in a bad way

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports The D-backs limped into the finale of this 3-game set with the Dodgers. Not even counting losing 10 of their last 11 games, this series didn’t start as you’d hoped for a team looking for any signs of life after the fire sale at the trade deadline.

Game 1 was not as close as the 6-3 final score would indicate, as a late Ahmed homer was too late to make much of a difference. Yesterday was a disappointment, seeing the bullpen blow not one, but two save opportunities in the 9th and 10th innings. And tonight would see the D-backs trying to stave off a sweep against Clayton Kershaw, the owner of a 1.80 ERA going into tonight’s game.

On the mound for the D-backs was Luke…