Haren, Diamondbacks beat Dodgers 4-1

PHOENIX — Just because the Arizona Diamondbacks are out of it doesn't mean they are willing to be pushed around.

That was the attitude in the Arizona clubhouse after the Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1 on Friday night.

Dan Haren had his best outing in a month, punctuating his night by plunking Andre Ethier with a pitch in the eighth inning.

"Good, aggressive baseball," Arizona manager A.J. Hinch said, "I love it."

Manny Ramirez singled twice and doubled to improve to 13 for 24 in his career against Haren, but the rest of the Dodgers managed just three hits off the Arizona ace, including Matt Kemp's home run in the fifth.

Haren (12-7) helped himself with an RBI single in Arizona's four-run second inning off Clayton Kershaw.

After giving up 10 runs in his last two starts and 17 in his previous four, Haren held Los Angeles to a run on six hits in eighth innings, striking out eight, walking two, and hitting a batter.

Haren and the Dodgers dugout drew a warning from home plate umpire Jerry Layne after Ethier was hit with two outs in the eighth.

"I tried to go in for effect. I'm not necessarily trying to drill the guy," Haren insisted, "but it got away from me and I got him. That's part of the game."

Arizona slugger Mark Reynolds had been hit by reliever Ronald Belisario in the seventh.

"If he was protecting me, I appreciate it," Reynolds said of Haren. "That's what guys do, you protect your teammates. I think it definitely sets a tone that we're not going to back down. We may be 15 games out or 16 or whatever, but we're still here playing, we're out here to win and play the game the right way."

Haren has 25 walks all season, and Ethier had a hard time believing he was hit by accident.

"That's what happens when I guess you go up there and he's afraid to pitch," Ethier said.

Asked if he and Haren had any history, Ethier said, "No, but I guess we do now."

Manager Joe Torre thought it was retaliation, too, "but that's the game of baseball," he said.

Torre said Belisario wasn't trying to hit Reynolds.

"Belisario threw about three balls that almost got by Russell (Martin)," Torre said, "so I think it was just more his control than anything else."