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Taylor Falls Just Short Of Cycle As Dodgers Beat D'Backs 13-7

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Taylor, in his third start since coming up from the minors, drove in six runs and fell a single shy of the cycle and Bud Norris finally beat Arizona in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 13-7 victory over the Diamondbacks on Friday night.

Taylor, acquired in trade with Seattle on June 19 and recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City on June 25, tripled in the fourth, doubled in the fifth and hit a grand slam in the sixth, his first career home run. He was out on a bunt in the eighth.

Norris (5-7) was 0-7 with a 13.92 ERA in his career against the Diamondbacks entering the game but ended the drought with the help of the Dodgers' season-high 18 hits. Norris went five innings, allowing five runs, four earned, and eight hits.

Arizona's Patrick Corbin (4-8) lasted four innings, giving up seven runs, six earned, and seven hits.

The Diamondbacks took a 3-2 lead with three runs in the third, two on Michael Bourn's triple, only to give it up in the Dodgers' five-run fourth with two scoring on Taylor's triple. Yasiel Puig singled in two more before being thrown out trying to stretch it into a double.

Los Angeles loaded the bases with no outs in the sixth. Silvino Bracho struck out the next two but Taylor hit one into the seats beyond left field and the Dodgers led 12-4.

In the eighth, needing only a single, Taylor chose to lay down a bunt and was thrown out by the pitcher. Eight Dodgers have hit for the cycle, only two since the franchise moved to Los Angeles in 1958 — Wes Parker in 1970 and Orlando Hudson in 2009.

Third baseman Jake Lamb's two errors in the third led to an unearned Los Angeles run.

The Diamondbacks fell to 15-33 at home.

KERSHAW CLOSER

Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw is inching closer to a return.

Kershaw, sidelined since June 27 with a mild disk herniation, will throw a simulated game in Los Angeles on Saturday. Manager Dave Roberts said Kershaw will throw 60 pitches.

Before he was hurt, Kershaw, as usual, was one of the game's best pitchers, going 11-2 with a 1.79 ERA.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Dodgers: Roberts said LHP Alex Wood (posterior elbow) would pitch in the same simulated game as Kershaw. Joc Pederson (sprained right AC joint) began a rehab stint for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Friday night.

Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Greinke (strained oblique) played catch Thursday night, the first time he's done so since the injury.

UP NEXT

Dodgers: RHP Brandon McCarthy (2-0, 2.70 ERA) makes his third start since coming back from Tommy John surgery, facing his former team for the first time.

Diamondbacks: RHP Archie Bradley (3-5, 4.64), coming off a strong but losing effort against San Francisco, makes the start for Arizona in the second game of the three-game series. Since being recalled from Triple-A Reno on May 29, Bradley ranks fourth in the NL in strikeouts.

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