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Posted by Exchange37 on September 12th, 2013

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The Los angeles Dodgers could have the right pitcher on the mound to help them end their longest losing streak since early May.

They'll try to end a four-game slide Monday night at home when they send the surging Ricky Nolasco to face the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Los angeles (83-59) was swept over the weekend in a three-game series in Cincinnati, although it still leads second-place Arizona (72-70) by a commanding 11 games. The Dodgers, however, have missed a chance to gain ground on NL-leading Atlanta, trailing the Braves by two games in the race for home-field advantage.

This is the club's longest slide since an eight-game skid May 1-10.

Nolasco (12-9, 3. 26 ERA) is 7-1 with a 2. 27 ERA with the Dodgers, who acquired him from Miami on July 6. He is 6-0 with a 2. 11 ERA in his last nine outings, yielding two runs over six innings in Tuesday's 7-4 victory at Colorado.

"He's been great because he's pitched well pretty much every time out, " manager Don Mattingly said. "He's kind of solidified that fourth guy for us and that's where we had been searching. "

The right-hander, who has pitched 20 1-3 consecutive scoreless innings at home, is 7-2 with a 3. 84 ERA in 10 career starts against the Diamondbacks - 2-0 with a 1. 20 ERA in two this year.

Nolasco will face an Arizona team that totaled eight runs while hitting. 230 in splitting four games in San francisco to start a seven-game trip.

"We have not swung the bats very well at all, especially in the good situations, '' Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson said. "We're not in a good streak right now. "

Slugger Paul Goldschmidt is enduring a season-high 17-game homerless drought since hitting his 31st on Aug. 20. Goldschmidt is batting. 365 with four homers and 14 RBIs in the season series, and is 2 for 8 against Nolasco.

Gerardo Parra is 1 for 14 versus Nolasco while Didi Gregorius is 6 for 9 and Aaron Hill 5 for 9.

Arizona will be short-handed since Cliff Pennington returned home after Sunday's 3-2, 11-inning loss to the Giants to be with his wife, who will undergo induced labor Monday. Martin Prado has missed the last two games with an illness.

The Diamondbacks are 7-5 against the Dodgers this year, including a 5-1 mark at Dodger Stadium - where they have won 15 of 20.

They will start Randall Delgado (4-5, 3. 69), who is 0-2 with a 4. 50 ERA in his last six starts. The right-hander's lone outing against the Dodgers this year was a 6-1 loss July 8 in which he surrendered three runs and a career-high 11 hits over six innings.

All of the Dodgers' losses to the Reds were by one run, but Mattingly was more satisfied after Sunday's 3-2 defeat - the club's second straight in walk-off fashion.

"I was happier with our game tonight than I was the first two, " the manager said. "I wasn't that excited about our focus. Tonight was better for me. Our focus was better. ''

Adrian Gonzalez is batting a team-high. 391 in the season series with nine RBIs while Carl Crawford is 5 for 33 (#(. 152).

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