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PHOENIX -- Bothersome blisters aside, Rich Hills first three starts in a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform were smashing successes.The fourth, not so much.Mitch Haniger hit a three-run homer in a five-run sixth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the NL West-leading Dodgers 7-3 Thursday night.Archie Bradley (7-9) struck out seven in six-plus innings and got plenty of run support as the Diamondbacks won their fourth straight and handed Hill his first loss with the Dodgers.The Dodgers had their lead in the division cut to four games when second-place San Francisco beat St. Louis.The Diamondbacks scored five runs in the sixth off Hill (3-1) and reliever Louis Coleman. Run-scoring singles by Paul Goldschmidt and Brandon Drury preceded Hanigers second career home run.Hill, 9-3 with Oakland before being dealt to Los Angeles on Aug. 1, allowed a run for the first time as a Dodger when Kyle Jensen homered off the center-field batters eye in the second inning. That ended Hills streak of 20 consecutive scoreless innings with Los Angeles.The reason we lost is I did not execute, Hill said. That is what it came down to, making better pitches. Unfortunately I did not do that. As frustrating as it is, especially at this point of the season, that is unacceptable.In his last start, Hill had a perfect game for seven innings against Miami last Saturday before being lifted. He was charged with four runs on four hits in 5 1/3 innings on Thursday.He had good fastball command. His breaking ball was good but he left a couple of fastballs out and over that they took advantage of, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. Actually he threw the ball well, but we really couldnt get anything together, muster anything together tonight.Arizona added to its lead with Chris Owings two-out single in the third to drive in Tuffy Gosewich.Bradley struck out the side in his first two innings and allowed three runs and nine hits. The Dodgers scored twice in the seventh to chase Bradley. A wild pitch allowed Joc Pederson to race home, and Chase Utley doubled in Andrew Toles.Patrick Corbin earned his first save by pitching three scoreless innings.Obviously were not in the hunt to win it (the division). They are, Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale said. Were going to do everything we can to beat them.BENCHES EMPTYBoth dugouts and bullpens emptied in the top of the fifth after Hill attempted to reach on a bunt attempt. Hill shouted at Bradley as he ran up the first-base line, then gestured at Bradley again after he was thrown out. Bradley shouted back at Hill, and players from both teams streamed onto the field.Bradleys pitch to Hill on the bunt was well inside and toward Hills hands.There was no ill will or anything like that, Hill said. Just competitive and got excited. The pitch was supposed to be inside, it just missed. Maybe being a pitcher I got a little to excited.Its my finger, index finger on the bat, Hill added. I totally get it as a competitor. You are tying to make a pitch and you miss in. Its just kind of the heat of the moment.It took only a few moments for order to be restored though both benches were warned by home plate umpire Ron Kulpa. The Dodgers proceeded to score their first run after Bradley walked Utley, then with two outs, Justin Turner doubled to the right field wall to drive in Utley.Hill faced Bradley the very next inning and struck him out looking.TRAINERS ROOMDodgers: LHP Alex Wood, on the 60-day disabled list with an elbow injury, could soon be activated, but as a reliever. Wood went on the DL on May 31 and made 10 starts before that, going 1-4 with a 3.99 earned run average.Diamondbacks: Pitcher Rubby De La Rosa will be shut down from pitching in major league games as he looks to overcome an elbow issue that has affected his mechanics and control, even though De La Rosa is physically fine.UP NEXTDodgers: RHP Kenta Maeda (14-9) is already tied for second in wins in a season by a Los Angeles Dodgers rookie. He faces Arizona, against which he faced and won on Sept. 5 at Dodger Stadium.Diamondbacks: RHP Zack Greinke (12-6) lost to the Dodgers the last time he faced his former team, rocked for eight runs on nine hits including five home runs in Los Angeles. Hes set for his seventh career start against the Dodgers. Cheap Baseball Jerseys China . Pettersen, winner of last years Evian Championships, had nine birdies and three bogeys, holding off a series of challengers led by Marion Ricordeau of France. 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St George Illawarra are set for another year of rebuilding, with recruitment chief Ian Millward admitting their roster is just about set for next NRL season.Millward on Friday took the unprecedented step of explaining why the club failed in its attempts to lure the likes of Cooper Cronk, Corey Norman, Luke Keary and Lachlan Coote to the club.And while the Dragons remain on the lookout for a new halfback, they are unlikely to replace the departing Benji Marshall, Mitch Rein, Mike Cooper and Ben Creagh.With only a handful of players contracted in 2018, including Tariq Sims, Leeson Ah Mau, Tyson Frizell, Joel Thompson and new buy Nene Macdonald, Millward admits they might wait another year to splash their cash.In our recruitment for 2017, we start with a squad thats fairly entrenched at this point in time, Millward told the club website.But 2018, weve got a lot of players off contract. This gives us an opportunity to view what players are performing well and bring something to our organisation that we want to extend for 2018 onwards.Millward said he wasnt too bothered by Cronk, Norman and Coote all shunning the Red V to take up long-term deals and remain with their respective clubs.Which I thought was really refreshing because we didnt lose our ability to go out and try and entice them here and another rival club signed them, he said.And then youre looking at your process, saying what did they do that we didnt do?. They stayed at their club - they showed loyalty.Their chase of Keary was different, with the future Sydney Roosters pivot wanting to remain close to his family and girlfriend in Sydneys eastern suburbs.He wanted tto stay with his family and his partner living in that area and, moving to Wollongong, where we do all our training at, wasnt an appealing factor for him, so we missed out on that, he said.ddddddddddddThe Dragons recruitment has been a hot topic for most of the season, centred on playmaker Marshall, who leads a troupe of players to farewell the club in Saturdays last regular-season game against Newcastle.The match also marks the final game for Knights forward and Dragons 2010 premiership-winning team member Jeremy Smith, who will do a lap of honour with former teammate Creagh.While the game will have no bearing in the top eight, interest surrounds the captains challenge trial, with both sides getting one challenge per half for try-scoring decisions only.The finale will put the Knights out of their season-long misery, having broken a host of unwanted records, including their 17-game losing streak being the longest in the NRL era.STATS THAT MATTER:* The Dragons 53 tries and 313 points are the fewest theyve scored in a season. Their nine wins is the second-equal lowest* Newcastle are just one of three other teams to have lost 17 straight matches in a season, joining Newtown (20 in 1977), the (then) Eastern Suburbs (all 18 games in 1966) and the (then) Western Suburbs (18 in 1984)* Gold Coast in 1993 were the last to register just one win in a season, that coming against Newcastle in round six - by coincidence the same round in which the Knights defeated Wests Tigers this season for their only win ' ' '