\u201cOverall, I thought we had some good at-bats and barreled up some balls,\u201d Dodgers right fielder Kyle Tucker<\/a> said after the 4-1<\/a> loss. \u201cBut they made some nice plays and we just weren\u2019t able to get the runs across, so just kind of how it goes sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n Tucker was one of five Dodgers in the starting lineup who went hitless. Designated hitter Shohei Ohtani<\/a> was the only Dodger with multiple hits (three). And a quiet offensive night for the Dodgers wasted a quality start from starter Emmett Sheehan<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sheehan held the Diamondbacks (32-27) to two runs and three hits in 6\u2153 innings, carrying forward a recent trend for the Dodgers\u2019 rotation, which entered Monday with a National League-best 3.05 ERA.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s probably the back half of the rotation,\u201d manager Dave Roberts<\/a> said before the game. \u201cTo see what [Justin Wrobleski\u2019s] done, to see what Roki [Sasaki] has done, to see what Emmet\u2019s done \u2014 I think for me we\u2019ve raised the floor of the starting rotation. The top end guys are kind of who they are, which is great. But every night we have a really good chance to win because of the starting pitcher.\u201d<\/p>\n Monday was another one of those nights. But the Dodgers\u2019 offense didn\u2019t hold up its half of the bargain.<\/p>\n Sheehan \u2014 like Wrobleski and Sasaki this week \u2014 benefited from an uptick in velocity. His fastball averaged 95.9 mph on Monday, a season high and 1.7 mph above his average.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s honestly just trying to relax early, and throw harder later in my delivery,\u201d Sheehan said. \u201cBefore I was getting a little too tense, and that\u2019s something the coaches mentioned to me. And it\u2019s a bunch of other things too, but we\u2019ve been working hard on it.\u201d<\/p>\n Sheehan\u2019s velocity has fluctuated all season, which he and the team attributed to inconsistent mechanics.<\/p>\n Dodgers starting pitcher Emmet Sheehan delivers during the first inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday.<\/p>\n (Rick Scuteri \/ Associated Press)<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s definitely been a process,\u201d pitching coach Mark Prior said last month about syncing Sheehan\u2019s delivery. \u201cAnd it\u2019s been a grind for him. Because he feels like some days he has it, some innings he has it; and other innings he doesn\u2019t. It\u2019s been kind of a roller coaster for him. It\u2019s just part of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n At times, his lower half was opening too quickly, throwing off the way his legs worked with his upper half. But on the days his timing was in sync, his velocity would often tick up, and everything would fall into place.<\/p>\n On Monday he was nearly perfect through the first 5\u2153 innings, with the exception of Corbin Carroll\u2019s first-inning double. He\u2019d induced plenty of soft contact, plus three strikeouts, all in the first two innings. All three were put away with sliders.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought he was really good \u2014 certainly deserved better,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cThe fastball was good, slider was good, used the curveball, minimized hits.\u201d<\/p>\n Then with one out in the sixth, Sheehan tried to work back from a first-pitch ball with a fastball up to Diamondbacks rookie Tommy Troy. The No. 9 hitter roped it beyond left field for his first major league home run.<\/p>\n After the Arizona lineup turned over and Sheehan retired Ketel Marte and Carroll to get out of the inning, Roberts stuck with the right-hander against switch-hitting Geraldo Perdomo and right-handed Nolan Arenado in the seventh.<\/p>\n With one out, Sheehan hung a slider to Arenado, who put the Diamondbacks up with a solo blast. And that would spell the end of Sheehan\u2019s strong outing.<\/p>\n Reliever Jack Dreyer<\/a>, making his first appearance since being activated off the 15-day injured list (left shoulder discomfort), gave up a two-run homer to Marte in the eighth inning to round out the Diamondbacks\u2019 scoring.<\/p>\n The Dodgers\u2019 offense managed just five hits against Diamondbacks starter Eduardo Rodriguez, and were robbed of two by center fielder Jorge Barrosa, who made diving catches on line drives hit by Will Smith<\/a> and Andy Pages<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cHe made some nice plays out there for them,\u201d Tucker said. \u201cWe did all we could really do. Once the ball leaves the bat, it\u2019s out of our hands. So we had some good swings, good at-bats, it just didn\u2019t go our way sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n The Dodgers eked across a run in the third on a Freddie Freeman groundout with runners on second and third. 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