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PHOENIX, July 16 (UPI) -- Homers by Juan Rivera and Matt Kemp helped Los Angeles build a six-run lead Friday and the Dodgers held on to defeat Arizona 6-4.
The Dodgers extended their longest winning streak of the season to five games, a run of success that has followed seven losses in eight contests.
Rivera opened the scoring with a solo shot in the second and Kemp hit a two-run blast in the sixth that gave the Dodgers a 5-0 lead. Kemp also singled in starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw in the seventh.
That gave Los Angeles enough of an advantage to withstand Arizona's four-run seventh, an inning that featured a three-run homer by Xavier Nady off Kershaw. All of the runs were unearned due to a fielding error by third baseman Juan Uribe.
Hong-Chih Kuo went to the mound in the ninth for the Dodgers, but was replaced by Javy Guerra with a runner on first and two out.
Guerra gave up a single to Nady before striking out Brandon Allen to end the game. It was Guerra's fifth save.
Kershaw (10-4) allowed the four unearned runs on five hits with eight strikeouts in seven innings.
The loss went to Joe Saunders (6-8), who was touched for three runs on five hits in six frames.
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