LOS ANGELES — Dan Haren pitched well on two extra days of rest, Matt Kemp homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1 Friday night.
Haren allowed one run and four hits in six innings against his former team. The right-hander (11-11) struck out six and walked one, improving to 4-1 in his last six starts since Aug. 6.
Kenley Jansen worked a perfect ninth, becoming the fourth Dodgers reliever to save 40 games in a season and the first since Eric Gagne in 2004.
Vidal Nuno (0-5) gave up two runs and seven hits in seven innings, struck out five and walked two. The left-hander hasn’t won since June 27 against Boston. He retired a career-best 22 straight batters until giving up a two-out single to Adrian Gonzalez in the first.
The Dodgers got just enough offence to eke out the win.
Yasiel Puig’s slump continued after an 0-for-3 effort, including a strikeout and a walk. He is 4 for 40 with one extra-base hit in his last 15 games.
Kemp led off the third with his 18th homer, sending an 0-1 pitch into the Arizona bullpen in right field.
The Dodgers led 1-0 on Hanley Ramirez’s RBI single with two outs in the second that scored A.J. Ellis, who walked.
Arizona closed to 2-1 in the fourth on Didi Gregorius’ sacrifice fly.
The Diamondbacks have allowed three runs or fewer in nine straight games, tying the club’s longest streak since Sept. 25, 2005, to April 5, 2006.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Diamondbacks: Relief pitcher Brad Ziegler will have season-ending surgery on his left knee Tuesday to repair frayed cartilage under the kneecap.
Dodgers: LHP Paco Rodriguez, on the disabled list since Aug. 4 with a shoulder strain, had a setback. He was sore on Thursday, a day after throwing a bullpen session. So a simulated game set for Friday was scrubbed. Manager Don Mattingly said he still thinks there’s time for Rodriguez to return this season.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: Chase Anderson (8-6, 3.75 ERA) starts and is one-third of an inning shy of tying his career best of 137 2-3 innings pitched in 2012. He’s allowed two runs or fewer in six of his last nine starts.
Dodgers: Left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu (14-6, 3.18 ERA) takes the mound. He is 2-0 with 0.00 ERA against the Diamondbacks this season.
