LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Adrian Gonzalez hit a pair of three-run homers to reach 100 RBIs for the seventh time, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-2 on Sunday after Trevor Cahill held them hitless for more than five innings.Zack Greinke (14-8) gave up two runs and six hits before he was lifted for a pinch-hitter during the Dodgers' three-run sixth. The NL West leaders now have three pitchers with at least 14 wins in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1977-78, when they had four in both years. 
Greinke, the 2009 AL Cy Young Award winner, is 5-0 with a 1.59 ERA in his last six starts against Arizona.With one out in the sixth, Dee Gordon slapped Cahill's 68th pitch of the game down the left-field line for an opposite-field double that broke up the no-hit bid. Hanley Ramirez walked on four pitches and Gonzalez smacked a 3-1 delivery over the center-field fence.Gonzalez, whose six RBIs tied a career high, made it 6-2 in the seventh against Oliver Perez with his 22nd homer. That gave the four-time All-Star 31 homers and 101 RBIs against the Diamondbacks, more than any active player.Matt Kemp homered on Perez's next pitch, and the left-hander then plunked Andre Ethier - resulting in a warning to both benches by plate umpire Scott Barry. That was followed by some extracurricular chirping by Dodgers manager Don Mattingly and ace Clayton Kershaw, leading to the ejections of both.Cahill (3-11) yielded three runs, two hits and four walks in 5 2-3 innings. The right-hander went 0-4 in four starts against the Dodgers this season, allowing 20 earned runs in 17 innings.Los Angeles won the season series 15-4 against an injury-ravaged Diamondbacks squad that still harbors resentment over the way the Dodgers celebrated clinching the division title last season by romping around in the swimming pool at Chase Field after the obligatory clubhouse champagne ritual.
Greinke, the 2009 AL Cy Young Award winner, is 5-0 with a 1.59 ERA in his last six starts against Arizona.With one out in the sixth, Dee Gordon slapped Cahill's 68th pitch of the game down the left-field line for an opposite-field double that broke up the no-hit bid. Hanley Ramirez walked on four pitches and Gonzalez smacked a 3-1 delivery over the center-field fence.Gonzalez, whose six RBIs tied a career high, made it 6-2 in the seventh against Oliver Perez with his 22nd homer. That gave the four-time All-Star 31 homers and 101 RBIs against the Diamondbacks, more than any active player.Matt Kemp homered on Perez's next pitch, and the left-hander then plunked Andre Ethier - resulting in a warning to both benches by plate umpire Scott Barry. That was followed by some extracurricular chirping by Dodgers manager Don Mattingly and ace Clayton Kershaw, leading to the ejections of both.Cahill (3-11) yielded three runs, two hits and four walks in 5 2-3 innings. The right-hander went 0-4 in four starts against the Dodgers this season, allowing 20 earned runs in 17 innings.Los Angeles won the season series 15-4 against an injury-ravaged Diamondbacks squad that still harbors resentment over the way the Dodgers celebrated clinching the division title last season by romping around in the swimming pool at Chase Field after the obligatory clubhouse champagne ritual.
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