Los Angeles @ Arizona preview

Last Meeting ( Apr 20, 2014 ) Arizona 1, LA Dodgers 4

After absorbing their worst loss of the season, the Los Angeles Dodgers look to regain their footing when they visit the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday in the opener of a three-game set. The Dodgers have won seven of the eight meetings this season against the Diamondbacks and outscored their National League West rivals by a 46-28 margin. Los Angeles was on the wrong end of an offensive explosion on Wednesday as Miami cruised to a 13-3 victory.

"You know this is going to happen to you a couple of times a year, but it's never fun," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said after the rout. The cellar-dwelling Diamondbacks can relate to not having fun - especially at home, where they fell to 4-15 at Chase Field after suffering a 5-1 setback to Washington on Wednesday. Aaron Hill, who homered in the fourth inning to highlight a 6-for-12 series, helped Arizona to its lone victory against Los Angeles with a two-run single in the 12th inning of a 4-2 triumph on April 18.

TV: 9:40 ET, SportsNet Los Angeles, FSN Arizona

PITCHING MATCHUP: Dodgers RH Zack Greinke (6-1, 2.38 ERA) vs. Diamondbacks LH Wade Miley (3-3, 4.82)

Greinke rebounded from a rain-shortened loss to yield two runs on six hits over seven innings in a 6-2 victory versus San Francisco on Saturday. The 30-year-old struck out eight batters -- his fifth outing of eight or more this season with two such performances coming in back-to-back starts against Arizona. Greinke permitted one run in each of those two outings, picking up the win on April 12 while settling for a no-decision six days later.

Miley recorded his first win since April 6 after tossing seven strong frames in a 4-3 triumph over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday. The only damage the 27-year-old allowed was a two-run homer, but he did not walk a batter for the first time this season. Miley suffered the loss in each of his first two meetings with the Dodgers before settling for a no-decision against Los Angeles after yielding just a solo homer and matching a season high with eight strikeouts on April 18.

WALK-OFFS

1. Los Angeles OF Yasiel Puig, who is riding a career-best 14-game hitting streak, is 4-for-11 in his career versus Miley.

2. Arizona C Miguel Montero has hit safely in five straight and eight of nine games. The 30-year-old Venezuelan homered in his last meeting with Greinke on April 18 to improve to 6-for-18 in his career versus the hurler.

3. Dodgers C A.J. Ellis went 0-for-4 on Wednesday in his first start since undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his left knee.

PREDICTION: Dodgers 5, Diamondbacks 2