Lamb leads Arizona rally to win over Dodgers

If last season Jake Lamb announced his arrival as a big-league player, early this year he seems determined to up his game.

Lamb hit the go-ahead solo home run in the eighth inning and David Peralta added a run-scoring triple in the ninth to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night.

It was Lamb’s third home run and 12th RBI of the season, both team-highs. This after he hit 29 home runs and with 91 RBI last season.

“He has worked very hard to be a complete hitter, has worked very hard to be a complete player,” said Arizona manager Torey Lovullo.

“And that translates every single day on the field. I’ve really enjoyed watching him perform and there’s been no let-down. We’re only a couple of weeks into the season, but he’s got off to a great start and deserves that.”

J.J. Hoover (1-0) threw two scoreless innings in relief of Robbie Ray to earn the victory and Fernando Rodney blanked the Dodgers in the ninth to earn his fifth save. “It was supposed to be a fastball away and I yanked it across the plate,” Ray said. “After that I just told myself to bare down.”