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Descalso's homer in 12th lifts Dbacks over Dodgers

LOS ANGELES_The Los Angeles Dodgers' dugout was littered with bubblegum in the fourth inning Tuesday and filled with rage in the fifth. It soared with hope in the ninth. It played host to gnashed teeth in the 10th and the 11th. By the 12th, as another Arizona Diamondbacks home run disappeared from sight and another game escaped the grasp of the Dodgers, the dugout housed only resignations. They were losers once more, this time wearing an 8-5 defeat in 12 innings.

The Dodgers could only blame themselves. After tying the game in the ninth, they loaded the bases in the 10th

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