LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dee Gordon hit a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning and Adrian Gonzalez homered, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night.
The Dodgers' 14th victory in 18 meetings with the D-Backs kept the defending NL West champions two games ahead of San Francisco in the division standings after the Giants won 5-4 at Detroit.
 
Dodgers rally with 3 in 8th to beat D-Backs 5-2
 
Juan Uribe led off the eighth with a single against Daniel Hudson (0-1), making his second appearance since returning from two Tommy John surgeries in consecutive years. Just recalled Roger Bernadina ran for Uribe and beat the throw to second from third baseman Aaron Hill, who was attempting an inning-ending double play on a grounder by pinch-hitter Justin Turner.
All hands were safe on the fielder's choice, and Gordon worked the count to 3-2 before lining his clutch hit to center field. Hanley Ramirez then greeted Will Harris with a two-run double.
Brian Wilson (2-3) got three outs for the victory and Kenley Jansen pitched a scoreless ninth for his 41st save.
Hyun-Jin Ryu escaped a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the Arizona second inning and carried a 2-0 lead into seventh with the help of Gonzalez's two-run homer in the first against Chase Anderson. But the Diamondbacks tied it with an RBI double by Cody Ross and a run-scoring single by pinch-hitter A.J. Pollock that chased the left-hander after 114 pitches.
Gordon led off the Dodgers' first with a double inside first base and Gonzalez drove his 20th homer into the right field pavilion one out later on the first pitch he saw from Anderson.
 

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