Corbin Burnes threw seven scoreless innings, Eugenio Suarez hit his 12th homer and the Arizona Diamondbacks shut out the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 on Saturday in Phoenix.
Burnes (2-1) gave up five singles, struck out five and walked two in his return to the mound. He missed his previous start because of shoulder inflammation that required a cortisone shot, which led to his first missed turn since 2021.
Suarez homered off Dustin May (1-3) to give the D-backs a 2-0 lead in the sixth inning after Corbin Carroll tripled and scored on Ketel Marte’s groundout in the third. Carroll leads the majors with five triples.
Pavin Smith added three hits, including an RBI double in the eighth. Tim Tawa had a single, a walk and two stolen bases in his first start in left field for the D-backs, who are assured of no worse than a split in the four-game series that ends Sunday.
Shohei Ohtani and Max Muncy singled and walked for the Dodgers, who were shut out for the third time this season. Freddie Freeman was 0-for-4 to end his 14-game hitting streak, during which he was 25-for-53 (.472).
Ohtani led off the game with a single, but was erased on a Mookie Betts double play. The Dodgers had as many as two runners on base in only the third and fourth innings.
Burnes got Betts to fly out after intentionally walking Ohtani to put runners on first and second in the third. He struck out Enrique Hernandez and Michael Conforto after Andy Pages singled and Max Muncy walked with one out in the fourth.
Burnes threw 91 pitches and got 17 of his 21 outs on groundouts or strikeouts. He retired 11 of the final 13 he faced and threw first-pitch strikes to 10 of the last 11.
Ryne Nelson got all six batters he faced to become the eighth Arizona pitcher to record a save this season.
May gave up two runs and seven hits before leaving with two outs in the seventh — his longest outing of the season. He struck out five and walked one.
Ohtani threw a 34-pitch bullpen two hours before the game, but manager Dave Roberts said there is no timetable for his return to the mound.
–Field Level Media
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