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Taylor (slam, 6 RBIs), Dodgers drub D-backs

Must C: Taylor short of cycle 2:40

Dodgers infielder Chris Taylor goes 3-for-5 with his first career home run and falls just shy of the cycle after trying to bunt his way on

PHOENIX -- The Dodgers opened the second half by picking up right where they left off. Chris Taylor went 3-for-5 with a grand slam, his first career homer, and six RBIs to finish a single shy of the cycle in a 13-7 victory over the D-backs at Chase Field on Friday night. Los Angeles moved to a season-high 12 games over .500 and won for the eighth time in 11 games.

"We were playing good ball leading up to the break, but I felt a reset would be good and I thought the energy was there tonight," said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts.

• Taylor rips slam for 1st HR, nearly hits for cycle

Justin Turner homered, Howie Kendrick collected three hits and Yasiel Puig drove in three runs, as the Dodgers pounded out 18 hits. Bud Norris won for the second time in three starts since being traded from Atlanta, allowing four runs on eight hits in five innings to help the Dodgers win their fourth in a row.

D-backs starter Patrick Corbin took the loss, allowing seven runs (six earned) on seven hits in four innings. Jean Segura and Paul Goldschmidt both homered, but Arizona lost for the 13th time in 15 games.

Dodgers plate five in the 4th

LAD@ARI: Dodgers tally five runs in the 4th inning

The Dodgers' offense plates five runs in the 4th inning, highlighted by Chris Taylor's two-run triple and Yasiel Puig's two-run single

"Offense did a great job there, they scored seven runs tonight, we should win this game," Corbin said. "It's frustrating that they did their job and I let them down."

MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Still starting short: Norris, burdened by a 37-pitch, three-run third, could only give the Dodgers five innings and left four for the bullpen. Since May 14, they've had only one starter other than Clayton Kershaw throw a seven-inning start -- Kenta Maeda, seven innings, last Sunday.

Norris' RBI single

LAD@ARI: Norris singles in Taylor in the 5th

Bud Norris hits a liner that scores Chris Tylor, giving the Dodgers an 8-3 lead in the top of the 5th inning

"Norris labored throughout the game," said Roberts. "For him to scratch out five innings for us was big and to get him a win and us a win even bigger. It's a tough place to pitch."

Corbin's struggles continue: Corbin matched a season-high for the third time with seven runs allowed. The left-hander has allowed five or more runs in each of his past three outings and has had trouble keeping the ball in the park, allowing 19 homers in 19 starts. Corbin has a 6.58 ERA over his past 10 starts. More >

Corbin escapes a jam

LAD@ARI: Corbin fans Puig to escape a jam in the 3rd

Patrick Corbin strikes out Yasiel Puig swinging to end the frame and escape a jam with runners on in the top of the 3rd inning

"He battled early," Arizona manager Chip Hale said. "We'll move onto the next one and hope he fares better than that."

Hale on 13-7 loss to the Dodgers

LAD@ARI: Hale on the club losing to the Dodgers

D-backs manager Chip Hale discusses the clubs' tough loss to the Dodgers in the first game of the second half of the season

Overshadowed on offense: In addition to Taylor, the Dodgers got three hits each from Kendrick and Puig. Kendrick had three singles and a walk in the leadoff spot, an RBI and a run scored. Kendrick just went 13-for-37 on the homestand and has hit safely in 17 of his past 18 games against Arizona. Puig drove in three runs and is 22-for-66 (.333) since coming off the disabled list June 21.

Puig's RBI single

LAD@ARI: Puig lines an RBI single to left

Yasiel Puig rips a liner to left field that scores Howie Kendrick to extend the Dodgers' lead to 13-7 in the top of the 9th inning

Three-bagger keys three-run third: D-backs center fielder Michael Bourn laced a one-out triple to right-center field in the third, plating a pair of runs after singles by Corbin and Nick Ahmed earlier in the inning. It was Arizona's 35th triple, the most in the Majors. Bourn then scored on a groundout by Goldschmidt, putting the D-backs temporarily ahead, 3-2.

Bourn's two-run triple

LAD@ARI: Bourn lines a two-run triple to center

Michael Bourn lines a triple that gets past Scott Van Slyke and scores two to put the D-backs on the board in the bottom of the 3rd inning

SOUND SMART WITH YOUR FRIENDS
Taylor became the first Los Angeles Dodger, and only the fourth in franchise history, whose first Major League home run was a grand slam. The others were Chico Fernandez (1956), Irv Palica (1950) and Preston Ward (1948).

Taylor's grand slam

LAD@ARI: Taylor crushes a grand slam to left field

Chris Taylor slugs a grand slam to left field, the first homer of his career, to give the Dodgers a 12-4 lead in the 6th #PapaSlam

WHAT'S NEXT
Dodgers: Brandon McCarthy faces his former team for the first time in his career Saturday in a 5:10 p.m. PT start. McCarthy is the first Dodger since Ted Lilly in 2010 to begin his Dodgers career 5-0. After throwing five scoreless innings in his first start this year, he had a rocky win (five innings, three runs) against the Padres last week..

D-backs:: Archie Bradley takes the mound in the second of the three-game set at Chase Field at 5:10 p.m. MST. Bradley hasn't won since June 19, going 0-2 with a 4.30 ERA since then. He faces the Dodgers for the third time in his career. The right-hander allowed five runs in 5 2/3 innings against them in a loss June 14.

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Jake Rill is a reporter for MLB.com based in Phoenix.

Ken Gurnick has covered the Dodgers since 1989, and for MLB.com since 2001.

This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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