PHOENIX -- There won't be a party anywhere at Chase Field for the Dodgers this week, but they moved closer to a party somewhere by wearing down the D-backs on Monday night in a 7-4 win that trimmed the magic number to clinch the National League West to five.
With Dodgers fans packing the park for the look and feel of a home game, the first-place visitors overcame two deficits and finally took the lead against Arizona's bullpen with seventh-inning runs on pinch-hitter Max Muncy's RBI single and a run-scoring groundout by Manny Machado, then insurance runs in the ninth on a pair of wild pitches by Yoshihisa Hirano and an RBI double by Machado that nearly left the yard.