D'Backs push Dodgers to brink of elimination with NLDS Game 2 win

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The Arizona Diamondbacks have the Los Angeles Dodgers on the ropes.

Arizona scored three runs to start the game against Bobby Miller and tacked on one more thanks to a Lourdes Gurriel Jr. home run. The Diamondbacks won the game 4-2.

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Arizona Diamondbacks' Lourdes Gurriel Jr. celebrates with teammates in the dugout after his solo home run during the sixth inning in Game 2 of a baseball NL Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Gurriel was 2-for-4 with two RBI. Christian Walker and Gabriel Moreno had one RBI each. Zac Gallen was credited with the win after 5 1/3 innings of work. He struck out four and allowed two runs on five hits.

Arizona has a 2-0 lead over Los Angeles in the National League Division Series.

"Why would we play with anything to lose?" Diamondbacks closer Paul Sewald said after the game. "We were the sixth seed. We weren’t supposed to win in Milwaukee. No one is going to pick us to beat the Dodgers when we haven’t played well against them. We’re going out there with a lot of confidence."

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Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zac Gallen, #23, reacts after striking out Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman during the fifth inning in Game 2 of a baseball NL Division Series, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

The Diamondbacks are in the playoffs for the first time since the 2017 season. The team did not win a postseason game that year but are now riding a four-game winning